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    Vancouver Applicants

    Finally, we took the oath today. It was quite moving. The judge shared a very touching story about her own journey from a war torn region to Canada. Her point was that what Canada gives us all is truly a gift of new and free life and in-turn hopes that we all live up to is values of Respect...
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    Vancouver Applicants

    No, not yet. looks like the good friday break is causing some delays...Please let me know if you receive it Thanks,
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    Vancouver Applicants

    Same here. Same test date and same oath ceremony. See you there!!!
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    oath letter? guys that wrote their test in November 2014 in Vancouver

    I called a couple of days ago. i was told that a favorable decision was made during the last week of Feb, but Oath is pending the availability of ceremony date. It looks like Oath priority for approved applications is based on the filing date. My personal guess, though....
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    Vancouver Applicants

    You are very welcome. I would not necessarily say that richmond library test covers everything. Your best source is always the Citizenship Guide as someone commented. Other sources provide you additional aid in the learning process. There are some paid services too. One such is...
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    Vancouver Applicants

    Hi Dadu, In my case the CO checked all the originals including passport, PR card, Driver's license, Health card, SIN card, children's birth certificate and so on. So take all the originals for the document copies that you had attached to your application. It does not hurt to take the...
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    Name Change Question

    Hi There, In my PR card, my first name was shortened. When i applied for citizenship, i requested for the full name and i checked the box that indicated that the name was shortened. I enclosed a cover letter explaining the situation and attached my passport copy as the proof. The request was...
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    June 2014 Citizenship Application.

    Hi BLT, Thank you very much for the wishes. CBP is United States Customs and Border Protection. You can get all your entries and exits into and out of US using the following link: https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov/I94/request.html I submitted FP around last week of September. It only took...
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    April 2014 Applicants

    i posted this on June 2014 thread. But re-posting in April thread since i start my application in April and re-filed in June after it was returned: We (family) had our test today at Vancouver. Test and Interview both went well. Interview done separately for each applicant in the family The...
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    June 2014 Citizenship Application.

    We (family) had our test today at Vancouver. Test and Interview both went well. Interview done separately for each applicant in the family The staff at Vancouver Immigration Office were very friendly, especially the front desk. The interviewing citizenship officer was very pleasant. He diffused...
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    April 2014 Applicants

    For applications that are not complete, the law on the date you re-apply applies. for all other complete applications in the same package the rules on the original receive date applies. this is what the letter mentioned
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    April 2014 Applicants

    Usyaid, Based on my reading of things, there is a lag between the time the processing starts and when E-Cas update shows up. I assume everyone who applied after me (apr 29th) should have had their processing started. If you did not receive your app. back, you should see the updates soon...
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    April 2014 Applicants

    pedros, thanks for consolation, THe certificate was in English and has all the required details. The certificate was not as legible as one might want (because it has a watermark that is darker), but was definitely readable. Unless someone is looking for only crystal clear docs, it should...
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    April 2014 Applicants

    Thanks h3a3j6. very encouraging
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    April 2014 Applicants

    Today i received my application in full, back from CIC. They had started looking at the application on 9th June. The reason for the return is that my child's birth certificate was missing The unfortunate thing is that the birth certificate was right there in the package that was returned So...
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    Bill C-24 Second Reading on February 27th:

    Looks like the report stage is complete: Mr. David Tilson (Dufferin—Caledon, CPC): Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the third report of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration in relation to Bill C-24, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act...
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    New Citizenship Bill Thursday Feb 6th

    Thanks txboyscout
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    New Citizenship Bill Thursday Feb 6th

    Question about Citizenship Application "Received" Date: With all the talks about changing rules being applied based on application received date, i am wondering what that date really means: a. Is that the date on which the application package was delivered to the Central Intake Office in...