Could you please share the response that you got from the consulate about retrieval of your entry/exit records ? Thanks
Residency Questionnaire
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Yeah too much for me :-(
Spending more time on RQ than actual application .. too bad.
In my letter they said random quality check .. for compliance purpose etc.
I donno is it serious n tough in reviewing or less than other type of RQ...
Spending more time on RQ than actual application .. too bad.
In my letter they said random quality check .. for compliance purpose etc.
I donno is it serious n tough in reviewing or less than other type of RQ...
Hi azazaz: yeah I hit reply button on a specific msg... not sure why in my replies the person’s query in blue is not visible...
try again...its called quote
you dont worry about this bullshit RQ...you will be ok...its good in a sense that if you submit all docs now,, they wont ask anything in interview
its a blessing in disguise
Is it triggered by the CIC officer in Sydney? right? I have this feeling... One of the applicants in here got a job and his wife after a month of landing and he never left Canada. He still got an RQ random request...I have never seen this once the application is IP. Usually follownga n AOR
Thanks. Could you also please confirm whether your ECAS status shows "application received" or "in process"? Appreciate it. Thanks
The actual approach taken in assessing RQ'd applicants is deep behind the curtains, and perhaps varies from one local office to another local office, from one processing agent to another processing agent, from one citizenship officer to another citizenship officer.
And there is probably a spectrum of scrutiny depending on many factors, including overall impressions, especially as to an applicant's credibility . . . meaning that the degree or severity of scrutiny employed in a particular applicant's case can be (probably is) influenced by factors specific to the individual.
The legal standard is the same for all applicants: the applicant has the burden of providing proof beyond a balance of probabilities, which is comparable to the preponderance of the evidence standard which is common in many contexts in U.S. law.
Thus, my guess is that in the abstract, most RQ submissions are approached relatively equally and not particularly stringently UNLESS or until something about the submission, including omissions, triggers more elevated scrutiny . . . that is, that the practical standard of scrutiny in a particular case is probably telescoping, the intensity of scrutiny related to whether the information provided readily completes a picture which makes sense or, in contrast, invites questions or suggests gaps. This would not depend much on whether the reason for being issued RQ was QC or a specific risk indicator.
That said, other than the random QC RQ, these days it appears RQs are not lightly issued, that if RQ is issued there is a significant concern, and of course any significant concern is going to invite elevated scrutiny. So in that sense, in the practical sense, the more-or-less for-cause RQ is (probably, my guess) likely to face more intensive scrutiny than a randomly issued QC check RQ.
Some other observations:
Remember that reporting here tends to be imprecise. I am wondering whether the random Quality Control instances involve what is sometimes called RQ-lite, the CIT 0520 form, in contrast to the full-blown RQ, which is CIT 0171. The CIT 0520 makes more sense for Quality Control.
It is interesting that the forum has seen at least three or four recently reported instances of RQ for QC when, in contrast, this had been rarely reported for quite a long while.
If those who say they have gotten RQ could specifically and correctly report which specific form they received, that should help, at least somewhat, put some of the information into context. In particular, it would be helpful if those who receive RQ could indicate the form number, including the date -- most recent version of the CIT 0520 form I have is quite old, for example, as it is CIT 0520 (10-2013) E, meaning it is the English version issued in October 2013, and the most recent version of the full blown RQ form, CIT 0171 I have a copy of is the CIT 0171 (07-2014) E version, so it is not the version in use for any application made after June 11, 2015. (And of course they will necessarily be a whole new version necessary for applications made after October 11, 2017.)
I completely agree with these two points. People seem to forget that whatever guidelines exist, it's still human beings looking over these documents and you'd be kidding yourself to not think that there is an element of human instinct (and bias) that enter the equation for these officers. It's easy to see that no two officers will read a file the same way as they have different experiences behind their thought processes.
We received a random "Quality Assurance Exercise And Request For Additional Evidence", even though there have been no trips abroad since landing. CIT0205 (11-2017) E - Physical Presence Questionnaire - Quality Assurance Exercise, which is far more in depth than the CIT0171 (07-2014) E.
In addition, the following documents are requested:
- Passports
- Entry/Exit Records issued by other countries
- Provincial/Territorial Personal Health Claims Summary
- Rental or lease agreements
- Letter from landlord confirming rental period
- Property titles or Mortgage documents
- Property tax assessments
- Official school transcripts
- TF Slips from CRA
- Letters from employers describing each position held, date of hiring, work schedule
- Records of employment from CRA
- CRA Statements of Employment Insurance benefit periods
- Statements of social assistance
- Statements of disability assistance
- 3 Letters from suppliers or clients
- Incorporation documents
- Advertising contracts
- Contracts and invoices demonstrating a continuance o business activity
- Business bank statements
- Professional licence/membership card/permit to practice
- A personal Canadian citizen reference who has known you for the past 2 years and can answer questions about you such as work, study, housing, sports, cultural or religious activities, volunteering
- Fingerprints
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Read above. I was talking about what's called Random RQ QC. I'm sure it only requested before IP. However, other RQs could be requested at anytime.