May 2022 - Citizenship Applications
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21 days, but I already had it scanned just in case they asked. When the email came I sent it immediately.
I wonder what criteria IRCC uses to determine that someone needs to submit fingerprints. My mother has been in Canada for 10 years and has never been arrested for or convicted of any crime. She was never under a removal order or anything of that nature. Although I must admit that her name is really common among Chinese women of that age group. So the only reason I can come up with is that someone else with her name and date of birth was convicted of something that would make them ineligible for citizenship and IRCC wants to make sure my mom is not the convict lol.
I initially thought that her application was the easiest ever, because in the 5 years immediately before submitting her application, she was outside of Canada for only 33 days. She was also working full time throughout this period (and is still working to this day), filed taxes for all years since becoming a permanent resident and the only "wrinkle" or "imperfection" is the fact that the passport she used to enter Canada expired in July, 2021 and she did not renew it until March, 2022. I explained it away because of "COVID" (back then, the Chinese consulate severely limited the number of overseas Chinese people who can apply for a passport renewal and requires substantial documentation to do so).
I initially thought that her application was the easiest ever, because in the 5 years immediately before submitting her application, she was outside of Canada for only 33 days. She was also working full time throughout this period (and is still working to this day), filed taxes for all years since becoming a permanent resident and the only "wrinkle" or "imperfection" is the fact that the passport she used to enter Canada expired in July, 2021 and she did not renew it until March, 2022. I explained it away because of "COVID" (back then, the Chinese consulate severely limited the number of overseas Chinese people who can apply for a passport renewal and requires substantial documentation to do so).
Common names are usually a cause to request for fingerprints. It's not a big deal, it could just be they want to dot their i's and cross their t's. Imagine if someone of a similar name has any issues with the law or immigration, the only way to be sure is to check biometrics instead of refusing the application. Hopefully, her file gets processed quickly.
FP requests may be random. That said, I had to submit mine, and my full name happens to be very common in Latin America. I'm completely sure I have at least one namesake in prison in every country of the world.
I hope so. She applied on May 15 and has travel plans to Japan in July of 2023. Visa requirements imposed by Japan on Chinese and Canadian citizens are substantially different. Chinese citizens need a visa to go to Japan (and substantial documentation to get a visa) vs. Canadian citizens not needing a visa at all. If she becomes a citizen at least 3 weeks before her planned trip, there is a good chance that she would be able to get a passport and just go.
I was also wondering why do they request FP. My full name is definitely very unique, and they had already asked for FP 2.5 yrs ago for my pr. Anyway...
On the topic of FP, I went to an accredited digital fingerprinting agency 2 weeks ago, and nothing has changed so far. Is that normal? I'm just worried about their 30 day deadline.
I think you need to contact the company. My mother went to an accredited company as well and it was updated on IRCC the next day.
Anyway, I seriously wonder how the citizenship interview will work. My mom knows so little English, she doesn't even know how to spell her own name (because the way it is pronounced is substantially different than how it is spelled because of the split between Cantonese and Mandarin). I wonder if I have to sit next to her and assist her? Did anyone here go through the interview process for 55+ individuals who are non English speaking? Thank you.
You must have a copy of the document, right? Mine shows my fingerprints, personal details, application and client number and the IRCC address they sent them to. As for my timeline, I got the request on November 30, went to an accredited company the very same day and got a fingerprints-received update on December 12. The excel document also shows gaps of over a month between some FP requests and FP received: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_KE3Bu3C3gOyEm0mRVcJH9nEA2u2GOhfpUZOckOWmN0/edit#gid=270862106
mine took 2 weeks. used to be slower before i remember, but pace seems to have picked up.
Location: Ottawa
Physical Days: 1099
Method: paper based
Applicants: Family
Application sent: May 01, 2022
Delivered: May 04, 2022
Aor: June 08, 2022
Test invite: November 24, 2022
Test taken: December 01, 2022
Test status completed:December 08, 2022
Physical Days: 1099
Method: paper based
Applicants: Family
Application sent: May 01, 2022
Delivered: May 04, 2022
Aor: June 08, 2022
Test invite: November 24, 2022
Test taken: December 01, 2022
Test status completed:December 08, 2022
Great, thank you for the reply! I have a paper w/ some information, so I should be able to follow up with RCMP if nothing changes by beginning of the year.