October 11th 2017 - Citizenship Applicants under 3/5 rule

[goldei]

Status changes to DM..
And good luck to everyone.

How was your interview?

 

[canadatech]

Hello everyone,
I just got my Oath Invite in Email today. Test on 1st March ( Edmonton)

please update
Location -Edmonton
Type - Single
Application Sent 12 Oct 2017
Application Received 16 Oct 2017
AOR 24 Nov 2017
IP 15 Dec 2017
Test Invite 6 Jan 2018
Test Date 23 Jan 2018
Fingerprint Request 12 Jan 2018
Fingerprint Sent 19 Jan 2018
Decision Made 1 Feb 2018
Oath Invite 13 Feb 2018
Oath Ceremony 1 March 2018

Thank you everyone , I hope everyone gets through the process quickly!
Good Luck!

 

[SunnyWays]

Hello everyone,
I just got my Oath Invite in Email today. Test on 1st March ( Edmonton)

please update
Location -Edmonton
Type - Single
Application Sent 12 Oct 2017
Application Received 16 Oct 2017
AOR 24 Nov 2017
IP 15 Dec 2017
Test Invite 6 Jan 2018
Test Date 23 Jan 2018
Fingerprint Request 12 Jan 2018
Fingerprint Sent 19 Jan 2018
Decision Made 1 Feb 2018
Oath Invite 13 Feb 2018
Oath Ceremony 1 March 2018

Thank you everyone , I hope everyone gets through the process quickly!
Good Luck!

Hi, congratulations,
how did you get your invitation for the Test was it in Email or snail mail?
and also your fingerprint request? was it email or snail mail?

 

[canadatech]

Hi, congratulations,
how did you get your invitation for the Test was it in Email or snail mail?
and also your fingerprint request? was it email or snail mail?

Hello,
The test invitation was through Email ( although it says that it is sent through regular mail on ECAS, but usually it comes in email)
and the fingerprint request was through Regular Mail.
Thank you

 

[razerblade]

Hi, congratulations,
how did you get your invitation for the Test was it in Email or snail mail?
and also your fingerprint request? was it email or snail mail?

FP request is sent by snail mail. Test can be sent either by email or by snail mail.

 

[halifaxmember]

How did you prepare for test?

@jay2100 the test was very straight forward, no trick questions. I read the book 4 days ago, i did practice questions (in my opinion no less than 1000 questions) and i read the book again the night before the exam. Some friends told me not to waste time reading the book and just do the practice questions (THATS WRONG) so dont do it.

 

[phlove]

Hi, sorry to hear that. Is the date on your application, when you signed, older than 90 days now ? If so, IMO, you would need to fill a new application unfortunately. I'm not certain if returned applications are exempted from this, but better be safe and fill a new one.

From the guide,



You can use the same fee receipt, however. I don't think it expires.
Is the college in Canada ? If so, should be able to submit the graduate certificate.

Again, quoting the guide,



Do you mean the LINC placement results ? Then no, those are not accepted.

u mentioned in this post .. if 90 days before we received we returns ur application .. so my application delivered on 20th oct and i got my AOR 12th feb so its more thn 90 days so if i will get it return ??

 

[halifaxmember]

As @emamabd and @Stef. have noted, the application instructions are actually quite clear, and if there is any doubt, as @emamabd referenced and quoted, the help and guide examples explicitly make it clear that 183 days in total, not just in one trip, not just in one year, triggers the requirement to include a police clearance (or explain why one cannot be obtained) with the application.

So, no, the interviewer was not singling you out. Given the total amount of time you spent in another country, IRCC has put the burden on you to prove you have no prohibitions for criminal charges or convictions in that country. This has been a standard part of the application since the June 2015 version.




This is not a fingerprint request but rather a police clearance request, for which typically (for at least some countries), requires making a formal request to that country, with accompanying FPs to facilitate the criminal history check.



I am guessing @halifaxmember checked "no" in response to item 10.b That will not cause an application to be returned due to a failure to include a police certificate, since the instructions tell applicants they should submit a police certificate for any country they checked "yes" for in response to item 10.b

Technically it is a misrepresentation, since the truthful response should have been "yes." So far IRCC seems readily satisfied that applicants who checked "no," despite having been in a country 183 or more total days in the preceding four years, did so in error or due to a misunderstanding, and thus it is not considered to be a material misrepresentation.

Overall, remember that the completeness check is about completeness, not an accuracy check. There could be scores of problems in the application which will not trigger the application being returned.



If you are in the same situation as @halifaxmember, perhaps you misunderstood what the interviewer said. In particular, if you erroneously checked "no" in response to the item (item 10 in current application) asking if you were in another country a total of 183 or more days, over the four years preceding the date you applied, but you were in another country 183 or more days, you may have been instructed you need a police clearance from that country and you will need to submit your FPs with your request for the clearance.

If the interviewer specifically said you will be sent a request for FPs, that is a different situation. That would be more like the situation reported by @Stef. . . . and for most there is little delay due to this once the FPs are submitted.

I am not sure if IRCC only makes a verbal request in the situation reported by @halifaxmember or if the applicant should expect to get a written request to submit the respective police clearance.

Any applicant who realizes he or she should have checked "yes" they were in another country 183 or more days total, and submitted a police certificate, should just go ahead and obtain the police certificate whether a formal written request to do so has been received or not. Doing this could save a considerable amount of time.

well the reason why it was so frustrating during the interview is they asked for my finger prints in Canada last december and they didn't mention anything about any other documents, however, if they were to ask for it with the FP letter last december, i'd have saved 2 months

 

[razerblade]

u mentioned in this post .. if 90 days before we received we returns ur application .. so my application delivered on 20th oct and i got my AOR 12th feb so its more thn 90 days so if i will get it return ??

No, your application will not be returned. You already got AOR.

What I meant was, if you signed your application on Jan 1, and by the time IRCC receives your application (delivery date, not AOR) it's been 90 days, then it will be returned. So if they receive the application signed on Jan 1 in April, it will be returned.

 

[phlove]

No, your application will not be returned. You already got AOR.

What I meant was, if you signed your application on Jan 1, and by the time IRCC receives your application (delivery date, not AOR) it's been 90 days, then it will be returned. So if they receive the application signed on Jan 1 in April, it will be returned.

ohhkk i got it buddy .thanks

 

[Hewlett-Packard]

How was your interview?

How was your interview?

It was short ..all she asked for was my PR and COPR cards, DL, health card and passport ...

 

[jsm0085]

@jay2100 the test was very straight forward, no trick questions. I read the book 4 days ago, i did practice questions (in my opinion no less than 1000 questions) and i read the book again the night before the exam. Some friends told me not to waste time reading the book and just do the practice questions (THATS WRONG) so dont do it.

Any examples of questions that came up that were in the book but not in the practice questions?

 

[emamabd]

well the reason why it was so frustrating during the interview is they asked for my finger prints in Canada last december and they didn't mention anything about any other documents, however, if they were to ask for it with the FP letter last december, i'd have saved 2 months

Maybe at that time (december) they were waiting to receive your travel history from CBSA in order to conclude whether the mistake was in the travel history you declared in the form or in the police clearance question where you selected no...just my guess. But nevermind, it is what it is, you'll have to do whatever needs to be done at this point , good luck!

 

[Michael_2011]

Thanks @HamiltonApplicant!

Hey anyone applying from Calgary after October 11th?

Hey i applied oct 11 from calgary....just answered the citizenship test today.

 

[rajmalhotra7]

Hello everyone,
I just got my Oath Invite in Email today. Test on 1st March ( Edmonton)

please update
Location -Edmonton
Type - Single
Application Sent 12 Oct 2017
Application Received 16 Oct 2017
AOR 24 Nov 2017
IP 15 Dec 2017
Test Invite 6 Jan 2018
Test Date 23 Jan 2018
Fingerprint Request 12 Jan 2018
Fingerprint Sent 19 Jan 2018
Decision Made 1 Feb 2018
Oath Invite 13 Feb 2018
Oath Ceremony 1 March 2018

Thank you everyone , I hope everyone gets through the process quickly!
Good Luck!

Updated. Congrats!!