If Toronto is the largest city in Canada.Why is there not more Resources for IRCC?

[SpiceIsland]

Scarborough is part of Toronto and the majority of Citizenship application is process there from all over the GTA Why don’t they hire more staff I know there’s the judge shortage thing, you think that Office would have the first priority for all Resources,the workers is probably over work thank goodness Kathleen Wynne bring in those stress days they must be using up I already use one.

 

[jsm0085]

Scarborough is part of Toronto and the majority of Citizenship application is process there from all over the GTA Why don’t they hire more staff I know there’s the judge shortage thing, you think that Office would have the first priority for all Resources,the workers is probably over work thank goodness Kathleen Wynne bring in those stress days they must be using up I already use one.

Give it a rest. The office is efficient. The issue is a lack of Citizenship judges. I'm sure they are dealing with it but as they say, roRomeasn't built in a day. The overall processing time in Scarborough is fast.

 

[sns204]

Scarborough is part of Toronto and the majority of Citizenship application is process there from all over the GTA Why don’t they hire more staff I know there’s the judge shortage thing, you think that Office would have the first priority for all Resources,the workers is probably over work thank goodness Kathleen Wynne bring in those stress days they must be using up I already use one.

I think if you look at the historical data, applications for citizenship are getting processed sooner than they were over a year ago. Once they get past the October (and probably November as well) rush from the residency requirement change, their work flow will return to the normal flow they had before October. As long as they are meeting timelines, I don't think there is any real reason to temporarily bring on more resources.

People should remain patient with the process. It's evident from the tracking spreadsheet how long the wait between the various application phases can take. People should set their expectations accordingly when submitting an application, knowing that it can take up to a year to complete. That's what is advertised. Frankly, to expect more is unrealistic and potentially just causing yourself undue stress. If someone truly has an urgent need, an avenue to apply for urgent processing does exist.

 

[keesio]

Scarborough is part of Toronto and the majority of Citizenship application is process there from all over the GTA Why don’t they hire more staff I know there’s the judge shortage thing, you think that Office would have the first priority for all Resources,the workers is probably over work thank goodness Kathleen Wynne bring in those stress days they must be using up I already use one.

GTA has the best staffing in all of Canada and timelines have historically been good. When I applied for citizenship, at the time there were 32 citizenship judges in all of Canada and 15 of them were for the GTA! The place that has been historically screwed is Winnipeg - until recently, they had one judge... and he was part time. Winnipeg timelines used to be brutal (don't know about now)

 

[NewUser2018]

the problems is not luck of judges, matter of fact Toronto has Etobicoke, St Clair and Scarborough is enough but as cities grow all Service Canada offices in major cities should have to process Citizenship apps, most of service Canada offices are empty and staff look like totally bored.

my local office is Scarborough and they move so slow as injured snail with processing apps.

 

[sns204]

the problems is not luck of judges, matter of fact Toronto has Etobicoke, St Clair and Scarborough is enough but as cities grow Service Canada should instead process apps. Also OUTH is useless step that waste of time and money for everyone, not even British naturalized people have to take OUTH instead those resources should be invested in hiring more staff who will process apps.

my local office is Scarborough and they move so slow as injured snail with processing apps.

British citizens already swear an OATH to the same monarch, so that's not all that surprising. Couldn't disagree with you more. The OATH is an important step.

 

[jsm0085]

the problems is not luck of judges, matter of fact Toronto has Etobicoke, St Clair and Scarborough is enough but as cities grow Service Canada should instead process apps. Also OUTH is useless step that waste of time and money for everyone, not even British naturalized people have to take OUTH instead those resources should be invested in hiring more staff who will process apps.

my local office is Scarborough and they move so slow as injured snail with processing apps.

Are you sure you want to become a Canadian citizen? You need to get with the program.

FYI Scarborough has been super fast at processing applications. The issue is in fact, Citizenship Judges. So I don't know why you're rambling about stuff you obviously don't know much about.

 

[NewUser2018]

foreign Citizens being naturalized in UK don't take OUTH, It's useless draconian step that we should not take OUTH. I like the queen and monarch but it has to be from heart not go to office to bend over.

 

[sns204]

the problems is not luck of judges, matter of fact Toronto has Etobicoke, St Clair and Scarborough is enough but as cities grow all Service Canada offices in major cities should have to process Citizenship apps, most of service Canada offices are empty and staff look like totally bored.

my local office is Scarborough and they move so slow as injured snail with processing apps.

Aside from general impatience, what is your hurry? You knew what the advertised processing time was when you sent your application. I dunno... maybe you should have done more research before entering your application and moved to Calgary before sending your application.

 

[sns204]

foreign Citizens being naturalized in UK don't take OUTH, It's useless draconian step that we should not take OUTH. I like the queen and monarch but it has to be from heart not go to office to bend over.

Your insistence of not spelling OATH properly is triggering me...

 

[NewUser2018]

Aside from general impatience, what is your hurry? You knew what the advertised processing time was when you sent your application. I dunno... maybe you should have done more research before entering your application and moved to Calgary before sending your application.

I applied in October 2017, and not hurry at all, Anyway October 2018 is not very far after April next week as time fly.

 

[sns204]

I applied in October 2017, and not hurry at all, Anyway October 2018 is not very far after April next week as time fly.

October 2018 is further away that October 2017 was...

 

[SpiceIsland]

I have no problem waiting a year for my Oath,I know about the shortage of Judge but instead of having 90 applicants at a ceremony they should have a bigger place to hold the ceremony and do about 200 people at one time I think it’s a waste of the Judge time do come in for 1- 2 Ceremony in a day.How do anyone if the workers is not overworked from my experience at my workplace if we are short 2 staff one day you bet the the next someone I will be calling sick the next day from being overworked.

 

[sns204]

I have no problem waiting a year for my Oath,I know about the shortage of Judge but instead of having 90 applicants at a ceremony they should have a bigger place to hold the ceremony and do about 200 people at one time I think it’s a waste of the Judge time do come in for 1- 2 Ceremony in a day.How do anyone if the workers is not overworked from my experience at my workplace if we are short 2 staff one day you bet the the next someone I will be calling sick the next day from being overworked.

I think it's unsupported speculation to say that they are overworked. Perhaps they weren't working to capacity before and now they are. I'm sure they have more files on their desk to work through, but as long as they meet acceptable timelines, they don't have any reason to staff up only to have to lay off people later when the temporary rush is over.

I think the call centre is probably overworked, responding to an overwhelming number of people calling wondering why they don't have AOR or IP within unreasonable timelines...

 

[btbt]

Scarborough is part of Toronto and the majority of Citizenship application is process there from all over the GTA Why don’t they hire more staff I know there’s the judge shortage thing, you think that Office would have the first priority for all Resources,the workers is probably over work thank goodness Kathleen Wynne bring in those stress days they must be using up I already use one.

You may want to go read that study guide for your citizenship test, so you can learn the difference between the federal (citizenship/IRCC) and provincial government (Wynne).

The GTA offices seem to succeed in meeting the delivery standards that IRCC has committed to, meaning that (at least) 80% of applications will be processed to completion within a 12 month period (and the most recent period for which figures are available they succeeded in processing 90% of all applications within that time frame).

If you feel very strongly about this, once you become a citizen maybe you should run to become an MP and make faster citizenship processing one of your policy points. Such a policy proposal no doubt comes with a cost, to be borne either by applicants, citizens, or both, so do make sure you've done the math about that part, too. I expect that raising taxes and fees to expedite citizenship applications may not be the most popular proposal to take to voters, but maybe it'll be the winning electoral platform.

foreign Citizens being naturalized in UK don't take OUTH, It's useless draconian step that we should not take OUTH. I like the queen and monarch but it has to be from heart not go to office to bend over.

You may want to do some research (and when you do so, google for "oath" rather than "outh"). From https://www.newham.gov.uk/Pages/Services/Citizenship-ceremonies.aspx#Whathappensatthegroupceremony :

As a new British citizen, you will be required to swear or affirm an oath of allegiance to the Queen and to make a public pledge to observe the laws of the country and uphold its democratic values.
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If you find taking the oath a big problem you can choose not to take the oath/make the affirmation (and thus not become a Canadian citizen).

You can obviously ask Canadian citizens to only vote for candidates who would abolish or replace the oath, and then once that policy has changed apply for citizenship. I expect that's likely to take longer than just waiting the 12 months for a current application to be processed.

But pretty much every country expects a pledge, oath, or affirmation of some sort (to a monarch, a symbol, or a constitution or equivalent foundational body of law). So if you're upset because the scheduling for the ceremony isn't going fast enough to your liking, that particular policy change is unlikely to make much of a change. If you're upset because you're a republican, you are free to declare so the moment you've become a citizen and start campaigning for a (democratic) change to how the country is governed.