Recent content by zabrodov

My timeline: Applied for passport on September 1st, 2023 in person in Gatineau, QC Picked up the passport on September 11th, 2023 Got the new version The entire process in Service Canada (both applying and picking up) took less than 5 minutes.

The journey is finally over for me: Application Type: Online Location: Gatineau, QC Visa Office: Niagara Falls, ON Physical Presence Days: 1096 Application: Single Application sent: Nov 23, 2022 Delivered: Nov 23, 2022 AOR: December 7th, 2023 Background verification: Completed on February 2nd...

An update for me as well

Just the fact that you are asking this question is concerning :) Of course you need a job offer for TN status. That's pretty much the main prerequisite

There are 2 options when you make a request: you can either request a status updates/officer notes etc, which, I believe, would be put into the GCMS system, thus allowing for anyone with access to get the information (these are the commonly requested GCMS notes). or you can request the...

I would disagree. ATIP requests are handled first by the employees who are working on a specific file. An ATIP officer needs data to respond to the request and an officer can't just take someone's computer and work account to search through the files and correspondence. An employee, working on...

I have a similar update too: Application Type: Online Location: Gatineau, QC Visa Office: Niagara Falls, ON Physical Presence Days: 1096 Application: Single Application sent: Nov 23, 2022 Delivered: Nov 23, 2022 AOR: December 7th, 2023 Background verification: Completed on February 2nd, 2023...

Did my test on June 5th, 2023 (20/20) Test completed notification - June 8th, 2023 My VO is Niagara Falls, btw. I thought it would be Ottawa, given my location

Finally, test invite. Application Type: Online Location: Gatineau, QC Physical Presence Days: 1096 Application: Single Application sent: Nov 23, 2022 Delivered: Nov 23, 2022 AOR: December 7th, 2023 Background verification: Completed on February 2nd, 2023 Test Invite: May 12, 2023 (Test window...

Congrats! I am still waiting for the test invite. BG check was done on February 2nd and nothing since then.

IRCC is holding an open staffing process on GC Jobs website. Everyone is welcome to apply. Every outlier that requires urgent processing will come at the expense of others who are waiting for their cases to be processed. A mandamus is granted towards an organization, not a particular employee...

You know that contractors are being paid way more than the employees, right?

Look at it from a different perspective: what if not many people are eager to even apply for these jobs, then IRCC struggles with attracting the right talent and has to deal with the shortage of resources? As the result, your application is being processed forever. Not saying that this is...

A fantastic way to get yourself into a trouble and risk losing citizenship down the road! You'll have such possibility hanging over you for the rest of your life. Well done on this end

This worker is expressing his/her own opinion. It's not necessarily the opinion of the majority. Fines are not enforceable btw in all provinces except Saskatchewan.