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Dear experienced people, I applied for citizenship on 28/07/2014 then I was charged with a criminal offence (assault and failed to attend the court) on 21/08/2014 (after one month of my citizenship application). Both charges were considered summary offences NOT indictable by the court and I...

Dear experienced people, I called the CIC call center lately to check on my citizenship status and the officer informed me that CIC has received my fingerprint results and my application has been sent to further review. What does it mean? Are they going to start assessing my application from...

Dear all, I noticed that March and April 2015 test takers are almost forgotten or ignored. In the meanwhile, May and June 2015 test takers are getting their oath letter so fast. I thought of starting this thread so that we can keep ourselves informed of the timeline of March and April 2015...

Hello everyone, I've just moved from Ottawa to Kingston. I am waiting for my oath letter "hopefully soon". I changed my address in the system and called CIC to make sure of the address change. My question is: Is my file going to be transferred to Kingston? Is Kingston considered a local...

Dear all, I found the Youtube channel below very useful when I studied for my citizenship test. Try it. As you start the first lecture, it will lead you automatically to the other lectures. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHIsUjAnoDk I wish the best of luck to all. Tamara

Dear all, I did my test and interview on April 30, 2015. I am planning to change my address for the third time since I first applied. Will this affect my application process? plz help T

Hello all, I did my test today. I got 19/20. The interview went so nicely at the beginning. But at the end the officer asked me about a visit to my country which I did last week and it was for one day. Bear in mind that I applied in August 2014 and the total of my physical presence in Canada...

Dear all, Do I have to write down and memorize each stamp in my passport for the interview? Does he/she care about the stamps and visas before landing? Does the officer go and check each single stamp? Some stamps dates are not clear. Few of them don't say which year. How does this work? Tamara

Dear all I am a type of person who gets shy, embarrassed and confused when I have face to face interview. I want to prepare and warm up myself to the interview questions. I appreciate if you can help in this matter. What questions do usually the interviewer ask? How long does it take? Plz help T

Dear experienced people, Finally I got my test notice. My test is on April 30th. I checked it online last night. The problem is that I don't have access to my mail. I called CIC this morning to know the address of the test location and they were kind and sent me an email with the address and...

Dear experienced people, I have a citizenship test on April 30th. The issue is that there is a stamped date on my passport I didn't mention in the application. It is an entry stamped date to Canada. Last year I visited my home country for one week but they didn't stamp my passport when I...

Dear all, I found in more than one blog and forum that Ottawa office is the slowest. I feel disappointed and upset when I see other local offices are giving away tests and oath letters to their applicants so fast, while Ottawa office is hesitant and very mean in the whole process. Ironically...

Dear all, I applied for the Canadian citizenship August 5th, 2014. My file was transferred to the Ottawa office on December 31, 2014. Currently I am outside Canada pursuing my dream job. I have been chasing this job for last five years and eventually had it two month ago. My PR will expire on...

Dear all, Is the background check usually done before the file transferal to the local office or after? Thanks