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December 2018 - Citizenship Applications

arjun29

Star Member
May 3, 2012
61
0
ALBERTA
Visa Office......
Vegreville
hey guys you can add me to the spread sheet as well. Applied dec 2018 in process feb 2019. April 2019 finger printing request may 15 2019 criminality passed and waiting for test date. Edmonton office. physical presence 1500+ days
 

Marticus

Star Member
Dec 16, 2013
171
10
124
Daegu, South Korea
Category........
Visa Office......
Manila
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
10-01-2014
Doc's Request.
09-07-2014
AOR Received.
13-02-2014
Med's Done....
31-12-2013
Interview........
N/R
Passport Req..
N/R - Exempt
VISA ISSUED...
19-08-2014
LANDED..........
16-09-2014
Nearing 6 weeks since I completed my citizenship test (20/20). ECAS still shows "In Process".... anyone else in the same boat, waiting for "Decision Made"??
 

raphmih

Star Member
Aug 16, 2011
116
27
Nearing 6 weeks since I completed my citizenship test (20/20). ECAS still shows "In Process".... anyone else in the same boat, waiting for "Decision Made"??
The same here. 3 months already :(
file ATIP/Privacy Act. Wont hurt, at least will send them message. However, overall my thought that all's just fine, and it is a matter of time. One for sure, there's no clear cut on the processing time thing. Good luck!
 
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sk1984indian

Champion Member
Apr 28, 2014
2,569
380
BEDFORD
Category........
Visa Office......
New Delhi
NOC Code......
2171
App. Filed.......
30th July 2014
Doc's Request.
CC Charge Date : 8th Nov 2014
Nomination.....
PER Date : 25th Nov
AOR Received.
Processing started on 19th Feb 2015
IELTS Request
Sent along with the application
File Transfer...
30th Dec 2014
Med's Request
14th Mar 2015
Med's Done....
Completed medicals : 20th Mar 2015, Medicals uploaded : 27th Mar 2015, 3rd line update (Medical results received) : 31st Mar 2015
Interview........
Hopefully waived :) :)
Passport Req..
PPR : 4th May 2015, DM : 5th May, Passport Sent : 6th May, Passport Received : 23rd May 2015
VISA ISSUED...
19th May 2015
LANDED..........
4th September 2015

Kurdi123

Newbie
Jul 10, 2019
9
1
ID: Kurdi123
App sent: Dec 8
App recvd: Dec 12
Location: Vaughan
AOR: Mar 8
In process: Apr 1st

Anybody still waiting in the GTA??
This is frustrating maaan
 

Nav2132

Hero Member
Sep 14, 2013
323
71
Brampton ON
Visa Office......
NDVO
NOC Code......
2132
App. Filed.......
09-06-2014
Nomination.....
04-10-2014
Med's Request
21-11-2014
Med's Done....
29-11-2014
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
27-02-2015
VISA ISSUED...
26-02-2015
LANDED..........
10-02-2015
Hi guy's

I have done Finger Prints on 20th March, and after that I haven't heard form CIC.
should I call them to verify.. ?
Please Suggest..
 
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Kurdi123

Newbie
Jul 10, 2019
9
1
Hey guys, Where can I find the spreadsheet? I’m trying to figure out the average time in GTA from IP to test invitation.

I’m going through the forum and it looks like people all over the place in terms of when they applied and how far they got.
 

Jacobz

Full Member
Mar 15, 2019
22
6
ID: Kurdi123
App sent: Dec 8
App recvd: Dec 12
Location: Vaughan
AOR: Mar 8
In process: Apr 1st

Anybody still waiting in the GTA??
This is frustrating maaan
I feel your frustration, waiting game out west also.. hopefully any day now!
 

Philly898

Star Member
Apr 28, 2019
121
68

_KK8512_

Star Member
Aug 27, 2018
116
45
Hi all,

I did my citizenship test this morning in Ottawa on Queen Street. Here was my experience.

Arrived at 7:15am, exactly one hour ahead of time. The office opens the door around 8am, have your invitation letter and PR card ready to show to the security guard before he/she lets you sit in the waiting area. Test takes place in a mini-conference room, everybody is asked to sit on a certain side of the room. Questionnaire is easy, just make sure you read the Discover Canada guide well.

The interview itself was mostly as other posters described: relatively quick and straight-forward. In my case, I had my Masters degrees from France and Canada, my Notice of Assessment for every tax year I filed, passports and other identity cards (e.g. PR card, Driver's license and so on), and my US travel history print-out. The officer I met was only interested in looking at my passport stamps and ensuring the dates matched. He did ask me where I work, my occupation there and whether I was married and had kids. There were a couple of small mistakes in my trip reporting which I acknowledged upfront and explained to him that it was my miss. There was a passport stamp that he was looking for but the US port of entry didn't put it there, so he kept asking about that and I explained that I was flag-poling. He did tell me that he checked my dates more carefully because my total days were close to the cut-off. In the end he was happy with my accounting of days and approved my file and told me that I should be scheduled for oath 3 months from now.

Most of the officers that I saw talking were pretty chill and just did their due diligence. Certainly in my case I think the officer was lenient because he saw that I was honest with him and was interacting positively with him. Attitude does make a difference and certainly officers are trying to do their due diligence. Note that I haven't seen any updates on ecas so I don't expect to see "DM" in my case, I will just wait for Oath invitation.
 

expressentryqueen

Star Member
Jan 6, 2016
120
23
Category........
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
January 14th
Doc's Request.
N/A
Nomination.....
N/A
AOR Received.
January 14th
IELTS Request
N/A
File Transfer...
N/A
Med's Request
N/A
Passport Req..
20-06-2016
VISA ISSUED...
28-06-2016
LANDED..........
03-07-2016
Hi all,

I did my citizenship test this morning in Ottawa on Queen Street. Here was my experience.

Arrived at 7:15am, exactly one hour ahead of time. The office opens the door around 8am, have your invitation letter and PR card ready to show to the security guard before he/she lets you sit in the waiting area. Test takes place in a mini-conference room, everybody is asked to sit on a certain side of the room. Questionnaire is easy, just make sure you read the Discover Canada guide well.

The interview itself was mostly as other posters described: relatively quick and straight-forward. In my case, I had my Masters degrees from France and Canada, my Notice of Assessment for every tax year I filed, passports and other identity cards (e.g. PR card, Driver's license and so on), and my US travel history print-out. The officer I met was only interested in looking at my passport stamps and ensuring the dates matched. He did ask me where I work, my occupation there and whether I was married and had kids. There were a couple of small mistakes in my trip reporting which I acknowledged upfront and explained to him that it was my miss. There was a passport stamp that he was looking for but the US port of entry didn't put it there, so he kept asking about that and I explained that I was flag-poling. He did tell me that he checked my dates more carefully because my total days were close to the cut-off. In the end he was happy with my accounting of days and approved my file and told me that I should be scheduled for oath 3 months from now.

Most of the officers that I saw talking were pretty chill and just did their due diligence. Certainly in my case I think the officer was lenient because he saw that I was honest with him and was interacting positively with him. Attitude does make a difference and certainly officers are trying to do their due diligence. Note that I haven't seen any updates on ecas so I don't expect to see "DM" in my case, I will just wait for Oath invitation.

Thanks, this is very helpful. i have my test tomorrow too in Ottawa.
 
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