Interview

[msamiullah]

Folks,

Recently I got invite for citizenship test, date for which is early October. I submitted by application with travel history upto Oct 2017. I have traveled quite a bit since Oct 2017. Am I supposed to update anything (updated Presence calculator for example) and bring to interview ?

Second,I have few stamps on my passport which are dated earlier than the date I got my PR in canada. Dates are in english but the other details i.e stamp type (exit/entry) and name of the country are in Arabic, do I still need to get these translated ?

Lastly, do they match each date into from passport to presence calculator paper is it on sample basis ?

thanks

 

[qorax]

Folks,

Recently I got invite for citizenship test, date for which is early October. I submitted by application with travel history upto Oct 2017. I have traveled quite a bit since Oct 2017. Am I supposed to update anything (updated Presence calculator for example) and bring to interview ?

Second,I have few stamps on my passport which are dated earlier than the date I got my PR in canada. Dates are in english but the other details i.e stamp type (exit/entry) and name of the country are in Arabic, do I still need to get these translated ?

Lastly, do they match each date into from passport to presence calculator paper is it on sample basis ?

thanks

1. Your calculations are 'locked' as of the date signed. You don't need to update anything occurred later.
2. Translate 'only' the stamps occurring within the eligibility period. As long as the date is clear - your IO will 'get it' that those are beyond the scope of checks.
3. Usually yes, they cross check 'every' stamp within the eligibility period. However, in my case the IO just checked 3-4 and returned back my passports. But I think it is rare, probably my preparedness helped (pls check my Interview Report >here<).

 

[mumbai1985]

Although travel after submitting application is generally not much of interest to ircc officer, an entry to any high risk countries such as Syria can cause more background check (for obvious reasons).

 

[msamiullah]

1. Your calculations are 'locked' as of the date signed. You don't need to update anything occurred later.
2. Translate 'only' the stamps occurring within the eligibility period. As long as the date is clear - your IO will 'get it' that those are beyond the scope of checks.
3. Usually yes, they cross check 'every' stamp within the eligibility period. However, in my case the IO just checked 3-4 and returned back my passports. But I think it is rare, probably my preparedness helped (pls check my Interview Report >here<).

One more question, I received the test invitation letter through email, will this letter come through mail as well ? If it doesnt do I need to follow up with IRCC or I can just take the print of the emailed letter ?

 

[Seym]

One more question, I received the test invitation letter through email, will this letter come through mail as well ? If it doesnt do I need to follow up with IRCC or I can just take the print of the emailed letter ?

They probably only sent an email. Print it and have it with you. No need to reach IRCC for this.

 

[qorax]

One more question, I received the test invitation letter through email, will this letter come through mail as well ? If it doesnt do I need to follow up with IRCC or I can just take the print of the emailed letter ?

As @Seym correctly opined you'll NOT receive a snail-mail if it was already emailed to you. Take a printout of it and hand-it-over to the IRCC official during your test/interview.