Hi Sir,
I wanted to discuss a potential issue with you and know your guidance on it. I am a PR of Canada and landed on 20th Sept 2019 and left Canada on 9th July 2022 on F1 visa for US. I have around 55 days of residency days left and will be completing those before June/July 2023. My wife is working on H1B (with i140 approved) in Atlanta, GA, US. I'll be going on F1 OPT starting June 2023. Also, I have had significant travel to the US (mostly many day trips). Upon submission of citizenship application, I'll be leaving Canada immediately and staying in US while I can have my sister's home address for mailing purposes. My issue is that I am afraid that what if I am unable to keep my PR status (since I'll be over with last 730 days out of 5 years) in Sept 2025 and by then if my citizenship remains still pending.
Hence, I need a quick decision on my citizenship application. This has really worried me since the timeline from my anticipated date of application submission + 2 years of processing time is very close to Sept 2025 deadline.
1) Would you suggest keeping local address in Canada for residency purposes? Will it expedite my application timeline? However, it'll be misrepresentation of address. I will surely keep my sister's address in Canada for mailing purposes.
2) Is there any other way to expedite application process?
3) What is the average processing timeline for people outside canada with frequent day trips to US?
4) Can one work on H1B in Canada for extended period of time (such as 6 months) provided both my wife and I have remote jobs?
Regards
Vijay
I wanted to discuss a potential issue with you and know your guidance on it. I am a PR of Canada and landed on 20th Sept 2019 and left Canada on 9th July 2022 on F1 visa for US. I have around 55 days of residency days left and will be completing those before June/July 2023. My wife is working on H1B (with i140 approved) in Atlanta, GA, US. I'll be going on F1 OPT starting June 2023. Also, I have had significant travel to the US (mostly many day trips). Upon submission of citizenship application, I'll be leaving Canada immediately and staying in US while I can have my sister's home address for mailing purposes. My issue is that I am afraid that what if I am unable to keep my PR status (since I'll be over with last 730 days out of 5 years) in Sept 2025 and by then if my citizenship remains still pending.
Hence, I need a quick decision on my citizenship application. This has really worried me since the timeline from my anticipated date of application submission + 2 years of processing time is very close to Sept 2025 deadline.
1) Would you suggest keeping local address in Canada for residency purposes? Will it expedite my application timeline? However, it'll be misrepresentation of address. I will surely keep my sister's address in Canada for mailing purposes.
2) Is there any other way to expedite application process?
3) What is the average processing timeline for people outside canada with frequent day trips to US?
4) Can one work on H1B in Canada for extended period of time (such as 6 months) provided both my wife and I have remote jobs?
Regards
Vijay