April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

[airwb01]

I have similar dates.

I have travel history to US, India and UAE. May be US shutdown is something delaying our process not sure though. For me everything is in progress except Test. Let's hope we get some good news next year.

Thanks guys! I too have previous US visits. Maybe we'll be surprised with a Christmas/ New Year's gift from IRCC.

 

[moscatojuices]

-Have they asked for an in-person interview? I mean, I'd just respond that you're out of the country for work (if that's true of course) and your return date; offer to provide more info if needed. It can't hurt to state you'd be available for on-line interview.

-I don't know. As far as I'm aware, if you've filed taxes for previous three years there should not be an issue but again - do not know.

Side point: for spouse's app, we got the request for passport copies (all pages with stamps), it was a strong clue that it was about physical presence ('clue' in sense that I was 100% certain but my spouse worried anyway). Obviously won't apply to all cases, and I wouldn't want to guess.

I can say that most of the cases I've seen reported here where people had interviews, they went quickly (I'm pretty sure they don't have more than 10 mins scheduled for it) and didn't end up being a big deal. Now this may be selection issue, i.e. those who have more serious issues come up aren't reporting details here, although just by math likely problem cases are relatively uncommon.

Yes they summoned me to the Saskatoon office.

They also did ask me to send all passport pages too in advance.

 

[abff08f4813c]

They also did ask me to send all passport pages too in advance.

So armoured's caution is correct here, but even so, this makes me speculate it's the same sort of deal. Even if you don't have a lot of travel and you have lots of buffer, being unluckly enough to be missing a few entry or exit records (or both) can introduce enough variation that you'd go from having a big buffer to being significantly under in terms of physical presence.

Yes they summoned me to the Saskatoon office.

I wonder why they want to do it in person. Was your PR by any chance via PNP or something, and they wanna confirm you're actually living in the province that sponsored you perchance?

Thanks. When was your AOR and in what state is your application now?

My AOR took over a month - so near the start of June. LPP and everything is in progress on the tracker, only test and fingerprints are complete.

Stuck on Background and Prohibitions. April applicant.

Sigh.. I'm still stuck waiting on prohibitions, LPP, and language. Background and Exam passed. Last update was a ghost update on Sept 15th. Applied April 21st. Any one else still on the same boat?

Me three.

Let's hope we get some good news next year.

Fingers crossed!

 

[moscatojuices]

So armoured's caution is correct here, but even so, this makes me speculate it's the same sort of deal. Even if you don't have a lot of travel and you have lots of buffer, being unluckly enough to be missing a few entry or exit records (or both) can introduce enough variation that you'd go from having a big buffer to being significantly under in terms of physical presence.

I wonder why they want to do it in person. Was your PR by any chance via PNP or something, and they wanna confirm you're actually living in the province that sponsored you perchance?

My AOR took over a month - so near the start of June. LPP and everything is in progress on the tracker, only test and fingerprints are complete.


Me three.

Fingers crossed!

Well - you would think they dealt or significantly reduced the problem of people making mistakes with their physical presence as the online application does have an automated calculator, so I have no hesitation I calculated 1099 days correctly.

My PR was indeed Saskatchewan PNP - and yes possibly, in which case phew, I happen to still live there!