Citizenship Applications after Bill C-6

[mamun777]

Congrats!!! Just wandering after Exam how long does it take fir Oath? Thx

 

[xxpazaway]

Monmon24 said: ↑
Hi anybody knows .. I applied with my PR as an ID and now my PR is about to expire can it still be used as an ID in the test ? or I have to apply for new one since a new one will take few months to arrive ..?
No one here to reply?

you dont have to renew your PR for test unless you are travelling out of the country before and after the exam. you have to provide ID before you take the test just to verify if it is you are the same person. If you have drivers license bring it with you too.

 

[khokharzee]

Finally got decision made today in ecas. Can someone please update my status

 

[Canaussie7]

Hi everyone

I am really confused with the situation I have faced with my citizenship application. Can you give me some hints for what I can do?

I submitted my application about a month ago, with more than 1150 days of physical presence credit. About 275 days of my credit was accumulated during about 550 days I was in Canada as a visitor, waiting for my PR application to be processed by CIC (I was being sponsored by my husband, who was a PR living in Canada at the time).

Today, I received a mail from CPC Sydney with a cover letter and my entire application package. The letter indicates that "based on the review of the information provided by you, and verification of your time in Canada prior to becoming a permanent resident, we have determined that you were not physically present in Canada for the minimum 1095 days. This discrepancy can occur for a number of reasons, however, most of the time this is due to an error in physical presence calculation. In your particular case, some or all of the time reported on the calculator (prior to Permanent Resident date) could not be verified in our records."

In my application package, I had sent them the copies of all of my flight itineraries as well as the passport stamps for every single time I have left and returned back to Canada. I even have Canada border's stamp for every entry I had during my pre-PR period. I think it is likely that they have missed one or more entry records in their database. What do you think I can do to let them know that the fault is not on me?

Any advice would be really appreciated.

Days as a visitor do not count towards physical presence. It is only time spent here on a working visa that can be counted as 0.5 day prior to PR.

 

[Nikhil shah]

Days as a visitor do not count towards physical presence. It is only time spent here on a working visa that can be counted as 0.5 day prior to PR.

Days as a Visitor do count as you were on temporary resident visa. Just make sure if you have counted visiting days in physical presence that should be within last 5 years. Anything before that is not counted.

 

[Nikhil shah]

Hi everyone

I am really confused with the situation I have faced with my citizenship application. Can you give me some hints for what I can do?

I submitted my application about a month ago, with more than 1150 days of physical presence credit. About 275 days of my credit was accumulated during about 550 days I was in Canada as a visitor, waiting for my PR application to be processed by CIC (I was being sponsored by my husband, who was a PR living in Canada at the time).

Today, I received a mail from CPC Sydney with a cover letter and my entire application package. The letter indicates that "based on the review of the information provided by you, and verification of your time in Canada prior to becoming a permanent resident, we have determined that you were not physically present in Canada for the minimum 1095 days. This discrepancy can occur for a number of reasons, however, most of the time this is due to an error in physical presence calculation. In your particular case, some or all of the time reported on the calculator (prior to Permanent Resident date) could not be verified in our records."

In my application package, I had sent them the copies of all of my flight itineraries as well as the passport stamps for every single time I have left and returned back to Canada. I even have Canada border's stamp for every entry I had during my pre-PR period. I think it is likely that they have missed one or more entry records in their database. What do you think I can do to let them know that the fault is not on me?

Any advice would be really appreciated.

HI Looking at your situation you said that u stayed 550 days on VISITOR visa. thats is 1.5 years as visitor. also this cannot be straight days as you might have to go back after 6 months.

Make sure you are only counting days from last 5 years. before that if you have visited will not count.

 

[HLR]

Finally got decision made today in ecas. Can someone please update my status

Congrats, updated the sheet

 

[jazibkg]

does anybody know the process for age 55+? are they called for an interview at all or it goes directly to decision made/oath ceremony invite? My mother's AOR was March 11, 2018. Then fingerprinting request March 28, 2018. What would her next step be? (fingerprinting was done same day)

 

[zenith9]

Dear seniors.
I want to know for all those people whom recieved citizenship certificate. does the certificate have CANADA 150 logo?
I am curious because I like this logo.
Thank you dear sirs.
Dalit

 

[ARayaba]

Can someone please update my timeline:

ID: Zach
Location: Hamilton (currently incorrectly listed as Toronto)
App Type: Single
Physical Presence: 1497

• App Sent: Oct 11, 2017
• Arrived: Oct 13, 2017
• AOR: Nov 2, 2017
• In Progress: Nov 22, 2017
• Test Invite Letter Date: February 8, 2018
• Test Interview Date: February 22, 2018
• Decision Made Date (ecas): April 19, 2018

Took a LONG time between the test date and the decision made date. I'm assuming its due to extensive travel history.

What do you mean by extensive travel history? I have had at least 15 trips with 130 days spent outside Canada. Is that extensive?

 

[lalaland2]

guys, I was notified to appear and write the citizenship test on May 23, 2018 at 7:45 AM. two questions:
Is it possible to call and make it earlier?
if the test is at 745 am, when should I expect to be done? I am wondering if I should take the whole day off.

(I sent my application on Oct 11, 2017)
Thanks in advance

 

[avigtr]

guys, I was notified to appear and write the citizenship test on May 23, 2018 at 7:45 AM. two questions:
Is it possible to call and make it earlier?
if the test is at 745 am, when should I expect to be done? I am wondering if I should take the whole day off.

(I sent my application on Oct 11, 2017)
Thanks in advance

1. You can't make it earlier.
2. Few things to take into consideration:

1. Amount of people taking the test at that time: the more there are the more time the wait for the interview can take. some places interview in the order of the people that finished the tests first and some do not.
2. Your case: the interview might take 5 minutes or an hour if something needs more clarifications
   
3. Amount of staff (related to 1 but also something to think about)

I think that 3 hours is a reasonable amount of time( you might be out in 30 also...).

 

[avigtr]

Dear seniors.
I want to know for all those people whom recieved citizenship certificate. does the certificate have CANADA 150 logo?
I am curious because I like this logo.
Thank you dear sirs.
Dalit

You should rephrase to "Dear new Canadian citizens" . Being a "senior"(if there is such a thing) in this forum doesn't mean that you are actually a citizen and if you are you might got your citizenship before the 150 celebration(2017)

 

[Monmon24]

you dont have to renew your PR for test unless you are travelling out of the country before and after the exam. you have to provide ID before you take the test just to verify if it is you are the same person. If you have drivers license bring it with you too.

Hi xxpazaway Thanks for reply so you mean they accept the PR even if not Valid .. do you know anyone attended the test with expired PR and they accepted it ?

 

[xxpazaway]

Hi xxpazaway Thanks for reply so you mean they accept the PR even if not Valid .. do you know anyone attended the test with expired PR and they accepted it ?

I dont know anyone who attended the test with the expired PR however I read this information on Citizenship Eligibility. Maybe other member has answer. Sorry about that.

Permanent Resident status
Regardless of your age, if you are applying for citizenship, you must have:

• Permanent Resident (PR) status in Canada
• no unfulfilled conditions related to your PR status

Your PR status must not be in question. This means you must not:

• be under review for immigration or fraud reasons
• have certain unfulfilled conditions related to your PR status
• be under a removal order (an order from Canadian officials to leave Canada)

You don’t need a valid PR card to apply for citizenship. If you have an expired PR card, you can still apply for citizenship.