By immigrate, do you mean as permanent residents (greencard holders)? If so, it might show you have no intention of living in Canada and just want the passport. But what do I know?
November 2024 - Citizenship Applications
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I am assuming you meant 1110, because you can’t even apply at 1010.
I don’t think there is any impact. You should be good, as you would need to take oath inside Canada and if your current home country doesn’t allow dual citizenship, then you are looking at a much bigger impact downstream.
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The physical presence days at the time of application are what are used and considered, but at the time of citizenship grant, you must also still meet the PP requirements. That means if you'd been there for 3 years straight, you could be gone up to 2 years and still meet the requirements. But let's say you'd lived there 2 years, away 2 years, there 1 year, then applied and left. Now you no longer meet the requirements and you'd have to move back and live another 2 years before you can apply again.
I called IRCC to ask if they had received my fingerprints. The agent told me “We haven’t received them yet, but we already have them.” This confused me a lot. I asked her what “received” meant, and she explained that biometrics are not complete emphasizing that “this is very common, it’s normal.”
So I asked if she could provide me with the date when they got my fingerprints. She gave me a date – the same day I went for fingerprinting, possibly because that was sent online not by post.
I asked if “haven’t received” meant “you have received the copy and it’s still in progress.” She said yes. I asked if I needed to do anything else, and she said no.
2 days later my BG was marked as completed, 21 calendar days after they had got the copy.
It’s possible that IRCC has its own understanding and/or standards for the term “receive” and telephone agents does not follow the applicant’s way of thinking. Have to ask them whether they had received the “copy” of fingerprints and request them to provide the date they received it.
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I believe it's actually that while you must meet the physical presence of 1095-days-in-five requirement as of the day you file the application, after that, you must continue to meet the residency obligation required to maintain PR status (i.e. 730-in-five). I'm not 100% certain so I'll let someone else confirm (or maybe get around to looking it up later).
(You have to stay a PR and respect other obligations of PR status too)
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Gotcha. That could be, but either way, you can't just qualify and then peace out, if processing takes a long time.
Do you know if Vancouver office for LPP indicates non-routine application and could cause significant delays? i.e. trouble?
Do you know anyone else who got routinely assigned to the Vancouver office for LPP and cleared this step successfully?
I personally do not know exactly, but I do know two things:
1- So far, I have not seen a single applicant get a fingerprint request letter that wasn’t from Vancouver.
2- According to the call Center agent, my application is non-routine because I got a FP request. (Although another call Center agent said my application looks pretty normal right after he acknowledged my FP request).
so in summary, it’s all confusing.
My theory is that every application these days gets processed at Vancouver (as primary) for LPP. I never got FP and my BG is completed - I too have Vancouver.
I am not sure - but when I asked a CC agent if all LPPs are done in VCV, I think he said yes - another agent said not necessarily.
I really am interested in knowing if anyone who successfully got LPP done in 2-3 weeks after Test had Vancouver for LPP. The only way to know this is either GCSM or by calling, wondering if anyone had done this... the ones who clear this early usually don't bother to check so chances are that they won't even know.
Many folks just assume that their primary is their test office, so a lot of the data is distorted,
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