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December 2013 Citizenship Applications

xjp1981

Newbie
Dec 17, 2013
3
0
jerodkillick said:
Here is my data thus far:

Application Sent: December 16, 2013
Application Received: TBD (Express with signature Canada Post)
Residency Days: 1104

;D
Almost in the same boat.
Application Sent: December 16, 2013
1100 days
 

rohanss

Star Member
Jul 21, 2010
70
14
Canada
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
Application Sent : December 16, 2013
Application Received : December 23, 2013
Residency Days : 1211
Other : Residing in Toronto, family application
 

canadp

Hero Member
Feb 25, 2009
415
11
California
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
NOC Code......
0213
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
29-01-2009
VISA ISSUED...
29-06-2010
LANDED..........
29-07-2010
aamer43 said:
Any one else who has applied in December 2013 and did not share his/her timeline ?
Application Sent : December 31, 2013
Application To be Received : 2nd Jan 2014
Residency Days : 1146
 

Blueridge

Star Member
Feb 5, 2010
72
3
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo and now Newyork
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
08-01-2009
AOR Received.
26-05-2009
File Transfer...
08-12-2009
Med's Request
01-03-2010
Med's Done....
05-03-2010
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
29-04-2010
VISA ISSUED...
14-05-2010
Application sent : 17th Dec 2013
Application reached Sydney : 19th Dec 2013

How much time does it take to receive AOR confirmation letter?
 

regina_jy

Star Member
Dec 12, 2013
141
5
Application mailed: Dec.13, 2013
application received: Dec 17,2013
1222 days, Regina, SK.
Other: Applied for family

Note. I applied in October but they sent the package back saying couple things were missing. Hopefully they have it all now.
 

peter_h

Full Member
Jan 7, 2014
48
0
Best of luck and a speedy process for your hubby, scylla!.
Thanx for all the help you've done for us back on the spousal sponsorship thread, it has helped us a lot!!!
I'm now on my own citizenship process, started back in may, 2013.
Since your husband doesn't need testing (I'm assuming language as well), it should go fast and smooth for you, one of those completed in 7 months.
 

ramsfe

Hero Member
Nov 15, 2013
310
18
Montreal
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
regina_jy said:
Application mailed: Dec.13, 2013
application received: Dec 17,2013
1222 days, Regina, SK.
Other: Applied for family

Note. I applied in October but they sent the package back saying couple things were missing. Hopefully they have it all now.
Hello Regina,

When did you send your application in October and when did they return it ? :)
 

regina_jy

Star Member
Dec 12, 2013
141
5
ramsfe said:
Hello Regina,

When did you send your application in October and when did they return it ? :)
They received it on Oct. 28 and returned me with queries on Dec. 6 (the letter of query was dated Nov. 29). So it is safe to assume they looked at my application in a month's time after they received.
 

regina_jy

Star Member
Dec 12, 2013
141
5
Did anyone had any issues with the language proof? In my family application, they did not had any question for me as I was the primary applicatn and submitted by old IELTS certificate (they accept the expired one too). But in case of my wife, I submitted the original transcripts for her 5 year M.Sc. IT program from the recognised university in India and the transcript indicated that the medium of instruction was "English". as per the application guide, transcript is one of the valid lanaguage proof. However, they rejected on the grounds that the evidence is not acceptable.

Then when I called their customer service to explain and clarify, the agent over the phone asked me to re-submit the transcripts with an explanation letter and said, everything should be fine. She said, the officers scrutinizing the applications are not very sure these days on what to accept as lanaguage proof and thus explanation letter should help further strengthening her case. I did that and also attached the marksheets for all her 10 semesters. Hope they do not have any further questions for us on the application.

Anyone had any similar issue? Any idea if this will work?
 

ramsfe

Hero Member
Nov 15, 2013
310
18
Montreal
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
regina_jy said:
They received it on Oct. 28 and returned me with queries on Dec. 6 (the letter of query was dated Nov. 29). So it is safe to assume they looked at my application in a month's time after they received.
Thanks !
 

amgra

Star Member
Jun 5, 2010
64
6
Montreal, QC, Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
Mexico
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
LANDED..........
12-Aug-2010
Hello guys, i sent my application i think first week of December, i will update this post tomorrow , now i am already in bed and do not have the exact date handy.
I was reading on November 2013 post they are taking an average of almost two months to change from received by the office to "in-process" notice. So i am positively thunking we all will be ok by the end of January 2014, with God's help :)

I wanted to introduce my self and share with you all my experience,

Just to bring an experience to the board, i have a friend who did not send language proof and after 6 weeks he got all his documents back, asking him to take one of the approved test and send back all the paperwork again.

Talk to you soon, ;)

Alex