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I think a year and nine months for the renewal is a very long time. The only reason I applied for it is because citizenship applications are taking a long time. Seems that I applied for nothing at this point. IRCC agents say they cannot say why it is taking so long. Just the same…..wait wait wait; if we need anything we’ll let you know
It seems there is no reasoning to how applications are processed. Most get through okay and others seem to fall through the cracks and take forever. The worst part is the lack of communication
Where is your application stuck at the moment, if you don’t mind sharing ?
For the PR card renewal all they say is that it is in process. They are unable to give any information other than that. If they need more information they will contact me. That is the most frustrating part of both the PR renewal application and citizenship is that no one gives thorough information about what the hold up is even though both of my applications are well over their stated processing times
Congratulations, at least someone here is moving to somewhere. 6 months of waiting for me since citizenship exam, hope I will receive something soon.
If you don't mind me asking - are you protected person in canada or did you obtain PR through refugee status? If you are/did then did you travel to your home country or did you renew your passport?
No problem at all! No, I did not come to Canada as a refugee or receive any kind of protected status. I came to Canada through obtaining a selection certificate from the government of Québec. This makes it even more puzzling as to why it is taking so long.
The reason I asked that I have seen some discussion in this forum relating to people who were protected or received refugee status and then travelled to their home country before obtaining citizenship and got reported by IRCC to CBSA for cessation of their protected status.
I am no expert but I think your case is just simple and somehow fell through the cracks. One suggestion would be ask your MP to look into it - a lot of times people have noticed that application moved after contacting MP but no one is sure if that was the case of the movement.
You are right. No one knows how the system works. Just have to go with the flow.
Been looking for reasons as to why a file could be referred for more detailed security screening. Apart from the usual red flags that are taked about on this forum (military/political/government work, country of origin, travel history, race/religion etc), this immigration lawyer suggests the possibility of a "poison pen letter" (to IRCC) from a disgruntled ex/co-worker/neighbour etc that may accuse an applicant of all kinds of things and which could result in a lengthy investigation by security agencies. So apart from the backlog, general inefficiency and waiting on info from other countries, it would seem that there are all kinds of unsuspecting things which may cause perfectly normal and law abiding individuals to be caught up in a needlessly lengthy background check. They should just schedule an interview if they want to ask questions to clarify anything!