RajevSantik said:
hi everyone,
I understand you might get RQ before the test, but my question is about the after the test
If there is RQ, is it something you get during your interview with the officer or they will mail it after?
when you will know that you have RQ? are they going to tell you during the interview or you have to wait and receive it by mail
RQ may be issued to applicants during or immediately following the interview, or it may be sent to the applicant some time later.
Applicants will know they have RQ when they receive the RQ (either at test-interview event or later).
Applicants can be almost certain they will not get RQ when they have received the notice to attend the oath ceremony. (It is very rare, but it has happened to a few applicants, that a scheduled oath is cancelled and the applicant is issued RQ; not at all likely, barely possible, but it does happen.) Certainty of no RQ comes when the oath has actually been taken.
These days the timelines following the test-interview event are all over the place, no discernible or reliable timeline within which to expect what happens next . . . it is probably the case that most applicants are simply scheduled to take the oath fairly soon after the test-interview event, but the deviations from this are far too numerous to draw any reliable conclusions about what will happen if the oath is not soon scheduled . . . applicants can wait many months and suddenly be scheduled for the oath, receive CIT 0520, or receive CIT 0171 (the dreaded RQ).
BUT . . . most applicants can relax, since these days it appears only a small percentage of applicants are issued RQ.
Particularly post-test RQ (RQ issued at or after the test-interview event).
It is difficult to discern how many applicants are still being issued RQ, but even for applicants for whom CIC has some concerns or questions, it appears to be more likely, these days, for the applicant to be issued the CIT 0520 form (RQ is CIT 0171) requesting the applicant submit specific documents, documents which CIC perceives will probably answer the questions or concerns.
While the percentages are low, that is the percentage of applicants issued RQ is low, it is worth remembering that who gets RQ has very little to do with probabilities, odds, or the percentages. This is particularly true for post-test RQ. There is almost always (but not always) a more or less particular reason why the post-test RQ is issued.
No reason to be issued RQ, the odds are very, very good there will be
NO RQ.
In contrast, applicants who failed to report all trips outside Canada, or who made errors in the dates reported, or for whom there are other discrepancies discovered by CIC, these applicants obviously have an increased risk of RQ disproportionate to the percentages generally.
Thus, prepare for the test. Follow the instructions about what to bring to the interview. Get a good night's sleep. At the interview, be cooperative, polite, forthcoming but without elaborating. No need to explain unless an explanation is requested. Have your documents, those specifically requested in the instructions
you receive, organized. Be sure to have proper translation of anything in your documents that is not in either French or English.
No need to worry unless you know of a reason to worry, based on the particulars of your application.
