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January 2018 - Citizenship Applications

btbt

Hero Member
Feb 26, 2018
541
209
Why do not you take the Government administered language test? rather than IELTS.
There is no government language test. There are government-funded language classes, and one would need to complete a course to receive the certificate indicating completion. There is a placement test to determine which level class one should take, but that placement test is not acceptable proof of language knowledge.

As @Quink is a native speaker they would probably be assessed at having skills beyond what is offered in those classes, so would not have been able to take the class (and in the unlikely event the course organizers permitted it: it would have been terribly boring for someone who's fluent, and would have taken something like 12-16 weeks rather than the 25 days that waiting for the test results did).
 

Quink

Hero Member
Oct 28, 2014
854
139
Category........
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
11-12-2014
AOR Received.
30-04-2015 (EP and UCI)
Med's Request
07-05-2015
Med's Done....
12-05-2015 (ECAS updated 20-05-2015)
VISA ISSUED...
IP update 26-8-2015, DM 14-9-2015, READY FOR VISA EMAIL 21-9-2015
LANDED..........
30-09-2015 (PR Card received 13-01-2016)
Why do not you take the Government administered language test? rather than IELTS.
Are you talking about the CELPIP test and asking why I did IELTS instead of that? If so, my answer is that I wasn't really very familiar with CELPIP but I had a lot of friends who had taken IELTS before, so when it came time for me to book a test I just went with IELTS. In hindsight and with a little more research I might have been able to save a little bit of money and half a day's time with CELPIP, but I got lucky and didn't need to wait very long for my IELTS booking and I knew for sure what to expect, so that's what I went with.

In the end, for me it probably didn't matter. As a native English speaker I wasn't in any real danger of scoring less then 4.5. o_O
 

arunmanian

Full Member
Jul 30, 2012
38
10
Category........
CEC
Visa Office......
Ottawa
NOC Code......
2174
LANDED..........
02-04-2014
Hello Folks
When possible please update...
Application received : January 26
AOR : February 24th 2018
In Process since March 30th 2018. for both self and spouse.
 

rinkupatel.dmj

Hero Member
Mar 13, 2013
435
120
Toronto, ON, CANADA
Category........
Visa Office......
CPP-Ottawa
NOC Code......
2283
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
04-11-2013
Doc's Request.
15/05/2014
AOR Received.
11-12-2013
IELTS Request
Submitted with the Application
File Transfer...
21-12-2013
Med's Request
UPFRONT - 12-04-2014
Med's Done....
ECAS UPDATED: 25-04-2014
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
10-11-2014 / Change of VO 11-11-2014
VISA ISSUED...
16-12-2014
LANDED..........
31-12-2014 @ Rainbow Bridge, Niagara Falls
I've updated mostly everyone who's status got into "In Progress" over last weekend.
Let me know If I've missed anyone.
Hope the month of April 2018 brings all the applications into progress ...
Good Luck ! and have a wonderful month of April 2018.
 
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kmichie

Newbie
Feb 3, 2018
4
0
Hey January applicants!

A new tracking spreadsheet has been created for 2018:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UVvKb4Sem00uOCyB2kTeM2_AofgT_8b4uTJyBh9pXdg/edit?usp=sharing

If you'd like to monitor your cohort and update for everyone please let me know and I'll grant you access. If you just want to be added to the sheet, post your information in this forum.
Thank you for setting this up. I sent you an email, but I will also post my info here:
Date application sent: Feb. 8, 2018
Date delivered: Feb. 12, 2018
AOR: Mar. 29, 2018

Single applicant
Days in Canada: 1, 527
Location: Montreal, QC

Thanks,
Katherine
 

mbqureshi

Star Member
Nov 9, 2017
130
9
Could u plz share ur experience with FP request in Toronto. And did u opted for sending the reports directly to CIC ?
I saw other threads where they had few issues with FP reporting directly to CIC
what kind of issues?
I told to send my FP to CIC directly. They will send to RCMP , RCMP will investigate and send to CIC.
 

rinkupatel.dmj

Hero Member
Mar 13, 2013
435
120
Toronto, ON, CANADA
Category........
Visa Office......
CPP-Ottawa
NOC Code......
2283
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
04-11-2013
Doc's Request.
15/05/2014
AOR Received.
11-12-2013
IELTS Request
Submitted with the Application
File Transfer...
21-12-2013
Med's Request
UPFRONT - 12-04-2014
Med's Done....
ECAS UPDATED: 25-04-2014
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
10-11-2014 / Change of VO 11-11-2014
VISA ISSUED...
16-12-2014
LANDED..........
31-12-2014 @ Rainbow Bridge, Niagara Falls

bu ayaan

Hero Member
Apr 8, 2012
811
137
Toronto
LANDED..........
18-07-2012
Thank you for setting this up. I sent you an email, but I will also post my info here:
Date application sent: Feb. 8, 2018
Date delivered: Feb. 12, 2018
AOR: Mar. 29, 2018

Single applicant
Days in Canada: 1, 527
Location: Montreal, QC

Thanks,
Katherine
Added you under the id kmichie in Feb spreadsheet. Good luck!
 

Uranus

Star Member
Aug 28, 2015
145
37
Are you talking about the CELPIP test and asking why I did IELTS instead of that? If so, my answer is that I wasn't really very familiar with CELPIP but I had a lot of friends who had taken IELTS before, so when it came time for me to book a test I just went with IELTS. In hindsight and with a little more research I might have been able to save a little bit of money and half a day's time with CELPIP, but I got lucky and didn't need to wait very long for my IELTS booking and I knew for sure what to expect, so that's what I went with.

In the end, for me it probably didn't matter. As a native English speaker I wasn't in any real danger of scoring less then 4.5. o_O
I see. all the best then!!
 

benel

Star Member
Jan 18, 2018
75
7
hi there. .please update... We started processing your application on March 28, 2018
good luck everyone
 

KK82

Star Member
Jan 25, 2014
169
61
Ottawa
Hello all,

Does anybody have good links for the citizenship test?
http://www.v-soul.com/onlinetest/
http://www.v-soul.com/onlinetest/citizenship_practice_test/ - 100 questions

http://www.yourlibrary.ca/citizenship/index.cfm - Select Nova Scotia and All questions for 150 questions
http://www.yourlibrary.ca/citizenship/Booklet.pdf - 14 pages of questions and answers.


http://www.toptipsclub.com/Canadian_Citizenship_Test_Index.asp
http://www.toptipsclub.com/Citizenship_TestPractice_T1.asp#Q1 - They have 16 practice tests - they are to the right hand side and you can click each.
http://citizenshipcounts.ca/quiz - timed quiz and random quiz with 100 questions
http://citizenshiptests.ca/practice-tests/ - 14 practice tests
http://citizenshiptests.ca/practice-tests/practice-test-no-2/
http://www.citizenshipsupport.ca/free-tests/ - Free chapter 1 test and free 20 questions overall test
 

Michoo2018

Full Member
Jan 2, 2018
22
1