processing time for 55+
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Not necessarily, there are many factors involved on the citizenship application.
Language requirement is somewhat easy to validate compared to Police Checks or Physical Presence for example.
So, I wouldn't count on too much difference (if any) with those applications.
The language requirement won't make any difference at all in processing time. It takes them like 5 minutes to verify the language evidence. Regarding the test, again it generally seems to be a matter of weeks between test invite, taking the test, and getting the result. So also not a big factor. The actual things that keep your application are background checks and physical presence verification. And that is the same for you as everyone else.
Thanks spyfy and canven84 for your replies.
two more questions;
1. current processing time as per IRCC site is 12 months. Is it expected to go up with the rush of apps under the 3/5 rule?
2. Does it make any difference to the processing time where you residence is( different processing office)eg. if someone is applying from victoria , BC vs. someone applying from mississauga?
1. In the last months, most applications were done with in half a year. It might go up from that, but unless IRCC indicates otherwise, they are committed to keep it under a year.
2. Yes it makes a difference, but it is only one of many many factors. So it makes no sense to move just to minimize processing time. In particular because in some years office X is faster than office Y, in some years it's the other way round. On top of that it's like changing one setting in an experiment with a hundred settings.
1) That's a guess game as nobody will be able to give you a certain answer. Even when IRCC says 12months with previous rules they were processing from around 6-8 months. If there's any indication on the magnitude of the applications with the new rules is the spreadsheet. Previous months in average was around 70 per month and we are already in 270, so I would definitely expect an increase in time. Just we don't know yet how much. We should at least start looking a trend when we start to receive AOR.
2) It does make a difference. There have been discussions that the Scarborough and Mississauga offices have the most delays while others from smaller processing offices have finished the process in as low as 4 months.