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Filing for CDN citizenship while sponsoring?

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Just thought about this yesterday...

I am a landed immigrant in Canada... have been for nearly five years. I am planning on applying for my Canadian citizenship before we leave so that, no matter how long we're away, we can live anywhere in Canada or the US without worrying about our "status." (My husband plans to apply for his US citizenship as soon as he's eligible as well.)

Anyway... I was thinking about this whole domicile thing, and that it might be a bit of a challenge already seeing as how I haven't maintained a true residence there. One way I've read to help establish domicile is to show that you're severing your ties with the place you've been residing. We're doing this by selling our house, but I'm wondering if they might consider my application for Canadian citizenship as a strike against me? I know dual citizenship isn't a problem, but... you never know.

If anyone else has been through a similar situation, I'd love to hear your experiences. Thanks!

April 24, 2000 - Met in an online chat room

May 26, 2000 - Met in person

July 12, 2000 - Engaged

March 2001 - My permanent resident status is approved in Canada

April 28, 2001 - Married in my hometown, South Bend, IN

May 2, 2001 - Crossed Canadian border and finalized my landed immigrant status

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

February 2006 - The process of bringing my Canadian family to the States begins, so that my two beautiful children can learn about their whole heritage.

March 8, 2006 - I-130 approved in Calgary

March 21, 2006 - Received approval letter and Packet 3

April 17, 2006 - Sent Packet 3 back to Montreal

April 20, 2006 - Packet 3 received by Montreal

July 6, 2006 - Received Packet 4

September 8, 2006 - INTERVIEW and APPROVAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Just thought about this yesterday...

I am a landed immigrant in Canada... have been for nearly five years. I am planning on applying for my Canadian citizenship before we leave so that, no matter how long we're away, we can live anywhere in Canada or the US without worrying about our "status." (My husband plans to apply for his US citizenship as soon as he's eligible as well.)

Anyway... I was thinking about this whole domicile thing, and that it might be a bit of a challenge already seeing as how I haven't maintained a true residence there. One way I've read to help establish domicile is to show that you're severing your ties with the place you've been residing. We're doing this by selling our house, but I'm wondering if they might consider my application for Canadian citizenship as a strike against me? I know dual citizenship isn't a problem, but... you never know.

If anyone else has been through a similar situation, I'd love to hear your experiences. Thanks!

Mutually exclusive... one has no bearing on the other... it won't even be an issue for them... There have been a few people on here that were in the process of getting their CDN Citizenship while applying... they went through without a problem...

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Mutually exclusive... one has no bearing on the other... it won't even be an issue for them... There have been a few people on here that were in the process of getting their CDN Citizenship while applying... they went through without a problem...

Thanks for the quick reply - I feel much better. :)

April 24, 2000 - Met in an online chat room

May 26, 2000 - Met in person

July 12, 2000 - Engaged

March 2001 - My permanent resident status is approved in Canada

April 28, 2001 - Married in my hometown, South Bend, IN

May 2, 2001 - Crossed Canadian border and finalized my landed immigrant status

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

February 2006 - The process of bringing my Canadian family to the States begins, so that my two beautiful children can learn about their whole heritage.

March 8, 2006 - I-130 approved in Calgary

March 21, 2006 - Received approval letter and Packet 3

April 17, 2006 - Sent Packet 3 back to Montreal

April 20, 2006 - Packet 3 received by Montreal

July 6, 2006 - Received Packet 4

September 8, 2006 - INTERVIEW and APPROVAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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