July 2019 - Citizenship Applicants

[billcheng]

Anyone waiting for the Test date after sending fingerprints???


AOR OCT 18
IN PROGRESS NOV 11
FP REQUESTED DEC 09
FP DONE DEC 10

London ON

me too, waiting for the test after the fingerprint.

AOR Sept 9th
IN PROGRESS Oct 30th
FP REQUESTED Nov 25
FP received by IRCC DEC 13th

 

[MR21]

hi, in one of the above discussions, i see that test is given 70% fill in the blanks? is that so?

but i heard test would be all multiple choice ques?

pls correct me if any one knows the test pattern. Thank you

Hi,
Please don't misunderstand and sorry for my unclear statement.

All 20 questions would be multiple choice questions. You need to pick one answer from the 4 answer choices for the the fill in the blanks types of questions.

Hope you are clear now.
Thanks

 

[Ba7]

Hi,
Please don't misunderstand and sorry for my unclear statement.

All 20 questions would be multiple choice questions. You need to pick one answer from the 4 answer choices for the the fill in the blanks types of questions.

Hope you are clear now.
Thanks

Thankyou for the kind reply. yeah its clear now! All the best and congratulations to you!

 

[muemuemue]

How long does it take for your Ecas change to DM after the test? I saw many people getting DM one day after the test.

 

[utopir]

Hello Everyone,
Yesterday I got my citizenship test. I am a July 2019 applicant from Montreal.

Anyway, I am writing today to share some of my experiences about the Citizenship test with you guys and I hope It will help to to prepare good and be confident and stay chill!!

Keep your agenda empty for at least 3 hours for the whole test session. On the test day, two things will happen:

• The Citizenship Test
• Citizenship Interview (no matter what you pass or fail)

The Citizenship Test

1. We showed up at the test center 15-20 minutes before the test time (our time was 12.30 pm). They took 20-30 min to make the applicants check-in to the exam hall. They called the couples first and let them in to the exam hall at the very beginning! So, this not a privilege, rather they wanted to make sure that we are not sitting together... LOL . Once everyone is in they started the instruction session and ultimately started the exam around 12.50 pm.
2. The Documents (printed hard copies and original copies) you need to carry with you:
   • The citizenship test invitation letter (you would get over the email)
   • Passports (valid, expired, all)
   • PR card, Drivers License, Medicare card
   • PR Landing paper (COPR)
   • Language Proficiency proof (for us, it was our Masters degree certificate done from Canada)
   • Photocopies of your passports
   • Just in case docs: CSQ (if you are a QC applicant), your job offer letter). These docs are not required but good to have.
3. You absolutely don't need to bring anything like pen or pencil, they provide everything.
4. NO CHEATING is ALLOWED! If they find you cheating, they would immediately make you stop writing the exam and expel. However, there are 4-5 sets of exam to prevent the cheating.
5. Total 20 Questions, 30 min time. Believe me, it would take max 10 min to finish! You need to make 15 correct answers to pass the exam.
6. Question Pattern:
   • Its STRICTLY forbidden to share the questions by the IRCC! Doing so would bring a very negative consequences.
   • Just read the 'Discover Canada' booklet. Its only 50 pages of reading. You just need to read ONCE! we took the day and night before the exam to read the book. it was about 3-4 hours of non-continuous reading. Important Note: That one-time 3-4 hours of reading made us to score 18/20, but making 20/20 score should need a through 2-3 times reading.
   • We took the practice test from www.yourlibrary[.]ca/citizenship/
   • The question types for me was: 70% fill in the blanks + 15% true/false + 15% regular MCQ
   • Questions are pretty straight forward, no confusing answers, if you know the topic then you can find the answer easily, and thats why it takes only 8-10 min to finish.
   • You dont need to memorize the years mentioned in the history section. SO dont take stress!
   • Lastly and Again.... Just give a through reading and you will be able to pass!
7. Once the test is over, they will collect the whole package and start checking the answer right there.
8. They will make you seat at another room and there you will wait for your citizenship interview with an officer. The wait time is roughly 15-40min. Ours was around 20min.
9. The quicker you fish the exam, the quicker they will finish checking your answers and the quicker you will get the interview.

Citizenship Interview

1. No matter what you pass or fail, they would call you for the interview.
2. They call me and my wife together, but took the interview individually, the interview officer was the same. They made my wife waiting outside of the interview room during my interview.
3. Total interview time is 10min, maximum.
4. What happens during the interview:
   • The interview officer would have the citizenship application package open in-front of her (the application and documents we sent on July)
   • She asked me for my PR card, passports, A piece of photo ID which has my signature on it (drivers Lic or medicare card) and COPR
   • She started checking those documents
   • While checking the docs, she was asking me some very basic questions like
     • How long I have been in Canada
     • What was my status when I came to Canada.
     • What do I do for living
     • What is my current address and am I renting or owning
     • Do I file my Canadian taxes regularly or not
     • Where are my parents and are they alive
     • How did I calculate the amount of days I was absent in the "Physical Presence Calculator" document.
     • Do I have a child and where did the child born
   • These are roughly the questions I remember and I thing thats it.
   • She was verifying all the answers those are verifiable from the application.
   • They asked my wife a question : do you know the neighboring area of your area of living and can you name one of them?
   • Anyways, lastly She congratulated me for passing the exam and told me my score.
   • She said, everything is okay with my application and she would be finally taking the decision on my file. I would hear back from IRCC soon about the next step (I believe that the Oath ceremony)
5. You are all done and just walk away from the building!

These are roughly our experience. Dont be very biased from it and then again dont be very stressed! Coz, you may experience 99% same like us.
Good luck for your exam!

Wow that was an extensive insight! Thanks! I'm now a bit stressed out because I do not have my COPR. No idea where it is honestly.

 

[MR21]

Wow that was an extensive insight! Thanks! I'm now a bit stressed out because I do not have my COPR. No idea where it is honestly.

Dont be stressed out for the COPR! I just got to know from one of my friends who did his test on the same day as mine, and the citizenship officer didnt ask for his COPR, just the PR card worked for him. I thinks it depends on the officer.

 

[MR21]

How long does it take for your Ecas change to DM after the test? I saw many people getting DM one day after the test.

my ECAS still says "In Process"

 

[Nav_S]

Hi Just received test invite for Feb 17 from Edmonton office
Line 93
@robteix

 

[TheCorwoodRep]

Decision Made 2020-01-23

 

[billcheng]

just receive test invite for Feb 6th, please update

 

[vivek4u4me]

Hi Just received test invite for Feb 17 from Edmonton office
Line 93
@robteix

did you get email our timeline is very close to each other, and we received finger prints on same day.

 

[utopir]

Dont be stressed out for the COPR! I just got to know from one of my friends who did his test on the same day as mine, and the citizenship officer didnt ask for his COPR, just the PR card worked for him. I thinks it depends on the officer.

I’ll bring everything else. I’ll check again for that COPR but fingers crossed it won’t be an issue if I don’t have it.

 

[Nav_S]

I’ll bring everything else. I’ll check again for that COPR but fingers crossed it won’t be an issue if I don’t have it.

Even I dont have it

 

[Nav_S]

did you get email our timeline is very close to each other, and we received finger prints on same day.

Got email today at 11 am

 

[KASHI07]

just receive test invite for Feb 6th, please update

Congrats finally some movement in halifax ns