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Anyone from Montreal got online test invite and/or oath ceremony

Sep 30, 2022
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My BGC was completed before the test invite.

Type: Online application
Location: Montreal
Physical Presence Days: 1,100 +
Application: Single
Application sent: December 15, 2021
Delivered: December 15, 2021
AOR: February 16, 2022
BGC: Completed Aug 23rd
Test Invite: August 26, 2022 (window starting Sept. 23rd - Oct 13th)
Test Taken: September 24, 2022
Test updated to Completed: September 29, 2022
Physical presence, language, prohibitions: IP
Citizenship Ceremony: Not started
 

degm

Hero Member
May 31, 2017
244
171
My BGC was completed before the test invite.

Type: Online application
Location: Montreal
Physical Presence Days: 1,100 +
Application: Single
Application sent: December 15, 2021
Delivered: December 15, 2021
AOR: February 16, 2022
BGC: Completed Aug 23rd
Test Invite: August 26, 2022 (window starting Sept. 23rd - Oct 13th)
Test Taken: September 24, 2022
Test updated to Completed: September 29, 2022
Physical presence, language, prohibitions: IP
Citizenship Ceremony: Not started
Their processes are so inconsistent, it's crazy. I wonder why....
 

snak56

Full Member
Mar 29, 2016
47
12
called csc and agent told me my file is in Montreal office. I am surprised since I reside in Nova Scotia. I am Jan-22 online applicant and Montreal office hasnt even touched my file yet. Is this expected from this office? is it very slow ?
 

rmtl

Hero Member
Aug 27, 2021
232
89
called csc and agent told me my file is in Montreal office. I am surprised since I reside in Nova Scotia. I am Jan-22 online applicant and Montreal office hasnt even touched my file yet. Is this expected from this office? is it very slow ?
I applied in Sept 2020 and still not done, so don't expect anything soon :)
 

rmtl

Hero Member
Aug 27, 2021
232
89
The processing time now dropped to 25 months, next week it will 25 months for me since they received my application :)
 

atzquebec

Hero Member
Aug 6, 2015
429
94
Visa Office......
Abu Dhabi
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
Med's Done....
01-08-2015
Passport Req..
01-09-2015
VISA ISSUED...
01-10-2015
LANDED..........
April 21 2016
called csc and agent told me my file is in Montreal office. I am surprised since I reside in Nova Scotia. I am Jan-22 online applicant and Montreal office hasnt even touched my file yet. Is this expected from this office? is it very slow ?
Mtl office is the worst by far.
 

degm

Hero Member
May 31, 2017
244
171
Nope they said it is under processing
Unfortunately IRCC does LIFO so I'm not surprised you're left behind. If I were you, I'd reach out my MP now that you're getting to the "official wait time". Maybe at this point they will do something about it.
 

bas12

Hero Member
Apr 20, 2018
369
122
I applied from Montreal in June 2021, passed the test in Feb 2022, no updates on my case since then, except the ghost update Oct 7.

In May 2022 I sent an address change request, to which I got a response after a couple of months, and a travel notification request (for international travel I was planning in June), to which I received a very strange response in September, saying that processing is delayed by COVID, and that currently they are prioritizing applications from people who are exempt from travel restrictions. The response must be the same one they were sending in early 2020, when there were travel restrictions due to covid, and they never changed it.

I ordered GCMS notes in late June 2022 (received after 30 days), and again a couple weeks ago.
I am not sure if my address was actually updated, the notes have no mention of the new address, and the notes request by the goverment employee was made about 2 weeks after I receieved the response for my address change request...

Interestingly, judging by the tracker https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iXCMs0mYtJZwYTTIH3LDmHK1tgK7yqAgQ5Jfyxv7BEI/edit#gid=1339184945
Montreal applicants from June 2021 are processed faster than applicants from other places; unfortunately I am not one of the luckier ones.
 

gappy31600

Hero Member
May 30, 2016
252
43
Category........
Visa Office......
NDVO
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
12-10-2016
AOR Received.
12-10-2016
IELTS Request
Upfront
Med's Request
Upfront
Med's Done....
14-10-2016
I applied from Montreal in June 2021, passed the test in Feb 2022, no updates on my case since then, except the ghost update Oct 7.

In May 2022 I sent an address change request, to which I got a response after a couple of months, and a travel notification request (for international travel I was planning in June), to which I received a very strange response in September, saying that processing is delayed by COVID, and that currently they are prioritizing applications from people who are exempt from travel restrictions. The response must be the same one they were sending in early 2020, when there were travel restrictions due to covid, and they never changed it.

I ordered GCMS notes in late June 2022 (received after 30 days), and again a couple weeks ago.
I am not sure if my address was actually updated, the notes have no mention of the new address, and the notes request by the goverment employee was made about 2 weeks after I receieved the response for my address change request...

Interestingly, judging by the tracker https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iXCMs0mYtJZwYTTIH3LDmHK1tgK7yqAgQ5Jfyxv7BEI/edit#gid=1339184945
Montreal applicants from June 2021 are processed faster than applicants from other places; unfortunately I am not one of the luckier ones.
Did you apply on paper? Then you use ecas to check your address.
 

degm

Hero Member
May 31, 2017
244
171
I applied from Montreal in June 2021, passed the test in Feb 2022, no updates on my case since then, except the ghost update Oct 7.

In May 2022 I sent an address change request, to which I got a response after a couple of months, and a travel notification request (for international travel I was planning in June), to which I received a very strange response in September, saying that processing is delayed by COVID, and that currently they are prioritizing applications from people who are exempt from travel restrictions. The response must be the same one they were sending in early 2020, when there were travel restrictions due to covid, and they never changed it.

I ordered GCMS notes in late June 2022 (received after 30 days), and again a couple weeks ago.
I am not sure if my address was actually updated, the notes have no mention of the new address, and the notes request by the goverment employee was made about 2 weeks after I receieved the response for my address change request...

Interestingly, judging by the tracker https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iXCMs0mYtJZwYTTIH3LDmHK1tgK7yqAgQ5Jfyxv7BEI/edit#gid=1339184945
Montreal applicants from June 2021 are processed faster than applicants from other places; unfortunately I am not one of the luckier ones.
Whoever is in charge of the Montreal office should be ashamed of the level of inefficiency in which they're running this office.