Signing off. Good luck to everyone.

[Soleil2020]

okay..about back ground checks:

I sent off my FBI back ground check ( along with everything else - except the CSQ -for Quebec ) at the beginning of this process. ( Back in January of 2013) I had gotten fingerprinted and everything, you know..like all of us.
It had come back fine. I have no criminal record. (I've been through the whole fingerprinting drill before in the States, as a teacher..so nothing unfamiliar.)

Okay..Fast forward to August 2013, we got a letter saying they don't need an interview. They asked for the copy of my passport ( USA - so exempt from sending original) and the CSQ.
By November 2013, they had everything, including CSQ. We were pretty excited because everyone, including the person I spoke with at the Immigration office, said the asking for the passport copies meant I was weeks away from getting my landing papers.

Time passed. Fast forward to Mid-January 2014. No news. We were disappointed. We contacted a Member of Parliament in our area and asked if they could check for us, just to see what could be holding things up.

The answer: They are running the FBI check and there seems to be a backlog at the FBI. So, I asked " what do you mean? We ALREADY did the FBI clearance at the beginning." Then we were informed that it was a second FBI check..then the CSIS would conduct it's own check. This was in addition to the first FBI Clearance they did and we were told it was done for everyone and nothing unusual at all. We were told the process for the second check usually takes about 6 months. ( for both FBI and the CSIS )

Anyway, that was the first we'd heard of any second back ground checks. Besides that..why does it take 6 months?

I have a simple case. I've never lived outside the USA. No one close to me is in the military. I have no criminal record.
People here have suggested maybe they think I'm a hacker or something
( huh? ) and or maybe someone who actually has a record has a name that's similar to mine. If that's so, why did the first back ground check turn out fine and why would immigration send me a letter stating they don't need an interview? Wouldn't they want to interview a person who had a problem on the FBI clearance?

The MP told us it was a normal procedure done to every application - the 2 FBI checks. Why would he lie to us about that? Why would immigration lie to him about that? What would be the point?

But then, no one seems to have heard of it at all. I can't even get a response from my attorney about this one simple question.

Why?

Anybody?

 

[QuebecOkie]

Re: SOOO Confused!Can ANYONE shed any light?

I've never heard of a second FBI check, unless the first FBI certificate expired and a second was requested. From what I understand, that's still something the principal applicant has to request, not something that CIC requests for you. CIC runs their own background checks, as well, as part of stage two, but that's not an FBI check. And they may request a Canadian police certificate if there's any concern about someone with a similar name having a criminal background here. Note: I'm by no means an expert, I've just done a lot of reading on here, and I've never seen it mentioned that CIC has been in direct contact with the FBI.

Your attorney sounds pretty worthless.

I understand you're very frustrated, but I'm not sure what you expect to gain here on the forum by starting multiple threads on the same issue.

 

[Soleil2020]

Re: SOOO Confused!Can ANYONE shed any light?

I've never heard of a second FBI check, unless the first FBI certificate expired and a second was requested. From what I understand, that's still something the principal applicant has to request, not something that CIC requests for you. CIC runs their own background checks, as well, as part of stage two, but that's not an FBI check. And they may request a Canadian police certificate if there's any concern about someone with a similar name having a criminal background here. Note: I'm by no means an expert, I've just done a lot of reading on here, and I've never seen it mentioned that CIC has been in direct contact with the FBI.

Your attorney sounds pretty worthless.

I understand you're very frustrated, but I'm not sure what you expect to gain here on the forum by starting multiple threads on the same issue.

My attorney IS worthless.

And I don`t think you do understand my frustration or you`d understand why the multiple threads asking the same question.

By the way, I wasn`t aware there was a rule about how many times a person can post about a certain subject. If someone doesn`t want to read it they can simply not click on it.

Whatever.

I`ve found this forum to be not so pleasant after all. A lot of people seem to come in here just so they can read posts and then respond with negative absolutes, or name calling in order to upset the OP.

I have seen and experienced, however, a few really compassionate people who have tried to offer advice , consolation, or even a dose of reality ( which isn`t bad if it`s given with tact and kindness-which a lot of people completely lack. )

For those kind people, I am very thankful.

I`m leaving this forum, though, after feeling like it upsets me more than helps me, in general.

Being how humans are inclined to be jerks so often to make themselves feel better, I would bet money there will be ugly remarks in response to my post. I`ll tell you right now, you are wasting your time. I won`t be reading them.

Thank you to those who posted kind and tactful advice, but this process is difficult enough without having things people say in here upset me as well.

Good luck to all of you.

Signing off.

Soleil2020

 

[Gumper]

Hilarious!