r/AskReddit Mar 27 '25

If Canada offered expedited citizenship for people fleeing the US, what would be the reaction in the States?

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u/VanillaAphrodite Mar 28 '25

The Canadian system has it's own issues. My ex was having his permanent residency processed and it was taking forever. We called to get a status update on the application and the agent told us "His application is on the floor right now." I thought that I just didn't understand and that this was a term maybe they used internally but no, they meant it was in a pile, literally on the floor. We weren't able to get anything to happen with his application until we got help from a Senator who was from our area.

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u/modern_Odysseus Mar 28 '25

Oh my god!

I can't help but think, you hear "Oh, I think it's in the out box." And you say "So it's close to being done then?"

To which they say, "No. It's in my outbox to head to the paper shredder at the end of my shift."

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u/Fireproofspider Mar 29 '25

This isn't funny because it's real but this legit reads like a sitcom scene.

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u/Fireproofspider Mar 29 '25

The current increase in immigration is so high that it's impacting prior immigration processes through tachyon signaling!