August 2022 Citizenship Applications
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We don'r really know how the system looks and works at IRCC's end and what action taken by an officer will trigger what kind of status change we see at our end. Most people see background complete when ecas changes to in process, but some people's background still shows in progress when ecas has already changed to in process. No one knows what may cause this discrepancy.
Hello, for your background verification completeness on Tracker, does ECAS (https://services3.cic.gc.ca/ecas/security.do) also indicate when background verification was completed ? or only Tracker shows the completeness status for background ? Thanks.
No. When tracker shows BG complete, ecas shows "in process" and if you click on "in process" you will see the latest update is "we have started processing your application'. There is a chart in ecas explaining what different statuses mean. According to the information provided there, ecas in process means your file has been forwarded to a local office for processing, so my understanding is by this time your background has been cleared and the local office will send your test invite in the next few weeks/months.
Thanks for the sharing and explanation.
My tracker still shows Background verification "In progress ", hope my background has been cleared and the status will be reflected on tracker.
No worries!
My tracker changed to BG complete 5 calendar days after ecas changed to in process. Your status will change soon. Then the next stage of this waiting game begins. I have no idea when test invites will be sent.
I genuinely believe the level of complexity of citizenship application processing does not warrant the 20+ month processing time. Of course I know there is a big backlog.
Also, we are not seeing test invites in recently days (for August group). I don’t know if they stop sending invites once they’ve hit their annual target.
Also, we are not seeing test invites in recently days (for August group). I don’t know if they stop sending invites once they’ve hit their annual target.
I don’t know, but I have a feeling that they may have a “soft target” of how many citizenship applications should be processed and finalized within a fiscal year and they have the discretion to hold off on processing/sending invites or process applications very slowly when they’ve reached their goal for that year.