Hi All,
I am a Canadian citizen, I was born in Canada, as were my parents.
My common law partner has been on the road to citizenship for the past few years. I've been with her for the last three years. She has met all the requirements for citizenship, after being double checked my the agent at the CIC centre nearby where we live. She wrote her citizenship exam in September (I assume she passed - speaks perfect english and has lived here for five years).
We never heard anything from CIC after she wrote her exam (she said she did great on it). Suddenly, right around Christmas time, she was sent something called a residence questionnaire. CIC is asking for a crazy amount of information. A lot of the forms and documentation they want no longer exist (they want statements from bank accounts, old landlords, etc). We essentially severed ties with our old landlords due to their irresponsible behaviour, and we don't have copies of the old statements. To make matters worst the CIC agent only gave us 45 days (factor in the fact that it was issues just before the CHRISTMAS BREAK, so more like 30 days) to get all documentation.
Our old closed bank account is accessible, but the bank claims they're going to charge us retroactively for every month we need (back to 2008 = roughly 600 dollars CAD).
I don't know what to say. On the CIC website for her file there is nothing about an RQ (the RQ came from the local CIC centre). They didn't tell us where to send back the completed RQ either.
My better half has done everything that was required of her in order to prove that she was here for the required amount of time. Some of the forms and documentation they want are no longer accessible, or have been already sent in to CIC. She is a working Permanent resident, not a temporary foreign worker, not a refugee, a NORMAL person with a Canadian university education.
Why does my partner have to do an RQ if she has fulfilled requirements, passed the exam, and already proven her residence in Canada? They give us no reason as to why she is RQ'd, no return address as to where to send the RQ, and no documentation on her CIC file online that she has even been RQ'd.
I am upset beyond words. She has roughly one year remaining on her PR. I am worried that if she does not receive her citizenship before that date that they will make her leave. I was once a proud, patriotic Canadian but after this I really don't feel the same way about my country. I was taught that people are treated equal in Canada, and that if one abides by the law and works hard they can go places and do things. It was all a dillusion unfortunately. Canada is no longer a nation representing equality. It is now a haven for the super-rich and elite. I read online somewhere that a citizenship can actually be bought by citizens of the PRC if they are willing to invest at least a million USD into Canada.
Absolutely distraught. My advice to potential immigrants to Canada? Unless your a millionaire stay where you are.
I am a Canadian citizen, I was born in Canada, as were my parents.
My common law partner has been on the road to citizenship for the past few years. I've been with her for the last three years. She has met all the requirements for citizenship, after being double checked my the agent at the CIC centre nearby where we live. She wrote her citizenship exam in September (I assume she passed - speaks perfect english and has lived here for five years).
We never heard anything from CIC after she wrote her exam (she said she did great on it). Suddenly, right around Christmas time, she was sent something called a residence questionnaire. CIC is asking for a crazy amount of information. A lot of the forms and documentation they want no longer exist (they want statements from bank accounts, old landlords, etc). We essentially severed ties with our old landlords due to their irresponsible behaviour, and we don't have copies of the old statements. To make matters worst the CIC agent only gave us 45 days (factor in the fact that it was issues just before the CHRISTMAS BREAK, so more like 30 days) to get all documentation.
Our old closed bank account is accessible, but the bank claims they're going to charge us retroactively for every month we need (back to 2008 = roughly 600 dollars CAD).
I don't know what to say. On the CIC website for her file there is nothing about an RQ (the RQ came from the local CIC centre). They didn't tell us where to send back the completed RQ either.
My better half has done everything that was required of her in order to prove that she was here for the required amount of time. Some of the forms and documentation they want are no longer accessible, or have been already sent in to CIC. She is a working Permanent resident, not a temporary foreign worker, not a refugee, a NORMAL person with a Canadian university education.
Why does my partner have to do an RQ if she has fulfilled requirements, passed the exam, and already proven her residence in Canada? They give us no reason as to why she is RQ'd, no return address as to where to send the RQ, and no documentation on her CIC file online that she has even been RQ'd.
I am upset beyond words. She has roughly one year remaining on her PR. I am worried that if she does not receive her citizenship before that date that they will make her leave. I was once a proud, patriotic Canadian but after this I really don't feel the same way about my country. I was taught that people are treated equal in Canada, and that if one abides by the law and works hard they can go places and do things. It was all a dillusion unfortunately. Canada is no longer a nation representing equality. It is now a haven for the super-rich and elite. I read online somewhere that a citizenship can actually be bought by citizens of the PRC if they are willing to invest at least a million USD into Canada.
Absolutely distraught. My advice to potential immigrants to Canada? Unless your a millionaire stay where you are.
