I don’t have any idea, what to do anymore. It feels like I wasted 8 years of my life. I was 18 when I moved to Canada and today, I am 26 but still at zero. I had to move back to India, and I’m left with nothing. I am broke, with a useless diploma and am currently on anxiety pills. I feel like giving up on everything. I literally don’t know what to do with my life now.

I became a Canadian PR in 2024, and my end goal has always been to get Canadian citizenship. I’m bilingual in French and English, I’ve integrated well, and I genuinely like living in North America. I also come from a country with a pretty weak passport, so having Canadian citizenship would give me a lot more freedom and options for my future.
The problem is that I’ve been struggling with depression for a while and haven’t been able to work for months. The only type of work I’ve really been able to find here is call center work, which honestly made my mental health even worse.

If I stay in Canada and don’t travel, I’m about 10 months away from being able to apply for citizenship. But I only have around $15k left in savings, and staying here without working means I’ll basically be burning through a big part of it just to reach that citizenship date as fast as possible.
I have family in overseas, so I’m starting to wonder if it makes more sense to leave Canada for a while, stay with them, save money and focus on feeling better, then come back when I’m in a better place or have a better job opportunity. Obviously, that would delay my citizenship.

If you were in my position, would you sacrifice another 10 months and some/most of your savings to become eligible for citizenship sooner, then leave for a while? Or would you stop worrying about the timeline, go stay with family now, and come back when life is more stable?
I keep going back and forth because I’ve already come this far, but I also don’t know if destroying my savings and forcing myself to stay somewhere while I’m unhappy just to get citizenship faster makes sense.

My CEC PR Timeline 🇨🇦🍁** | Inland (Inside Canada)
I applied for PR through the **Canadian Experience Class (CEC) while living inside Canada.

ITA: March 3, 2026
AOR: March 13, 2026
Biometrics Request: May 13, 2026
Biometrics Submitted: May 19, 2026
Background Check Passed: July 24, 2026
Portal 1 (P1): August 13, 2026 — replied the same day
Portal 2 (P2): August 26, 2026 — replied the same day
eCOPR: September 1, 2026 🎉🍁🇨🇦
Total processing time from AOR to eCOPR: approximately 5 months and 19 days.

Finally officially a Canadian Permanent Resident! 🥳🇨🇦🍁

I applied for PR via inland spousal sponsorship over a year ago. Back in May, the review of my eligibility concluded that I was eligible to apply for PR sponsored by my common-law spouse (we've lived together in Canada for over three years now). I went to the US for a week long work conference, and 4 days into the conference I received an email from IRCC stating that they no longer believed I was cohabiting in Canada with my sponsor.

Is it normal for such a short trip to trigger this sort of review? My job in Canada involves spending ~2 weeks in the US in a year and I'm not traveling internationally otherwise. I'm not concerned that I will be found ineligible after they review the case, but is this expected any time I leave the country for a few days?? If any inland SCLP applicants have traveled, was this your experience too?

After 11 years in the US, my wife and I finally made the jump to Canada, and we’re now settling into Vancouver. Wanted to share the story and ask this community for some pointers.

We both came to the US as Students and built stable careers there, but the visa uncertainty kept gnawing at me — that low-grade anxiety of never quite feeling settled. We got our PR through Express Entry back in February 2024, and after a lot of back and forth, we finally pulled the trigger.

It wasn’t a clean exit. We ended up renting out our house in Charlotte at about $1,200/month negative — selling now would’ve meant a few more months of waiting and roughly a $50k loss, so renting was the lesser evil for now.

Where things stand:

**•   Jobs:** My wife works remote and is hoping to keep her US job for the foreseeable future. I’m a senior data engineer and will need to quit mine in a couple of months, then find something here.  
**•   Car:** Imported our paid-off car tax-free. Still need to sort out BC registration and get our BC driver’s licenses.  
**•   Finances:** Still need to move over brokerage accounts and stocks, and find a good cross-border CPA to help with the transition-year taxes.  
**•   Housing:** Renting temporarily for now. Looking for a long-term place starting November — ideally a 2-bed townhome or apartment, 900+ sqft.

A few things I’d love help with:

**•** Any recommendations for a solid cross-border CPA in the Vancouver area?  
**•** Tips on the BC driver’s license / car registration process — anything that tripped you up?  
**•** Neighbourhood suggestions for a 2-bed rental in that size range?  
**•** For fellow data engineers / tech folks: how’s the job market right now, and any advice on breaking in?  
**•** Anything you wish you’d known in your first few months that would’ve made life easier?

Genuinely excited to be here and happy to answer questions from anyone considering the same move. Thanks in advance!

Hi everyone,
I’m planning to apply for a Canadian visitor visa (TRV) for my parents.
They previously visited Canada about 3 years ago on a visitor visa and returned to India as required. Since then, both of their passports have been renewed, so we need to apply for their visas again.
A little background:
Both parents are retired and currently living in India.
They own property in India and have other ties there.
They can show their own bank statements/funds in India.
I live in Canada but currently don’t work.
My husband is self-employed as an Uber driver.
Our combined family income is $100,000+ per year.
We can provide our Canadian tax returns/Notices of Assessment and other income documents.
However, we don’t have a large amount of savings in our Canadian bank account.
My parents would be able to show their own funds for the trip.
We can provide an invitation letter and proof of our relationship.
Since they have already visited Canada previously and returned to India, does that help their application?
How important is it that we, as the hosts, don’t have a large amount of savings, if my parents can demonstrate sufficient funds themselves?
For those who have applied for their retired parents recently, what was your experience? What documents did you provide, and do you think their chances of approval would be reasonably good in this situation?
Any advice on how to present the application strongly would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

I am an international student, doing my undergraduate here in bc canada. I speak both English and French. I heard of express entry and pnp but i dont know which one is the best for me. If someone could explain i would really appreciate it. Thank you.

Just wondering if anyone who received their eCOPR between August 21 and August 30 has already received Final Decision (FD) on their PR card application.

I had filed EOI earlier in the year and I got invited to apply for AOS. I was a bit confused about the different streams, I technically also qualified for tech pathway but now that I have received the invitation of AOS I'm thinking I should go ahead and apply rather than waste time trying for the tech pathway from scratch.

My PGWP expires early February 2027. If I complete the application now, would I hopefully receive the nomination by January so that I can apply for non-express PR and become eligible for BOWP? Would appreciate any guidance in this regard. I know AOS processing is much longer once i apply for the actual PR, but just worried about my work permit expiring at the moment.

My CRS score goes up to 510 in December, so if theres a big drop in cutoff like last year hopefully I can get an express entry invite which would make things easier, but trying to cover all my bases.

Just wanted to share that SOWP outland application of my spouse was approved in just 2 weeks😭😭😭😭🤍

Application submitted: August 14,2026
Biometric requested: August 15,2026
Biometric provided: August 18, 2026
Original passport request: September 01, 2026

My wife is a Bangladeshi citizen who lives in the United Arab Emirates with her family as a University student.

Ircc processing time website shows a whooping 24 weeks processing time for work permit submitted outside canada in the United Arab Emirates. CANT BELIEVE THEY DID IT SO QUICKLY.
My background is a PGWP holder working in a teer 2 job.
Proof of job was employment verification letter with job duties, pay stubs, bank statement showing the salary deposits, website job postings
Proof of finance was only my 3 biweekly paystubs and father in laws bank statement with support letter and business licenses.
Both of us are 24 years old, got married few months ago in Bangladesh so provided bunch of family event images along with notarized marriage certificate.
Additional documents such as my wife’s university enrollment letter and her transcripts along with a 8 page letter of explanation were included.

Hi guys, has anyone been in a similar situation?

Summer was supposed to be my final semester and I only had 2 courses left, so I was part-time. Unfortunately, I failed one of them, so now I have to retake just that one course this Fall.

So technically I’ll have two part-time semesters in a row, even though Summer was originally supposed to be my last semester.

Has anyone been through this and still gotten their PGWP? And were you still allowed to work off campus during the extra semester?

Thanks!

I have received my AOR and also invited to do the test but when i go to the tracker webpage i am not able to log in/ sign up with mu UCI number and application number,
Wondering if this is common??

Hi,
So I recently got my renewed closed work permit and my spouse got SOWP. While filing for TRV application, will it be a single application from my ircc account for me and my spouse or will it be separate application.

Thank you!

My partner started working for a Canadian company on August 22, 2023. For the first 6 months, she was paid by invoice/direct deposit and was not on payroll or receiving employee benefits.

After that, she was moved to payroll, but continued with the same company, position, duties, and supervision.

The employer is willing to provide a letter stating that she was effectively working as an employee during the initial period, despite being paid as a contractor. She also reported the income and paid taxes.

Could those first 6 months potentially count as Canadian work experience for CEC, or would IRCC consider them self-employment and exclude them?

Has anyone had a similar situation? What evidence did you provide, and what was the outcome?
Thanks!

My spouse is moving to British Columbia on a closed work permit, and I was granted an open work permit as part of the accompanying spouse process. I also have a valid Canadian visitor visa. Both of us are non-US/Canada citizens.

I plan to remain in Washington State and visit my spouse on weekends by crossing the land border. I've received conflicting advice about whether I should activate my open work permit at the border when my spouse enters Canada, or simply continue entering as a visitor for my weekend trips.

Is there any disadvantage to activating my open work permit right away, even if I don't plan to work or live in Canada full-time at this stage? Could having an active work permit create any issues when making frequent short visits from the U.S.?

I am unable to log in to my IRCC account via GCKey to access a new message notification sent to my email. The sign-in page accepts my credentials, but upon clicking "Sign In" or pressing Enter, the system completely freezes. It does not advance to the security questions or application dashboard, and no error message appears.

Tested across two different laptops and a mobile phone.

Tested multiple browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Edge) in both standard and Private/Incognito modes with cache and cookies cleared.

Tested across different Wi-Fi networks, mobile 4G data, and alternate language (French) portals with no success.

please assist me in resolving the authentication stall on my GCKey account

My study permit expires on October 2027. My program ends on 2028 or 2029 if I do coop.
However, I have a lot of complicated history. I applied for visa and study permit to study engineering at the University of Toronto on June 2022 and got my study permit on October 2022. I talked to my academic advisor and she suggested I fly to Toronto asap. However, after arriving the academic advisor told me that I need to defer my program to September 2023 as uoft does not have January semesters to start the program with. So I had to defer. I started working part time from January 2023 as I had nothing to do and worked till October 2023. I did not know that I was not allowed to work and that it violates the study permit. I started my semester at uoft in September 2023. However, I unfortunately failed most of my courses and was placed in probation. Then I filed back to my home country on January 2024. I applied to universities again in Canada and was accepted to study computer science at Tmu. I changed my DLI and flied back to Toronto to start my studies. I have completed two years and is about to start my third year.
I need to apply for the study permit extension to complete coop and my fourth year. However im very scared if I will be approved the extension. What complications do u think would rise given my complicated history

Hi everyone,
I’m looking for some advice regarding the Personal History section of my Express Entry PR application.
During my full-time studies in Canada, I continued working remotely for a foreign company. I am not claiming any CRS points for the work I performed while I was physically in Canada.
I’m confused about how to complete the Personal History fields because the form specifically asks:
Country where activity took place
City/Town where activity took place
Since I was physically in Canada while doing the remote work, but my employer was a foreign company, what should I enter?
Option 1: Canada + the Canadian city where I was physically working remotely
Option 2: The foreign country + the city where my employer/reporting office was located
Has anyone been in a similar situation or received guidance from IRCC on what should be entered for “Country/City where activity took place” for remote work performed in Canada for a foreign employer?
Would really appreciate any suggestions or experiences.

Hi everyone! I (Principal Applicant) am applying for TRV. My husband and I have received our AOR. We are still waiting on BIL and medical requests.

We wanted to know what important additional documents do you guys recommend us attaching to strengthen our application? I am from Pakistan and my husband is a Canadian citizen.

So far we have attached:
- AOR
- One letter from my husband inviting me to Canada to stay with him for a month (attached his utility bill as proof of residence) + stating he will financially support our trip in Canada + mentioning total trip budget of approx 7000 CAD$
- Attached his bank summary (totalling 30k CAD$) + employment letter + payslips + NOA + investment account with me listed as his beneficiary
- One letter from me saying that i will follow the rules of dual intent + i have a job in Pakistan (supported by employment letter + payslips) + i have family here (supported by govt issued family tree)
- i have attached my personal Pakistani bank account details + details of Pakistani joint bank account my husband and I opened in Pakistan together so he could wire me monthly support + my own personal investment account based in Pakistan based on the local money market funds = i attached these three as proof for my ties to Pakistan
- attached my personal bank account statement in Pakistan totalling 2000 CAD$ + personal investment account statement based in Pakistan totalling 4000 CAD$.

Is there anything else at all that you think we should add? Or maybe you think something we've included is irrelevant.

We would be so grateful for any feedback and suggestions! Thank you

Bonjour à tous,

j’ai une préoccupation, j’ai commencé à travailler le 02 septembre 2025 et ce 02 septembre 2026 j’aurais 1 an d’expérience au canada: mais entre mon premier et deuxième boulot j’ai 10 jours sans travaillé.

- 02 septembre 2025 au 9 janvier ( premier boulot)

- du 19 janvier à maintenant ( deuxième boulot)

ma question est La suivante: est ce que si je reçois l’invitation demain je peux accepter puis attendre de compléter les 10 jours sans travailler dans la fenetre de 60 jours pour déposer ma demande ou je refuse? Éventuellement est ce que sa peut poser un problème?

Merci de vos réponses

Me (sponsor) and my husband (PA Pakistan)really want to apply to TRV. But we were told by friends that my husband bank statement is really important. However, he doesn't have a lot in savings.

I on the other hand have lots in savings and plan to cover all his expenses on his stay.

Has anyone here applied for dual intent TRV with visitor not having enough funds?

Posting this in case someone ends up in the same situation. This is not legal advice - just our personal experience, shared in the hope that it helps someone who’s currently going down the same anxious Reddit/forum rabbit hole we did.

My partner had an inland PR application and was on an open work permit. We needed to travel to Europe for personal reasons, and everything was straightforward until he received his Confirmation of Permanent Residence (eCOPR) about a week before our trip (great news, but not enough time to receive his PR card before we left).

Since commercial airlines generally require permanent residents to have a valid PR card or PRTD to board a flight to Canada, we started researching alternatives. One option that comes up often is flying to the U.S. and entering Canada by land in a private vehicle. There weren’t many posts confirming how this actually worked in practice, so here’s what happened for us:

- My partner successfully returned to Canada by flying from Paris to Detroit, renting a car, and driving to Toronto.

- When checking in for his flight in Paris, the airline asked for proof of a return/onward flight from the U.S. He booked a cancellable flight in order to board.

- Upon arrival in the U.S., he was not asked to show proof of onward travel, although he was prepared to show his car rental reservation.

- At the Canadian land border, he explained his situation honestly and entered Canada successfully.

The biggest takeaway: be straightforward with border officers and don’t invent a complicated story. Explain your situation clearly and, if needed, refer to the IRCC information stating that permanent residents without a PR card can enter Canada in a private vehicle at a land border.

Obviously, everyone’s circumstances can be different, so do your own research and check the latest official IRCC and U.S. entry requirements before travelling.

Hope this helps someone. We found plenty of posts asking this exact question, but very few people came back afterward to say what actually happened.

My license got suspended, got IRP ticket and was arrested and spent few hours in cell. But no criminal charges at all, no court dates. Im worried that will it affect my PGWP & PR later on. I understand i have to check the arrested column now but since it was not criminal charge is it gonna affect my pgwp and then PR?