Scarborough -DM-Oath

[FrustratedFromTheProcess]

WOW that’s Scarborough office for you, I guess you guys should be the next batch to get Oath Invite let’s hope you all get your process done before the end of April.Good luck.

Thanks, Cross the fingers.However hope it's the only thing we have in this case. Nothing help with IRCC.

 

[sns204]

Right, agree...same here, my PR card expired about 2 weeks ago...so i can't travel although my passport is valid.

Thinking, is it actually possible to renew the PR card when we already have DM on the citizenship application? Won't that confuse CIC? Also what if the system decided to issue a random RQ on the PR renewal application - would that impact the ceremony/Oath invite on the Citizenship application in any way?

Not sure how these guys (IRCC) work and therefore i'm even scared to apply for PR renewal if there's a slight chance it can delay the Oath even further..

I don't think it would have any negative impact whatsoever. If you need to travel, then you have to have a valid travel document. Same as needing to renew a passport while the process is going on.

 

[vik999]

Hi,
I have generic question, probably someone would have answered already. Sorry about that.
I have been over 1095 days in Canada and filed 3 years Income Tax return -2015,2016 ,2017. Am I eligible to apply for Canadian citizenship? . over 2.5 years as PR, 19 months on Visa.
Came in May 2014 till Dec 2015 on visa and and PR from Dec 2015 till present.

pls guide.

 

[emamabd]

I don't think it would have any negative impact whatsoever. If you need to travel, then you have to have a valid travel document. Same as needing to renew a passport while the process is going on.

True, just not sure if its the right thing to do at this point...they can make me run around for papers wasting time ...and who knows, maybe at the end i get nothing out of it ...i.e Oath comes before the new PR card.

I know someone who got his PR card 1 year after submitting the application, for some reason they decided to take it to a "second review" and it took ages...which is also why i didn't renew the PR card before my citizenship application, as i feared it would get delayed and hold me back from being able to apply for citizenship once C-6 came into force.

 

[SpiceIsland]

Yes, i think Scarborough seems to be properly staffed from a "Citizenship test" standpoint, and hence they like to help others, but for some reason there is no reciprocity from in the other offices to help Scarborough with the Oath backlog. Its difficult to try and makes sense of how IRCC works..

OH YEAH Mississauga don’t share.

 

[Pasi]

Here is my story. We are family of 3 living close to Mississauga (Office) submitted application on April 1 2017. According to GCMS notes we passed security clearance by the end of April, and were tagged as "Ready For Test" by the end of May 2017! However Mississauga office didn't process our application and by the end of August 2017 they forwarded it to Scarborough office unfortunately. In Scarborough our application was abandoned for additional 6 month.

Bottom line we just did the test and the interview on this week, and got our status changed to DM,however no chances to finish the process in 12 month.
The call center as usual say's "everything is Ok", and your case gonna be processed longer than 12 month. That is it .

sorry my friend, your story seems very unfortunate. hope you guys get the oath invite soon.

 

[FrustratedFromTheProcess]

sorry my friend, your story seems very unfortunate. hope you guys get the oath invite soon.

Thanks.

 

[Pasi]

True, just not sure if its the right thing to do at this point...they can make me run around for papers wasting time ...and who knows, maybe at the end i get nothing out of it ...i.e Oath comes before the new PR card.

I know someone who got his PR card 1 year after submitting the application, for some reason they decided to take it to a "second review" and it took ages...which is also why i didn't renew the PR card before my citizenship application, as i feared it would get delayed and hold me back from being able to apply for citizenship once C-6 came into force.

you are the best judge of your situation. if you need to travel then you need a PR card to come back. agreed that these are difficult decisions. i am kind of struggling in the same situation to make up my mind about my vacation in June.

 

[Pasi]

OH YEAH Mississauga don’t share.

it would be really great if they push some of our applications to other offices for oath ceremony. there are so many offices around GTA and i am sure people would be willing to travel any distance to attend the ceremony (just a one day event). i dont know why it is so hard for them to decide on this.

 

[sns204]

it would be really great if they push some of our applications to other offices for oath ceremony. there are so many offices around GTA and i am sure people would be willing to travel any distance to attend the ceremony (just a one day event). i dont know why it is so hard for them to decide on this.

My daughter lives in Calgary. I'd happily travel there to jump into their queue... lol

 

[emamabd]

it would be really great if they push some of our applications to other offices for oath ceremony. there are so many offices around GTA and i am sure people would be willing to travel any distance to attend the ceremony (just a one day event). i dont know why it is so hard for them to decide on this.

True...i wouldn't mind driving to Ottawa even to attend my ceremony, they are fast in processing and could definitely use some Scarborough applicants

 

[SpiceIsland]

it would be really great if they push some of our applications to other offices for oath ceremony. there are so many offices around GTA and i am sure people would be willing to travel any distance to attend the ceremony (just a one day event). i dont know why it is so hard for them to decide on this.

OH Yeah road trip I hate driving far but I will go to Mississauga or I could get a ride with one of you guys.

My daughter lives in Calgary. I'd happily travel there to jump into their queue... lol

True...i wouldn't mind driving to Ottawa even to attend my ceremony, they are fast in processing and could definitely use some Scarborough applicants

 

[Pasi]

OH Yeah road trip I hate driving far but I will go to Mississauga or I could get a ride with one of you guys.

ah come on.. you can hate driving, but this is your oath ceremony.. you should be ready to run to this event!

 

[SpiceIsland]

ah come on.. you can hate driving, but this is your oath ceremony.. you should be ready to run to this event!

It’s take me 5 mins to drive to work in good weather. I will drive as far as Hamilton.

 

[Vladizza]

I passed the test in Scarborough on January 24, and still waiting on DM + oath. Any idea how long it may take? I read here that some got DM three days after test. Is that something habitual?