Hi,
I applied for my citizenship on September 28th 2023. When I applied I met all requirements. However I had exactly 1095 days physical presence. I think that got the officier reviewing my application suspicious, so my application got returned to me saying "In our file we could not verify your status in canada before you became PR".
I called IRCC in vain to try and understand the issue, since I did not receive AOR they did not have access to my application so I started guessing what was the issue and submitted my old work permit, my student permit, my taxes, the CBSA reports and letters all in different resubmissions trying to understand what the issue was. One IRCC officer even advised me to delete my application and start over and I did so.
In total they returned my application 8 times. So the 9th time I submitted was on February 24th 2024 and I received AOR on March 5th 2024. I thought I was out of the mud but it happened that the officer in charge of my application had left a note saying that he thinks that I don't meet Physical presence and sent my application to a "DN". I don't really know what "DN" means.
Now when I was submitting my last application on February 24th I no longer met the Physical Presence because of a long stay outside of Canada I had during Covid. I was missing few days and the system would not let me submit the application. So I changed one of my travel dates to be able to submit. At that point submitting my 9th application I had lost all hope for it to be accepted.
After that I received my citizenship test and passed it on April 19th 2024. I was outside of Canada so they told me to let them know when I was back. I did that with proof of my return to Canada.
Today I received an email for a microsoft teams interview and they are asking for all pages of my passport to confirm if I meet Physical Presence requirements.
Now my question here is how should I go about this interview ? I am thinking about advocating that my initial application on September 28th that got delayed for absolutely no valid reason was valid and I met all requirements and that if that agent did not return my application 8 times I would not have been in this situation.
But I am afraid they will say that my September 28th Application don't count and that they will only take into account my final application which will mean that they will reject my application and I will have to resubmit again after losing 10 months. That would be very unfair.
I applied for my citizenship on September 28th 2023. When I applied I met all requirements. However I had exactly 1095 days physical presence. I think that got the officier reviewing my application suspicious, so my application got returned to me saying "In our file we could not verify your status in canada before you became PR".
I called IRCC in vain to try and understand the issue, since I did not receive AOR they did not have access to my application so I started guessing what was the issue and submitted my old work permit, my student permit, my taxes, the CBSA reports and letters all in different resubmissions trying to understand what the issue was. One IRCC officer even advised me to delete my application and start over and I did so.
In total they returned my application 8 times. So the 9th time I submitted was on February 24th 2024 and I received AOR on March 5th 2024. I thought I was out of the mud but it happened that the officer in charge of my application had left a note saying that he thinks that I don't meet Physical presence and sent my application to a "DN". I don't really know what "DN" means.
Now when I was submitting my last application on February 24th I no longer met the Physical Presence because of a long stay outside of Canada I had during Covid. I was missing few days and the system would not let me submit the application. So I changed one of my travel dates to be able to submit. At that point submitting my 9th application I had lost all hope for it to be accepted.
After that I received my citizenship test and passed it on April 19th 2024. I was outside of Canada so they told me to let them know when I was back. I did that with proof of my return to Canada.
Today I received an email for a microsoft teams interview and they are asking for all pages of my passport to confirm if I meet Physical Presence requirements.
Now my question here is how should I go about this interview ? I am thinking about advocating that my initial application on September 28th that got delayed for absolutely no valid reason was valid and I met all requirements and that if that agent did not return my application 8 times I would not have been in this situation.
But I am afraid they will say that my September 28th Application don't count and that they will only take into account my final application which will mean that they will reject my application and I will have to resubmit again after losing 10 months. That would be very unfair.