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I thought better not to risk it. Travelled before acquiring Canadian citizenship.

Hey .. 4 year later - another person in the same situation! Can anyone here share their experience back from 2019? How did it go? I could see that there is a grace period of 3 months for surrendering the passport after acquiring another citizenship...

Yes. You will get a white paper mentioning the refusal. And yes there will be a record of rejection. However that will not affect any future US Visa applications negatively. When asked if you were rejected before you will have to answer YES.

Try other borders like Windsor or Sarnia. You may receive the same cold response but the queue would be definitely short. I did it last month.

Political connections?? that is nonsense.

Sponsorship is still via paper application. You need to mail the application with all supporting documents. Once they acknowledge your application, you can create an account and link your application using the application number/ UCI.

UCI (Unique Client Identifier) is a unique number assigned to every individual. in eCas you can see the details using sponsor's or principal applicant's UCI. If you are giving PA's UCI then make sure that you give date of birth, country etc of principal applicant.

Webform is a standard way to contact visa office. It is a web page where you can describe your query or concern and submit. Response will not be quick and in some cases not guaranteed. Go here to get one. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/contacts/web-form.asp

I sponsored my spouse and we have no children. So the situation is similar to yours. 1. In normal case, it should be 'Married - Physically present. ' Tweet by IRCC - "Married-physically present" and "Married-not physically present" refers to whether the person was physically present at their...

Status will change to approved when they process your passport.

CoPR will come by courier along with the stamped passport.

To assure you that photo is not a big deal to worry about, I can quote my own experience. I got my photo taken at VFS Chennai and sent the passport. Got the passport with visa stamped and landed in Canada. After a month they asked for my photo again saying that the last one does not meet their...

Here you go - OFFICIAL announcement in CBSA site. https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/travel-voyage/settle-setablir-eng.html

No. There won't be any emails. If you know principal applicant's UCI (Unique Client Identifier) or Application Number then you can also check the status in eCas; entering date of birth and country of birth.

CIC account https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/account.html ECAS https://services3.cic.gc.ca/ecas/introduction.do?app=ecas

Looks like that is the trend now a days. Mine was in Sydney; then moved to Mississauga and then to New Delhi. There is no obvious or confirmed reason but vacations in Canada might be a good choice for guess.

GCKey shows the background check status as "We are processing your background check. We will send you a message if we need more information.". That is how I know, or rather think I know that it has started. About the date, it does not show anything. As I have been checking the account every day...

Aye Aye. Transferred to Delhi two weeks before. Application date: July 6; sent to Sydney; forwarded to Mississauga and completed medical and initiated BGC while there!

Thank you so much Nitin. Wondering if this is documented anywhere?

Hi, I'm from India. I got my PR processing completed and planning to land in Canada by end of January 2018. Before landing there for the first time, I am planning to visit another country (Bali, Indonesia) as a tourist. Should I update immigration department about this travel in advance? Can...