I spoke with a lawyer recently & she mentioned that Request for Supplementary Evidence is no different from Residency Questionaire (mostly issued prior to Bill C6).
Please identify the formal name of the form, such as CIT 0171 (10-2017) or CIT 0250 (10-2017) or CIT 0205 (05-2017) or CIT 0520 (10-2017) or whatever it shows in the lower left corner. Thank you.
I realize this is a repeated request. It would be helpful if you could provide this information.
This information helps the forum track not just what various forms are being used but the course of proceedings related to the different forms, ranging from when in the process it was received to the timeline. Moreover, it can be especially helpful to those who receive the forms in terms of assessing whether IRCC has serious concerns or suspicions, thus requiring the applicant to more thoroughly prove the case, or whether the request is more about verification.
For example,
CIT 0520, as referenced by vancouverbc2013, is a type of RQ but it does
NOT replace RQ. As of a few months ago some participants have reported receiving this version of RQ
still titled "Request for Documentary Evidence of your Residence in Canada" and this is generally known as "RQ-lite," a less extensive request for additional information and documentation as to presence and residency.
There have been reports of applicants still receiving the full blown version of RQ, that is
CIT 0171 who applied
AFTER the Bill C-6 3/5 rules took effect (October 11, 2017).
THERE IS USUALLY A BIG DIFFERENCE between these two. The
CIT 0520, received by
vancouverbc2013, is NOT nearly so onerous as the full blown version of RQ but the more significant difference is that there are many reports of NO SIGNIFICANT DELAY for many who respond to the the CIT 0520 and NO WHERE NEAR the lengthy timeline associated with full blown versions of RQ.
Moreover, generally a response to the
CIT 0520 should focus on providing specifically what is requested. No need to include additional evidence (and it may be counter productive to do so). In contrast, those who get
CIT 0171 should seriously consider including as much RELEVANT evidence as they can gather. The
CIT 0171 can signal that IRCC has serious suspicions about the applicant's information and in particular the applicant's account of dates present in Canada. Historically receiving CIT 0171 appears to automatically make it a
presence-case (
residency-case) unless and until IRCC is satisfied sufficient proof of presence has been provided. And this probably triggers the need for a Citizenship Officer to complete the File Preparation Template for the case, which almost certainly will add a lot of time to the timeline (in contrast, CIT 0520 probably does NOT trigger the utilization of the FPT.)
And, obviously, it would be helpful to know if IRCC has implemented an entirely new form for requesting additional information or documentation to show presence.
THE Version DATE of the form is also IMPORTANT. This is indicated in parentheses following the formal name of the form. For example, most recent versions of RQ forms reported are "CIT (10-2017)" and "CIT 0171 (10-2017)" which are, respectively, the versions implemented immediately following the date the Bill C-6 3/5 rules took effect in October 2017.
I realize this may seem to be about technicalities which you might think are not important to you, BUT if you want information from others which can shed light on what you might expect, it is critical to know which form you received. This is particularly so for those who, like you, are issued these requests AFTER attending test and interview.
A separate question for other applicants: Is there anyone else who received any of the RQ versions
after obtaining GCMS notes? Might be (probably more likely it is) a mere coincidence here, the fact the OP made an ATIP request AND then got RQ'd, but given how unusual it is for applicants to obtain GCMS reports AND how unusual RQ is these days, the fact of both for the same individual at the least invites asking to see if there is any similar correlation among other applicants.
