Mary, try to stay positive and look at the bright side - you applied in December and had your test in August. its barely 9 months. I know people who applied 4-5 years ago and it took them 2.5 years to get the citizenship (without RQs). And it was normal at the time. So to see citizenship applications being processed in less than 12 months is really a step forward. Can it be better? Absolutely! But it did improve over last few years and we are lucky... So stay positive, the oath invitation will come!Mary2009 said:It was in August...
what made me worried is that I saw others who had tests after me (in Ottawa),
and they got DM within 3-7 days...
CIC, amazingly succeed in screwing all possible date monitoring that applicants can maintain!
Someone applied after you.. might get the test or oath way before you (in the same office)...
This forum has lots of sad/strange stories... so I was wondering if I would become my own
Interview went very well... but you'll never know because of the lack of transparency and we know nothing about how CIC is working internally.
Also its obvious that CIC officers are not at the same level of professionalism...huge part of assessment process is simply judgmental (specially to what triggers a RQ, which they say its random) ;D
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DM is on average within 1 week (5 business days) after the test. And the oath is on average within 6 weeks after the test. Ottawa office has the shortest post-test (DM, oath) processing time. This is based on what I have observed on this forum.
Relax you are almost there.Mary2009 said:After the test... How much time (average) is needed to change status to "Decision made"?
Should I be worried that I'm getting RQ for some reason?
The interview (after test) went very smooth... but my status was not updated until now!
Its still saying "in process" although its almost 5 weeks now since the test.
Cheers,
Test done today.
19/20 for me and the same score for my wife.
They just asked for the passports (old and new), PR card, and another piece of ID.
Oath, as mentioned by the nice gentleman, 2-3 months.
Good luck to all!
PS. Didn't expect that Catherine St. is so busy that the parking beside the CIC office was already saying 'Lot Full' despite being there around 930am. We also didn't expect that that the interview would be done, standing up and not sitting down. Anyway, just some observations...
19/20 for me and the same score for my wife.
They just asked for the passports (old and new), PR card, and another piece of ID.
Oath, as mentioned by the nice gentleman, 2-3 months.
Good luck to all!
PS. Didn't expect that Catherine St. is so busy that the parking beside the CIC office was already saying 'Lot Full' despite being there around 930am. We also didn't expect that that the interview would be done, standing up and not sitting down. Anyway, just some observations...
I know right ? I was expecting the interview to be very private in an office or closed booth. But No it's just like standing at the bank with a teller and you can even hear interviews beside you if you pay really attention.hgn said:
yeah, I could hear the conversations beside me, the lady was being tested for english verbal proficiency, the other guy beside that lady was being asked what did they do for a living etc.AsianIndian said:
I wonder if other CIC offices also has the standing interview format as well.
Hi,
I wrote the test on July 29 ( Ottawa office) with a perfect score, the officer wanted to see my passports and that's all.
When I checked my e-cas status the following day it was already "Decision Made"
Seven weeks have gone by and I'm still waiting in vain for the invitation to the oath ceremony.
Is that normal?
How likely am I to have the ceremony before the federal elections?
I wrote the test on July 29 ( Ottawa office) with a perfect score, the officer wanted to see my passports and that's all.
When I checked my e-cas status the following day it was already "Decision Made"
Seven weeks have gone by and I'm still waiting in vain for the invitation to the oath ceremony.
Is that normal?
How likely am I to have the ceremony before the federal elections?