- Nov 29, 2011
- 8
- Category........
- Visa Office......
- CHC Islamabad
- Job Offer........
- Pre-Assessed..
- App. Filed.......
- Feb 2011
- File Transfer...
- Mar 2011
- Med's Request
- 10 Jul 2012
- Med's Done....
- 11 Jul 2012
- Interview........
- Exempt
- Passport Req..
- 10 Jul 2012; Submitted: 12 Jul 2012; Decision Made: 03 Sept 2012
- VISA ISSUED...
- 08 Sept 2012
Hello all,
My wife today went for her citizenship test which she aced without any issues.
During the interview, however, she ran into some issues regarding the Physical Presence questionnaire. We forgot to include about 8 day trips to USA which, frankly, did not last for more than 3 hours each... in some cases, we were in and out in less than an hour as we crossed the border to simply renew the US homeland security card for my wife.
Most of the trips were related to renewal of security pass and it never really clicked with us that we should also include these trips on the Physical Presence questionnaire. Assumed same day entry/exit meant we were still present in Canada for that day so we don't have to report it. Take full responsibility for the error. We also screwed up on the dates to a week long trip to California... the number of days spent was accurate but we input incorrect dates. Again, our error indeed. We were a bit complacent maybe because my wife met way more than the minimum required presence days... Silly silly errors that are now costing us some grief.
Now back to the interview... My wife I guess wasn't expecting the pointy questions from the officer and may not have been confident in her responses. Even though she did mention that most of the trips were made to renew the homeland security pass, the interviewer was just not polite and understanding. Kept cutting my wife off and was condescending which made my wife even more nervous... Kept saying that she would have to investigate to see if there is "funny" business going on here. My wife works for a major bank and is an employee since 2013... has filed her taxes regularly... and I am sure CIC would've pulled all the past tax returns. Receiving that "funny" business remark was quiet rude and quiet upsetting to be honest. Plus, my wife was the last one to be called for the interview, and the officer seemed to be in a hurry to get out of there. Towards the end she cut my wife off only to turn around and tell one her colleagues that she had a long day and she is going home now!!! My wife just got up and left...
Anyways, the officer said she will investigate the issue further and it may take up to a year or even more to hear back from CIC on this matter. My questions are, what would be the next steps taken by CIC to verify that my wife was not engaged in some sort of "funny" business? Are they going to ask us to complete additional questionnaires? Should we now expect to see a citizenship judge who will hear our case and may grant citizenship approval?
Will CIC contact US Border Protection and ask them to provide entry/exit details? I have already pulled that info from the I94 website but the interviewer told my wife that she doesn't want any further details from her and we should now just wait at the mercy of CIC. If they need more information, they will reach out.
Sorry for a long winded message... Bottom line: what should we expect next?
Best regards,
My wife today went for her citizenship test which she aced without any issues.
During the interview, however, she ran into some issues regarding the Physical Presence questionnaire. We forgot to include about 8 day trips to USA which, frankly, did not last for more than 3 hours each... in some cases, we were in and out in less than an hour as we crossed the border to simply renew the US homeland security card for my wife.
Most of the trips were related to renewal of security pass and it never really clicked with us that we should also include these trips on the Physical Presence questionnaire. Assumed same day entry/exit meant we were still present in Canada for that day so we don't have to report it. Take full responsibility for the error. We also screwed up on the dates to a week long trip to California... the number of days spent was accurate but we input incorrect dates. Again, our error indeed. We were a bit complacent maybe because my wife met way more than the minimum required presence days... Silly silly errors that are now costing us some grief.
Now back to the interview... My wife I guess wasn't expecting the pointy questions from the officer and may not have been confident in her responses. Even though she did mention that most of the trips were made to renew the homeland security pass, the interviewer was just not polite and understanding. Kept cutting my wife off and was condescending which made my wife even more nervous... Kept saying that she would have to investigate to see if there is "funny" business going on here. My wife works for a major bank and is an employee since 2013... has filed her taxes regularly... and I am sure CIC would've pulled all the past tax returns. Receiving that "funny" business remark was quiet rude and quiet upsetting to be honest. Plus, my wife was the last one to be called for the interview, and the officer seemed to be in a hurry to get out of there. Towards the end she cut my wife off only to turn around and tell one her colleagues that she had a long day and she is going home now!!! My wife just got up and left...
Anyways, the officer said she will investigate the issue further and it may take up to a year or even more to hear back from CIC on this matter. My questions are, what would be the next steps taken by CIC to verify that my wife was not engaged in some sort of "funny" business? Are they going to ask us to complete additional questionnaires? Should we now expect to see a citizenship judge who will hear our case and may grant citizenship approval?
Will CIC contact US Border Protection and ask them to provide entry/exit details? I have already pulled that info from the I94 website but the interviewer told my wife that she doesn't want any further details from her and we should now just wait at the mercy of CIC. If they need more information, they will reach out.
Sorry for a long winded message... Bottom line: what should we expect next?
Best regards,