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Young Canadians Are Going Nomad, and Citizenship Proof Can Move Faster.
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Young Canadians Are Going Nomad
A new class of young Canadian remote workers is leaving for cheaper, warmer countries, and nobody in Ottawa appears to be really counting them. The Globe and Mail says the move is happening in the shadows because Canada's statistical agencies do not neatly track people who keep Canadian ties while working from abroad.
The lure of the yonder is easy to understand. Housing costs did what housing costs do. Remote work made geography negotiable. Suddenly Mexico, Portugal, Costa Rica or Thailand can look less like a sabbatical and more like a spreadsheet with better weather.
This is not the old snowbird script. These are working-age Canadians taking Canadian incomes, Canadian tax questions, Canadian bank accounts and Canadian identity into another country's visa system.
When leaving becomes a personal-finance strategy, the expat story stops being niche. Make sure you get these folks subscribed to The Voyageur
Read more: The Globe and Mail
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Citizenship Proof Can Move Faster
IRCC's proof-of-citizenship queue is now about 15 months long, but some Canadians can ask to jump the line. CIC News says urgent processing can cut the wait to weeks when the reason is real and the documents are complete.
The list isn’t super broad, though. Job deadlines, school deadlines, serious family illness, statelessness, moving a minor child to Canada, giving up another citizenship, avoiding harm, or getting benefits such as a pension or health care can qualify. Dual citizens from visa-exempt countries also have a route if they have proof of air travel to Canada within six months.
That last bit might help from abroad. Canada expects Canadian citizens to enter on a Canadian passport, and you usually need the certificate before the passport.
The shortcut is not a loophole. IRCC can refuse it, and a padded request can turn a slow file into a fraud problem.
Read more: CIC News / Government of Canada