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December 2016 - Citizenship Applicants

vindarshan91

Star Member
Jan 17, 2012
78
5
Category........
Visa Office......
London
NOC Code......
1122
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
05-07-2011
AOR Received.
28-09-2011
IELTS Request
Included in the Application (Band Score 7.5)
Med's Request
MR, RPRF & PCC Request on 13.01.2012
Med's Done....
03.03.2012 & Received 06.03.2012
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
Rcvd 23.04.2012
VISA ISSUED...
Hopefully June 2012
LANDED..........
July 2012, Expecting
Any updates from the folks in Mississauga?

Application has been in IP since Jan 04 2017, However no test invite until now.

This is for my wife, I applied for my citizenship in Sep 2016 and completed my oath on Jan 12, 2017!!

Regards,
 

aboamr

Full Member
Sep 9, 2012
21
1
vindarshan91 said:
Any updates from the folks in Mississauga?

Application has been in IP since Jan 04 2017, However no test invite until now.

This is for my wife, I applied for my citizenship in Sep 2016 and completed my oath on Jan 12, 2017!!

Regards,
Not yet ,we waiting
 

Teaspoon

Hero Member
Jan 31, 2011
516
25
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
Hi, Doi have to provide the photocopy of blank pages of the passport to CIC for citizenship application ? blank means the pages doesn't have any stamping or visa or exit , entry, etc ?

Thanks
T
 

The-Ottawan

Full Member
Dec 3, 2016
39
1
Teaspoon said:
Hi, Doi have to provide the photocopy of blank pages of the passport to CIC for citizenship application ? blank means the pages doesn't have any stamping or visa or exit , entry, etc ?

Thanks
T
If you got a request to submit that then yes. They need to see the blank pages to confirm that there are no missed stamps.
 

The-Ottawan

Full Member
Dec 3, 2016
39
1
My wife and I did the test on Feb 17 and passed. We were asked to submit a translation of the non-English and french stamps on our passports.
I did that early this week.

Today, I got a letter requesting finger prints for me.

I hope this doesn't delay the process by much!
 

staralihaider

VIP Member
Jun 19, 2010
4,165
192
Pakistan
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
The-Ottawan said:
My wife and I did the test on Feb 17 and passed. We were asked to submit a translation of the non-English and french stamps on our passports.
I did that early this week.

Today, I got a letter requesting finger prints for me.

I hope this doesn't delay the process by much!
It depends case to case. Normally after fingerprint file can be delay 15 days to maximum 3 months. Good luck.
 

kahiar

Star Member
Feb 21, 2012
52
5
Category........
Visa Office......
London
NOC Code......
2151
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
23-08-2011
AOR Received.
PER 17-11-2011
IELTS Request
Sent with APP
Med's Request
30-01-2012
Med's Done....
16-02-2012 - Rec. by VO 28-02-2012 - Ecase Updated w/Med Rec line 19-03-2012
Passport Req..
PPR1 28-03-2012 -- PPR2 17-05-2012
VISA ISSUED...
24-05-2012
I wrote the citizenship test today. It was uneventful and straightforward. The whole commitment took a little over 3 hours because I was one of the last to be called for an interview. The test itself didn't take long but there was a long wait between the test and when they called me for the interview.

The test itself was much easier than the practice tests on prep sites. There were no trick questions. There were a couple of true/false questions and 18 MCPs.

In the interview I was asked to produce originals for the documents I had included copies for in my application. All the originals were verified. All stamps on my passport related to my trips outside Canada after becoming PR were verified.

My children's documents were not asked for nor verified (my children are under 14 so they did not need to go with me to the test), however, I had the originals for their documents with me in case they asked to see them.

Perhaps my application and paperwork was uncomplicated, therefore, most of the interview questions required me to say 'yes' or 'no'.

At the end I was told that I will receive an invite for the oath ceremony in about 3 weeks.

FYI: The last status on my ECAS still says that they started processing my case on Jan XX, 2017.
 

CanadianME

Star Member
May 31, 2015
101
11
Hi did you get your test invitation in your mailbox? or email? how come your application status online is still in process? please explain.
Thanks
kahiar said:
I wrote the citizenship test today. It was uneventful and straightforward. The whole commitment took a little over 3 hours because I was one of the last to be called for an interview. The test itself didn't take long but there was a long wait between the test and when they called me for the interview.

The test itself was much easier than the practice tests on prep sites. There were no trick questions. There were a couple of true/false questions and 18 MCPs.

In the interview I was asked to produce originals for the documents I had included copies for in my application. All the originals were verified. All stamps on my passport related to my trips outside Canada after becoming PR were verified.

My children's documents were not asked for nor verified (my children are under 14 so they did not need to go with me to the test), however, I had the originals for their documents with me in case they asked to see them.

Perhaps my application and paperwork was uncomplicated, therefore, most of the interview questions required me to say 'yes' or 'no'.

At the end I was told that I will receive an invite for the oath ceremony in about 3 weeks.

FYI: The last status on my ECAS still says that they started processing my case on Jan XX, 2017.
 

kahiar

Star Member
Feb 21, 2012
52
5
Category........
Visa Office......
London
NOC Code......
2151
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
23-08-2011
AOR Received.
PER 17-11-2011
IELTS Request
Sent with APP
Med's Request
30-01-2012
Med's Done....
16-02-2012 - Rec. by VO 28-02-2012 - Ecase Updated w/Med Rec line 19-03-2012
Passport Req..
PPR1 28-03-2012 -- PPR2 17-05-2012
VISA ISSUED...
24-05-2012
CanadianME said:
Hi did you get your test invitation in your mailbox? or email? how come your application status online is still in process? please explain.
Thanks
I received the test invite in my mailbox on the 26th of January. I don't know why my online status is not updated. I just turned up for the test today according to the date on the letter.
 

tim50

Hero Member
Feb 8, 2009
351
4
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
jatt-going-canada said:
i got the fingerprint request as well... any idea how long it delays the whole process?
Received invitation for the test as well
Its all depend when you complete your FP. mine was quick. It reached to CIC in 2 days from RCMP.
 

Sa3Sa3

Hero Member
Apr 11, 2012
529
18
Saskatoon
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
LANDED..........
2012-07-27
tim50 said:
Its all depend when you complete your FP. mine was quick. It reached to CIC in 2 days from RCMP.
How did you know that it reached to CIC ?
 

kahiar

Star Member
Feb 21, 2012
52
5
Category........
Visa Office......
London
NOC Code......
2151
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
23-08-2011
AOR Received.
PER 17-11-2011
IELTS Request
Sent with APP
Med's Request
30-01-2012
Med's Done....
16-02-2012 - Rec. by VO 28-02-2012 - Ecase Updated w/Med Rec line 19-03-2012
Passport Req..
PPR1 28-03-2012 -- PPR2 17-05-2012
VISA ISSUED...
24-05-2012
Online Status of my application now says 'Decision made'. I have updated the google spreadsheet.

My children's application status still says 'In Process'. I do not know how this works.
 

NGE

Hero Member
Feb 15, 2010
487
15
Category........
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
17-02-2010
VISA ISSUED...
15-12-2011
LANDED..........
29-01-2012
I have an Update. Got test date on coming March 17. Sent Letter February 27. I got my postal mail for confirmation. Please Update my time line.
 

staralihaider

VIP Member
Jun 19, 2010
4,165
192
Pakistan
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
NGE said:
I have an Update. Got test date on coming March 17. Sent Letter February 27. I got my postal mail for confirmation. Please Update my time line.
Good. Did you get just letter OR your status also update for test ?
 

NGE

Hero Member
Feb 15, 2010
487
15
Category........
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
17-02-2010
VISA ISSUED...
15-12-2011
LANDED..........
29-01-2012
staralihaider said:
Good. Did you get just letter OR your status also update for test ?
Status update Feb 27. yesterday got the letter..