October 11th 2017 - Citizenship Applicants under 3/5 rule

[mweiner]

No one can estimate that. It's not deterministic. Test invites can be sent independent of an FP request. Several applicants on this forum received a test invite and FP request on the same day. In other cases, IRCC may wait till background check is complete, and then send out a test invite.

No one can estimate how long your background check will take, as it varies from case to case.

Quick question:

What do they check in background checks apart from criminal record and travel history, that it takes this long? Do they go to the applicant's original country's authorities for further checks too? If that's the case, it may be the reason for long delays in some cases.

Kindly enlighten us.

Thanks,

MW

 

[Joshua1]

Updated! Scarborough, right ?

Yup!
Thanks buddy! Where am I on the spreadsheet?

 

[duplex]

Just got test invite by email today (4/17) to appear for test on 5/1. Please update (row 820), thanks!

 

[garygnu]

I just received an email for oathtaking! Received oathtaking letter on April 17, oathtaking on May 1!

 

[coder007]

please add my update to spreadsheet . oath letter came today. oath is on may 9th. thanks

 

[amit80203]

Finally Finally Finally.....After being in process since 29th Dec 2017, got test invite for me and my wife today at 3:30 pm....It has been really frustrating to wait for 4 months but it’s not in our hand to expedite the process...it’s gonna come one day eventually....Best of luck to other applicants who are waiting for their test.

 

[papu]

Hi Guys,

I have test on 25 April and has been studying the book and doing the online test with Richmond library. I have question to ask to those people who has given the test. does the sample questions in Richmond reflect the type of question which come in actual test or its waste of time

 

[Ngadao]

Hi guys. I just passed my test yesterday at Hamilton office, do you guys know how long they will change from in process to decision made and the oath Day?

 

[sns204]

Hi guys. I just passed my test yesterday at Hamilton office, do you guys know how long they will change from in process to decision made and the oath Day?

Tough to say between IP and DM because of the many variances of the background check. You can probably safely figure within 6 months after DM for oath.

 

[razerblade]

Yup!
Thanks buddy! Where am I on the spreadsheet?

Row 778 on the October tab. It will change once the sheet is sorted.

 

[razerblade]

Just got test invite by email today (4/17) to appear for test on 5/1. Please update (row 820), thanks!

Updated!

Just got test invite by email today (4/17) to appear for test on 5/1. Please update (row 820), thanks!

Updated. Congrats!

please add my update to spreadsheet . oath letter came today. oath is on may 9th. thanks

Updated. Congrats!

 

[MarceauBletard]

Oct. 16th, 2017 Received Files
Dec. 19th, 2017 Started Processing
Jan. 8th, 2018 Test Invitation
Jan. 31st, 2018 Test & Interview
Apr. 10th, 2018 Oath Invitation
Apr. 25th, 2018 Oath

As per this post: https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/montréal-applicants-oct-2017-after-c6.533324/page-35#post-6863141
Apr. 12th, 2018 is her date for the Oath Invitation, not Apr. 10th.
If someone can correct the file because it's confusing to see and makes some people hope to receive a letter on Tuesday in Montreal, which is rarely the case. Thank you!

 

[razerblade]

As per this post: https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/montréal-applicants-oct-2017-after-c6.533324/page-35#post-6863141
Apr. 12th, 2018 is her date for the Oath Invitation, not Apr. 10th.
If someone can correct the file because it's confusing to see and makes some people hope to receive a letter on Tuesday in Montreal, which is rarely the case. Thank you!

Fixed. Should take 15-30 min for the update to show up.

 

[rajmalhotra7]

Summary of October 2017 applicants (by Date Delivered) as per Google spreadsheet:

Date	#Total	#AOR	#IP	#Test Invite	%Test Invite	#Test Held	#DM	%DM	#Oath Invite	%Oath Invite	#Oath Held
2-Oct-17	5	5	5	3	60.0%	3	3	60.0%	2	40.0%	1
3-Oct-17	2	2	2	2	100.0%	2	2	100.0%	2	100.0%	2
5-Oct-17	4	4	4	4	100.0%	3	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	1
6-Oct-17	7	7	7	5	71.4%	5	5	71.4%	4	57.1%	3
10-Oct-17	7	7	7	5	71.4%	5	5	71.4%	4	57.1%	3
12-Oct-17	26	26	25	17	65.4%	16	11	42.3%	7	26.9%	6
13-Oct-17	103	101	94	63	61.2%	55	39	37.9%	25	24.3%	19
16-Oct-17	329	323	294	211	64.1%	199	146	44.4%	102	31.0%	68
17-Oct-17	60	58	51	30	50.0%	28	19	31.7%	11	18.3%	8
18-Oct-17	76	76	73	48	63.2%	45	30	39.5%	23	30.3%	10
19-Oct-17	124	119	110	69	55.6%	64	45	36.3%	23	18.5%	13
20-Oct-17	66	65	58	39	59.1%	35	24	36.4%	11	16.7%	6
23-Oct-17	50	49	45	25	50.0%	21	12	24.0%	7	14.0%	3
24-Oct-17	8	7	7	6	75.0%	6	2	25.0%	-	-	-
25-Oct-17	24	22	20	11	45.8%	10	5	20.8%	2	8.3%	1
26-Oct-17	35	33	32	16	45.7%	11	6	17.1%	3	8.6%	3
27-Oct-17	22	21	18	7	31.8%	5	2	9.1%	-	-	-
30-Oct-17	29	27	24	15	51.7%	14	11	37.9%	5	17.2%	1
31-Oct-17	11	10	10	4	36.4%	4	4	36.4%	2	18.2%	-
Total	988	962	886	580	58.7%	531	374	37.9%	234	23.7%	148

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Summary of October 2017 applicants (by Visa Office) as per Google spreadsheet:

Visa Office	#Total	#AOR	#IP	#Test Invite	%Test Invite	#Test Held	#DM	%DM	#Oath Invite	%Oath Invite	#Oath Held
Blank	13	11	5	1	7.7%	1	1	7.7%	-	-	-
Calgary	117	113	102	80	68.4%	72	55	47.0%	51	43.6%	25
Edmonton	69	64	58	45	65.2%	45	30	43.5%	23	33.3%	20
Fredericton	5	5	5	2	40.0%	2	2	40.0%	-	-	-
Halifax	8	8	8	6	75.0%	6	3	37.5%	2	25.0%	1
Hamilton	28	26	25	20	71.4%	20	13	46.4%	7	25.0%	7
Kitchener	34	34	34	18	52.9%	16	13	38.2%	9	26.5%	5
London	11	11	11	6	54.5%	6	4	36.4%	2	18.2%	-
Mississauga	111	109	102	35	31.5%	30	26	23.4%	21	18.9%	14
Montreal	128	124	115	85	66.4%	83	62	48.4%	28	21.9%	19
Niagara Falls	3	3	3	3	100.0%	3	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1
Ottawa	76	75	71	67	88.2%	64	42	55.3%	35	46.1%	31
Regina	15	15	14	10	66.7%	9	6	40.0%	-	-	-
Saskatoon	25	25	21	16	64.0%	15	11	44.0%	10	40.0%	9
Scarborough	102	102	100	82	80.4%	71	50	49.0%	-	-	-
St. John's	6	6	6	4	66.7%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Surrey	10	10	8	6	60.0%	5	3	30.0%	3	30.0%	2
Toronto*	90	85	69	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vancouver	110	109	103	82	74.5%	72	44	40.0%	36	32.7%	12
Windsor	9	9	8	4	44.4%	4	3	33.3%	3	33.3%	1
Winnipeg	18	18	18	8	44.4%	7	5	27.8%	3	16.7%	1
Total	988	962	886	580	58.7%	531	374	37.9%	234	23.7%	148

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Monthly/ Weekly Summary of October 2017 applicants as per Google spreadsheet:

Month/ Week of	#AOR	#IP	#Test Invite	#Test Held	#DM	#Oath Invite	#Oath Held
October, 2017	41	-	-	-	-	-	-
November, 2017	607	149	-	-	-	-	-
December, 2017	236	414	37	-	-	-	-
January, 2018	53	261	235	79	35	7	1
February, 2018	23	54	177	208	138	55	17
March, 2018	2	8	90	195	167	119	69
Apr 01 - Apr 08	-	-	23	16	13	16	30
Apr 09 - Apr 15	-	-	12	24	17	32	29
Apr 16 - Apr 22	-	-	6	9	4	5	2
Total	962	886	580	531	374	234	148

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* Toronto: Applicants have reported to be located in Toronto. Once applicants receive test invites, their location will be changed to Visa office sending the test invite, most probably either Scarborough or Mississauga.

 

[zeste]

Hello,
Does anybody know how long does it take to IRCC to respond to a web form request?

Thanks in advance for your responses.