2012 applicant received a notice for test and interview with citizenship officer

[am4u2ster]

Applied Sep 2012
In Process Feb-2013
RQ April 2013
Replied RQ May 2013
Happy Enough that I have received a letter to prepare for my test in December 2013 - later learned that this is just a generic letter everyone is receiving.
Waited with all patience, eventually Contacted MP's ordered ATIP, nothing was happening.
Out of moon most recently, I have received a notice to appear for a citizenship test and interview with citizenship officer
I know I can easily pass my citizenship test, however interview with Citizenship test? what could be general questions do officer will ask?
In the letter it was mentioned that you have to bring
1.This notice- Yes I have it (it is so precious for me)
2. Two pieces of ID's Driver license, PR Card- Yes I have that (in between citizenship application I have renewed my PR Card)
3.All your original documents that support your citizenship application- I have some original documents such as birth certificate, Notice of Assessment, T4's ROE, bank statement, Lease agreement, Phone bills, internet bills, what other original do I need to bring with me (Please Help?)
4.Your original Record of landing, or confirmation of PR- Yes I do have that.
5.PR Card- Yes I do have that
6. All Passport and Travel Documents in your possession (Current and Expired) - Yes I have all my ticket itinerary I travelled in 2011 (my dad has heart attack so I stayed back home for 3 months (90 Days) I also have medical certificate, and 2013 (for 30 days) plus all my expired passport and most current passport.

Please help someone has similar experience !

 

[dpenabill]

Applied Sep 2012
In Process Feb-2013
RQ April 2013
Replied RQ May 2013
Happy Enough that I have received a letter to prepare for my test in December 2013 - later learned that this is just a generic letter everyone is receiving.
Waited with all patience, eventually Contacted MP's ordered ATIP, nothing was happening.
Out of moon most recently, I have received a notice to appear for a citizenship test and interview with citizenship officer
I know I can easily pass my citizenship test, however interview with Citizenship test? what could be general questions do officer will ask?
In the letter it was mentioned that you have to bring
1.This notice- Yes I have it (it is so precious for me)
2. Two pieces of ID's Driver license, PR Card- Yes I have that (in between citizenship application I have renewed my PR Card)
3.All your original documents that support your citizenship application- I have some original documents such as birth certificate, Notice of Assessment, T4's ROE, bank statement, Lease agreement, Phone bills, internet bills, what other original do I need to bring with me (Please Help?)
4.Your original Record of landing, or confirmation of PR- Yes I do have that.
5.PR Card- Yes I do have that
6. All Passport and Travel Documents in your possession (Current and Expired) - Yes I have all my ticket itinerary I travelled in 2011 (my dad has heart attack so I stayed back home for 3 months (90 Days) I also have medical certificate, and 2013 (for 30 days) plus all my expired passport and most current passport.

Please help someone has similar experience !

I have had no similar experience.

But I can offer some observations:

If you already passed the citizenship test, the reference to that might not apply to you (CIC and IRCC notices often contain generic information not applicable to the particular individual -- for example, my notice for an interview, years ago, stated it was also for a knowledge test but I was test exempt and indeed there was no test). That said, in the past there have been cases where persons who passed the written knowledge test were later re-tested orally, and failed the re-test, and were denied citizenship. So a good idea to be fully prepared to take the knowledge test. Make sure to study current version of booklet. Oral tests can be more difficult than written multiple choice test.

Review your RQ submission. Bring as many of the originals you have of what was submitted in the response to RQ.

Keep those originals separate from the key originals, the primary documents necessary for a citizenship application: passports, identification, PR card and CoPR, and so on.

If any of your documents contain anything in a language other than one of the official languages (French, English), be sure to have a proper translation, appropriately authenticated.

Organize the supporting proof documents to facilitate reference and presentation if necessary. For example, CRA documents are far more important than bank statements.

Review your copy of the application and your copy of the RQ submission, so you will be prepared to answer questions about any details in either. Be prepared to answer questions about when you first came to Canada and about where you have been, and what you have been doing, since you applied.

Please let us know how this goes. We see more reports about applicants referred to Citizenship Judges than Citizenship Officers. We also know more about the latter because some Federal Court decisions describe some details about the CJ hearing. We know relatively little about interviews or hearings with Citizenship Officers (these are relatively new, only implemented after changes which took effect August 1, 2014).

Good luck.