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1/2/2018 Topic: Dual Canadian-US citizen returning to Canada PMM	Hi laddison wrote: My friend was born and grew up in Toronto. In the 1980's, when she was in her 30's, she emigrated to the USA to become a nurse and became a US citizen in 2000. She is now ready to retire and is considering returning to Canada. She wants to know what her status would be here with regard to health care (i.e. would there be a lag in health care coverage under OHIP?) and bringing her savings into the country. Are there other status issues that she should be aware of before she decides whether to return home? Also, what government agency(ies) should she contact if she decides to resume Canadian residency? 1. Yes, 3 months waiting period for OHIP. 2. She doesn't have to contact anyone, other than Service Canada as her SIN may be dormant.
1/2/2018 Topic: DR2 category limitations PMM	Hi anokh wrote: Can someone please discuss the limitations on a person categorized as DR2 category on COPR? Can they obtain a passport from their home country? 1/ Yes you can, as you were not designated as a refugee. DR2: Dependant of CR8 refugee claimant who resides abroad and who has not deemed to be a Convention refugee in his/her own right
1/4/2018 Topic: Steps to Apply for OAS - Sponsored Parents PMM	Hi dmitriy123 wrote: Hi, We sponsored my wife parents and they arrived in Canada and became permanent residents back in August 2008. Our 10 years sponsorship period ends in August 2018. Can you please advise on our steps to apply them for OAS? It might be a little bit pre-mature, but I would like to know the process. Are they supposed to receive any government mail advising them? Or it is up to us to act? Thank you. 1. It is up to them to apply. 2. They require 10 full years in Canada to be eligible + 65 years old. They would be entitled to 10/40th of the pension while they remain in Canada, they can't collect while living overseas. See: https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/publicpensions/cpp/old-age-security.html
1/5/2018 Topic: Not met Residency Requirements -PRTD? PMM	Hi perkoi28 wrote: I just got back here in Canada 6 months ago. but my PR card expired and i need to be here for another year and a half so i can renew my PR card since i did not meet the obligations. but i left the Philippines with a pregnant common law, on December 29th my baby boy was born and i really need to see him and help my partner settle properly and i need to sign for the baby's national registry so that i can bring them here. is there any way i can get a temporary PR document even just for a month validation so i can see them and do all this stuff for them. This is really giving me depression. I need to bring them here so I know they are safe. pls let me know thanks 1. Unlikely that you will get a PRTD if you return to the Philippines as you don't meet the RO. If you apply, you must likely will be refused, and given appeal rights. The only way you could return without obtaining a PRTD is if you have a US visa, and you fly directly to the US and appear at the Canadian border with your COPR. It is still likely that you would be reported for not meeting your RO. 2. Note that if you haven't met your RO and won't for 18 months, you can't sponsor your c/l spouse until you are in compliance.
1/8/2018 Topic: Birth abroad to PR and Canadian Citizen Parents PMM	Hi colinb wrote: Hello, I have a question about bringing our baby back to Canada as she is born abroad. Here's the background: ---I am a Canadian Citizen. (1991) ---My spouse is a Canadian PR (2009) and a Chinese (PRC) Citizen but her PR has expired card while she is back in China. ---My spouse easily meets the residency requirement (greater than 730 days) to apply for PRTD. ---While in China, my spouse has given birth to a baby girl. (2017) ---We were told (generic email) by the Shanghai Consulate that she will need a Proof of Citizenship Certificate first then a passport as per normal process and this could take up to 9 months for the certificate and several weeks for the passport. Question: Is there any way we can expedite this as we would like to bring our baby back to Canada as soon as possible and also before my spouse's residency requirement drops below the threshold. Can you also confirm that residency requirements are calculated from the date of the application of PRTD less 5 years? Thanks very much. C 1. You apply for proof of citizenship for the child, and at the same time apply for a limited validity Canadian passport. It will not take 6-9 months. 2. As your wife is accompanying a Canadian citizen abroad, she still meets her Residency obligations and there will no problems for a PRTD, nor for a new PR card when she is Canada, as long as she can prove that she was accompanying you abroad.
1/12/2018 Topic: PR Accompanying a Canadian Citizen - Status PMM	Hi ForumUser wrote: Hello, I am a Canadian citizen and my husband is a Canadian PR card holder. We had to move back to his home country of Germany and I am wondering if any authorities need to be notified that we have moved together. He would like to maintain his PR card as we plan to move back to Canada eventually. 1. Not required to inform anyone in Immigration. 2. As long as he is accompanying a Canadian citizen he preserves his PR status.
1/16/2018 Topic: Citizenship - Current Tax Year PMM	Hi astro101 wrote: Hello. I have a quick question and CIC is not answering their lines. I am applying for citizenship and I am unsure what to do about the 2017 tax year since I haven't received my T2 from my employer yet. Without this, I cannot file my taxes for 2017. What should I put down on the citizenship application where it asks if I have filed for 2017? If I select "not filed" the options are "required" "not required"...to file. If I select "not file" "required", they will probably return the application alledging I don't meet the requirements because I have not filed taxes for 2017...yet I cannot file them and would like to apply and get the process going. If I put "not filed" "not required", I may be giving information which could be considered untrue. If I select "filed" "required", even though I haven't filed yet and I will be filing in a few months, I may be provding false information since technically speaking I have not filed yet when the application was submitted. I don't want to have to wait 1 or 2 months file either. I would like to file this month. 1. Required to file Yes, Filed No. 2. IRCC knows taxes aren't due to April. List the previous 4 years prior to 2017.
1/17/2018 Topic: Citizenship - Current Tax Year PMM	Hi astro101 wrote: Thank you for the response but technically speaking you can file any time between Dec. 31 and April. Taxes are due before April. April is the cut-off hard date. 1. Technical or not, I doubt if anyone has any "T" slips issued on the 2nd of January. Also note that self employed returns aren't due until June 15th.
1/17/2018 Topic: Citizenship time PMM	Hi Mohmmedsaeed wrote: Hi I have been in canada since 2010 and i have my pr since then. My question my 3 years completed 2017 so i have 3 years out of 7. Am i eligiable to apply for citizenship? Thank you 1. Use the residency calculator: http://tinyurl.com/yagm75bx 2. You have to have 3 years physical residence in 3 of the 5 years prior to the date your application is signed.
1/18/2018 Topic: Minimum/Maximum Age to Sponsor a Spouse? PMM	Hi ForumUser wrote: Good Morning My question is regarding the age of a Spouse and or a partner. What is the minimum and maximum age one can sponsor a spouse? If they have a valid Marriage Contract signed by parties. Is there a age limit to sponsor a spouse in to Canada? Thanks for you Help. 1. Can't be under the age of 18, otherwise any age. If there is a large age gap between them, then IRCC looks a little closer at the application.
1/19/2018 Topic: Dependent Spouse - PR Application - Approved? PMM	Hi srilalitha wrote: Hello, I am an OINP candidate moving in later this month. I had declared my spouse as dependent and not-accompanying at the time of application due to his project commitments. How do I go about his visa now? Do I have to land in Canada and start a fresh application, or is his dependency already approved? {His UCI no is available on my COPR}. Any information on this would be very helpful. Thanks in advance! 1. Once you "land" you will have to submit a spousal sponsorship. It starts from the beginning.
1/22/2018 Topic: TRV vs TRP PMM	Hi aquilamarie wrote: Hi, my boyfriend and I have been in a long distance relationship for almost 3 years. He is in the Philippines. We were planning for him to apply for a TRV to come here but we were also hoping that may be he could stay here and apply for work permit but it says on the CIC website that TRV holders can’t apply for work permit from inside Canada. Is that right? Or am I just reading it wrongly? Also, what exactly is a TRP? Can he apply for this instead of the TRV? Thanks 1. TRP are only issued to persons who are inadmissible to Canada. He can't apply for one. 2. TRV holders can't apply in Canada for a work permit. If they can obtain a LMIA from an employer (job has to be advertised for 30 days and the employer has to pay $1000 and prove no Canadians/PRs are qualified for the position). Then the TRV holder can apply to an overseas office for a work permit. Note if the boyfriend is admitted to Canada, he could apply to either LA or New York.
1/24/2018 Topic: Sponsoring family - study permit PMM	Hi post2shan wrote: I am a Permanent resident, but haven't lived in Canada for last 5 years and my PR card was expired. I am planing to visit Canada during this summer to renew my PR and to sponsor my family who lives in USA. I have 7 years old boy, I am planing to bring him with me. Since I cannot leave Canada during the sponsorship, I prefer my child to stay with me untill he get the sponsorship. I see that the schools in Canada doesn't accept admission with visitor visa. Is it possible to get study permit for my child till he stay with me? Do I have to check with private schools? Pls advise. -Shan 1. It appears that you haven't met your Residency obligations (RO) of residing in Canada for 2 of the past 5 years. 2. It is quite possible that you are reported on entry for not meeting the RO and if so you would have demonstrate at the appeal hearing why your PR status shouldn't be stripped. 3. If you are not reported on entry, then you will have to remain in Canada for 2 years to be in compliance with your RO and if you attempt to renew your PR card or sponsor your child before you are in compliance, IRCC will probably report you for not being in compliance. 4. It is unlikely that a Study permit would be issued to your child. 5. Also to cross the border with the child, you would have to have permission from the child's other parent, unless you have sole custody from the courts.
1/24/2018 Topic: Outside Canada-PR Card Expired-Not Met Requirement PMM	Hi ForumUser wrote: i got PR in 2010. but due to problems i could not stay in Canada and had to return to my work in Dubai. Now i want to come to Canada and settle down I have stayed there for just 2 months How can i come to Canada my PR expired in 2105 what can I do 1. You will have to apply for PR Travel Document, as you haven't met your Residency Obligations, you will have to enunciate the Humanitarian and Compassionate grounds why your PR status should be maintained. Unless you have a very good reason why you haven't been Canada for the past 8 years (work is not a grounds for H.& C.) your application will be refused, and you will have 60 days to appeal the decision to the Immigration Appeal Division. 2. Only one other options and that is if you have a US visa, you can fly to the US and try to enter Canada by non commercial means by showing your COPR. (you could also be reported at the Border) If you are able to make it to Canada, would have to remain for 2 years without leaving or applying for a PR card, until you are in compliance with your RO.
1/31/2018 Topic: Want To Sponsor My Sister PMM	Hi ForumUser wrote: I am a Canadian permanent residence looking to sponsor my my sister. I am separated and we have kids together my kids were all born here and our citizens and they're all under the age of 7 my question is can I sponsor my sister and her family use in the other relatives even if I have kids that are citizens? I'm just a little bit confused from what I saw on the cic websites that says you can sponsor other relatives as long as you don't have any blood relative under the age of 18 that you could sponsor or any kids that are citizens thank you. Look forward to hearing from you 1. No, as you have children already residing in Canada. Option 2: other relative You may sponsor one relative, related by blood or adoption, of any age if you meet all of the conditions, including: you don't have a living relative you could sponsor instead, such as a: spouse common-law partner conjugal partner son or daughter parent grandparent brother or sister uncle or aunt nephew or niece you don’t have any of the above-named relatives who is: a Canadian citizen a permanent resident registered Indian under the Indian Act