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urgent former refugee citizen - questioned thoroughly poe

Nov 28, 2024
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became citizen almost 10 years ago in january 2014 thrugh asylum. shortly after in february i returned to algeria my country of origin due to my father passing away and inheritance. it took me like 3 years sorting out things we are a big family. then in 2017 i decided to leave again . i decided to move to europe thru holidays visa program to denemark to be more specific it has big opportunities and peace of mind.
i been living there without status after my program ended in 2018.
it was fine i worked under table without issues , made good income etc. then i decided to go back to montreal after spending time abroad just for fun and meet my old friends
until yesterday after landing there was two lines one for citizens and other for newcomers . they took me to the newcomers line then suddenly the officer upon checking my documents he could see i am citizen then apologized on behalf of his friends and said i had to be taken to citizens line however upon checking the system he started to ask me thoroughly and said i should have not returned to my country of origin i said why then he replied refugees are not supposed to return

i replied i returned only after turning citizen then he went back and forth asking his colleagues and checked the system and he said that as a citizen i have the right to move freely there is no restriction and urged me to call ircc and remove a flag because it appears i am still refugee .

do i have to worry about this now ?

please help me
 

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i replied i returned only after turning citizen then he went back and forth asking his colleagues and checked the system and he said that as a citizen i have the right to move freely there is no restriction and urged me to call ircc and remove a flag because it appears i am still refugee .

do i have to worry about this now ?
Contact IRCC, CBSA, and/or your MP's office. The officer came to the correct conclusion at the end: you do have the right to move freely, but sometimes former refugees (now citizens) have the 'refugee flag' remaining on their electronic case files (that's what they saw, a flag or note that you were a refugee and may have returned to home country; it's possible the note does not clarify you returned after becoming a citizen). You want to ask to get this flag removed.