Anyone from Montreal got online test invite and/or oath ceremony
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I had a same experience Bro. I got a second email from them and was excited to open it, pretending that it's the oath. But no. Same shitty email saying we moved our resources to bla bla bla.....
Is this a reality or a perception, though? Time moves slower to those who are waiting. But those who don't care, time moves fast to them. Unless, IRCC waste time spying on what people say on different platforms, and try to figure out who they are, and then punish them. It's feasible, and doable, but a waste of resources at times where they need them to do more work, if that's their primary concern.The answer: The more someone complains, the slower their application moves.
I am, of course, being facetious. I think IRCC are probably stretched thin enough as it is without having to resort to doing exactly what you mention. It's purely a perception issue. As I've been checking my status daily (with obviously no movement), it seems like I just get more and more worked up. As @Orgcom once advised - "Sit back and enjoy the ride". It'll eventually happen; I've just given up hope that it would have been in time for the elections or the opportunity to briefly explore life outside of Canada
What does your GCMS tells?I check my file at least twice a day, every day, since I did the exam back in April, and every time I read someone from Montreal receives oath invitation, I also check hoping I was selected with them
A new July 2020 applicant received oath invite for Nov 9th. Montreal office is definitely inviting applicants, but the vast majority of them are 2020 applicants.
This office just sucks. My test invite came from this office although my processing office is Scarborough and although my application is under Urgent Processing, no one from this office seems to care. Here's my status:
Based out of Toronto.
Mar 22 Online applicant
AOR Aug 17
background complete: Oct 4 (Sent UP)
Test invite: Oct 15
Test updated to complete: Oct 22
They asked me to send passport copies and I CC'd Scarborough office. Scarborough official clearly replied "Hey Montreal, File is with your office. Waiting on you".
Nothing so far. I mean how are they so screwed up that they even fail to acknowledge the status and move the file to Oath..
Based out of Toronto.
Mar 22 Online applicant
AOR Aug 17
background complete: Oct 4 (Sent UP)
Test invite: Oct 15
Test updated to complete: Oct 22
They asked me to send passport copies and I CC'd Scarborough office. Scarborough official clearly replied "Hey Montreal, File is with your office. Waiting on you".
Nothing so far. I mean how are they so screwed up that they even fail to acknowledge the status and move the file to Oath..
Guys, I think I partially understood why the priority for oath is given to some but not to others.
On one hand, there is info about an applicant that never expires, e.g. language knowledge, citizenship test, physical presence...
On the other hand, some info has an expiry date, like criminality (it's not shown on the tracker but you can see it on the GCMS notes).
So I think, before inviting an applicant for oath, IRCC is looking at the expiration dates of the "perishable" info about an applicant. If this info is expired or about to expire, they request this info again from the police for example in order to refresh. This is when an applicant waits.
An applicant also waits if the expiry date of some info is far away in the future. In this case, the applicant is considered a low priority because there are others who have checks expiring soon...
That's probably why IRCC wanted to process routing applications within a year in the pre-COVID era, they want applicants to finish everything bafore some of the cheks expire. This also explains why 2021 applicants are processed with good speed...
BTW, my GCMS notes say that the second criminality check was run on Apr 2021 with validity till Apr 2022. The tracker has no info about it...
On one hand, there is info about an applicant that never expires, e.g. language knowledge, citizenship test, physical presence...
On the other hand, some info has an expiry date, like criminality (it's not shown on the tracker but you can see it on the GCMS notes).
So I think, before inviting an applicant for oath, IRCC is looking at the expiration dates of the "perishable" info about an applicant. If this info is expired or about to expire, they request this info again from the police for example in order to refresh. This is when an applicant waits.
An applicant also waits if the expiry date of some info is far away in the future. In this case, the applicant is considered a low priority because there are others who have checks expiring soon...
That's probably why IRCC wanted to process routing applications within a year in the pre-COVID era, they want applicants to finish everything bafore some of the cheks expire. This also explains why 2021 applicants are processed with good speed...
BTW, my GCMS notes say that the second criminality check was run on Apr 2021 with validity till Apr 2022. The tracker has no info about it...
hello i received the same reply twice in different days. for same inquiry that i sent back on Aug 20 one reply in on 29 aug and second reply yeterday.
When was your first background check completed? Was it exactly 1 year before the second one?
Happy for them, but beyond angry at our situation. I know life isn't fair, but this is some BS, preferring more recent applicants to us. It's like waiting an hour to be served at a restaurant and watching tables come in after you, order, eat their food, pay and leave and you still haven't gotten your glass of water, yet.