October 2013 Citizenship Applications

[mrbravo]

Thanks. When I filled my citizenship application form there was a particular question that asked for me to tick "yes" or "no" whether I wanted CIC to collect my information from CBSA? and I ticked yes. So hopefully they should be able to get that for me or confirm from CBSA. I guess its too late to request one now.

My understanding is that CIC can get your CBSA report in a week so that is faster than if you try to get it. if the officer sees the need to consult your CBSA, he or she will do it.

If you have stamps on your passport in a language other than English or french, you are required to translate them. This is a must

By the way, I still haven't received my letter. I am afraid it got lost in the mail. I generally have very bad experiences with Canada Poste

 

[Cha2]

My understanding is that CIC can get your CBSA report in a week so that is faster than if you try to get it. if the officer sees the need to consult your CBSA, he or she will do it.

If you have stamps on your passport in a language other than English or french, you are required to translate them. This is a must

By the way, I still haven't received my letter. I am afraid it got lost in the mail. I generally have very bad experiences with Canada Poste

Thanks for your response Mrbravo. Luckily the stamps on my passport are in English language.

Now about your invitation letter if you don't get it by Wednesday afternoon you might want to call CIC and let them know because I was instructed to bring the invitation letter (which has my name, client ID, time, date and venue) to the test venue. But that should not prevent you from going for the test.

But If you don't get the letter before your test date, let me know if you would like me to share with you the details of the instructions we were given in the invitation.

Hopefully Canada Post won't be your own "headache" you will get the letter on monday ;D

 

[kemd]

I would not worry about Canada post, It is the most reliable postal mail service in Canada.

 

[mrbravo]

Thanks for your response Mrbravo. Luckily the stamps on my passport are in English language.

Now about your invitation letter if you don't get it by Wednesday afternoon you might want to call CIC and let them know because I was instructed to bring the invitation letter (which has my name, client ID, time, date and venue) to the test venue. But that should not prevent you from going for the test.

But If you don't get the letter before your test date, let me know if you would like me to share with you the details of the instructions we were given in the invitation.

Hopefully Canada Post won't be your own "headache" you will get the letter on monday ;D

Thank you for your response Cha2. I will keep you posted about my letter status.

Canada Post has been always been a headache for me. My last experience with them, is that I sent my passport to a Translator in Toronto since there is no translators here in St John's, it got translated and was sent back to me by X-press. I had the tracking number and was saying " Received at local facility" for about 2 weeks. I called thousands times and complained. They insisted to have the sender who issue the complaint and not the receiver. The sender "translator" is very busy and was helpful.

To cut story short, after exactly 13 days I log in to check the status of my shipment (which I do everyday), suddenly it was saying that they attempted to deliver but no one was there....This wasn't correct because the address is my work and I asked the receptionist and she confirmed that Canada post never showed up. Anyway, finally I picked up from the post office and they told me that they laid a lot of people off and that is why they don't have enough people to distribute the shipments. In other words, what they claimed on-line was false as they never attempted to deliver it in the first place and was kept at the post office for 2 weeks.

This is one story from at least 4 I have.

Lol

 

[lilua]

We sent you a notice on April 3, 2014 to appear and take the oath of citizenship at the citizenship ceremony to be held on April 24, 2014 at 1:00 PM. The notice you will receive by mail will be your official confirmation of your appointment. If you have not received this notice prior to the date of your scheduled appointment, please contact us.

 

[mrbravo]

We sent you a notice on April 3, 2014 to appear and take the oath of citizenship at the citizenship ceremony to be held on April 24, 2014 at 1:00 PM. The notice you will receive by mail will be your official confirmation of your appointment. If you have not received this notice prior to the date of your scheduled appointment, please contact us.

Congratulations!

 

[Cha2]

We sent you a notice on April 3, 2014 to appear and take the oath of citizenship at the citizenship ceremony to be held on April 24, 2014 at 1:00 PM. The notice you will receive by mail will be your official confirmation of your appointment. If you have not received this notice prior to the date of your scheduled appointment, please contact us.

Congratulations!!!

 

[a.R.]

Anyone here who applied from Calgary??

 

[YYC_CICGUY]

October group,

Here is my timeline, Calgary is my local office :'(

1. We received your application for Canadian citizenship (grant of citizenship) on October 17, 2013.

2. We sent you a letter acknowledging receipt of your application(s), and a study book called Discover Canada on October 17, 2013. Please consider delays in mail delivery before contacting us.

3. We started processing your application on January 21, 2014.


My received line disappeared on March 3rd and

Last week CIC call center mentioned that my file has been transfered to Calgary on 27th March 2014.

 

[Cha2]

October group,

Here is my timeline, Calgary is my local office :'(

1. We received your application for Canadian citizenship (grant of citizenship) on October 17, 2013.

2. We sent you a letter acknowledging receipt of your application(s), and a study book called Discover Canada on October 17, 2013. Please consider delays in mail delivery before contacting us.

3. We started processing your application on January 21, 2014.


My received line disappeared on March 3rd and

Last week CIC call center mentioned that my file has been transfered to Calgary on 27th March 2014.

Welcome to the group

 

[Cha2]

Thank you for your response Cha2. I will keep you posted about my letter status.

Canada Post has been always been a headache for me. My last experience with them, is that I sent my passport to a Translator in Toronto since there is no translators here in St John's, it got translated and was sent back to me by X-press. I had the tracking number and was saying " Received at local facility" for about 2 weeks. I called thousands times and complained. They insisted to have the sender who issue the complaint and not the receiver. The sender "translator" is very busy and was helpful.

To cut story short, after exactly 13 days I log in to check the status of my shipment (which I do everyday), suddenly it was saying that they attempted to deliver but no one was there....This wasn't correct because the address is my work and I asked the receptionist and she confirmed that Canada post never showed up. Anyway, finally I picked up from the post office and they told me that they laid a lot of people off and that is why they don't have enough people to distribute the shipments. In other words, what they claimed on-line was false as they never attempted to deliver it in the first place and was kept at the post office for 2 weeks.

This is one story from at least 4 I have.

Lol

@Mrbravo any update yet on your citizenship test later?

 

[KrishnaDec2013]

Hi all
Now body from Ottawa
Myapplication still in process
It does not translated to cic local office yet
Cic Ottawa always laaaate

Hi,

Did your file get transferred yet? when did the received line disappear on eCas? Is Ottawa always late?

Cheers,

Krishna

Application Received: December 30, 2013.
Started processing March 6, 2014
AOR Received: March 16, 2014

 

[Stork1]

I would not worry about Canada post, It is the most reliable postal mail service in Canada.

Are you kidding me? They lost (stole?) my 20 kilo parcel which was really huge, and there are so many stories like mine. Definitely not the most reliable mail service.

 

[mrbravo]

@ Mrbravo any update yet on your citizenship test later?

Hi Cha2,

yes I received it yesterday!!!

 

[spassi]

Oct 2013....application recvd.
Dec 2013....started processing
April 2014.....test @ mississauga