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November 2017 - Citizenship Applicants

French 2014

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Oct 20, 2017
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Some officers are grumpy and in order to assert their authority making things complicated and delaying things. My fathers is 80+ and the ofiicer told him that some seniors do not become citizen as during the oath ceremony they are not able to repeat the oath after the judge. I told that I will practice with him before the ceremony and she said he must be able to understand what the judge is saying and repeat after him. My father speaks good English but he has issues understanding different English accents and of course age is a factor as well and he does not pick up things fast and his hearing problem makes thing more complicated.
Did your father were asked specific questions during the interview or merely his documents were verified, because I am a senior applicant that waiting for the interview letter .
Thanks in advance.
 

KK82

Star Member
Jan 25, 2014
169
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Ottawa
Hi I don't have the IELTS original result. I think the original was sent with the immigrations paper 5 years ago. My question is there a possibility that the interviewing officer will ask for ORIGINAL IELTS result?
Ideally you should carry all the documents that you submitted with your application but document verification differs from officer to officer. In most cases, the officers only check passport, PR card and identity proof like DL etc. But you never know what an officer ask for.
Can you not request British council to send you another copy of IELTS?
 

itslawson12

Full Member
Feb 1, 2018
47
15
Hi @itslawson12 , I received my AOR today. After almost 6 months since delivery.
And here was I thinking 4 months was too long. I wonder why they took so long to acknowledge receipt of our applications but I guess we’ll never know. Good thing is we now know it wasn’t in fact lost and is now in the system. Hopefully, the rest of the process speeds up for us from here on. Congrats & good luck!
 
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ZingyDNA

Champion Member
Aug 12, 2013
1,252
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Category........
Visa Office......
CPP-Ottawa
NOC Code......
2111
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
28-06-2013
AOR Received.
28-08-2013
IELTS Request
Sent with Application
Med's Request
21-02-2014 (principal applicant)
Med's Done....
07-03-2014 (both, upfront for spouse)
Passport Req..
10-04-2014
VISA ISSUED...
22-04-2014
LANDED..........
13-06-2014
Can you not request British council to send you another copy of IELTS?
They can't send you another IELTS report if it's past two years of your test date.
 
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saini01

Star Member
Dec 12, 2011
79
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Canada
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Did your father were asked specific questions during the interview or merely his documents were verified, because I am a senior applicant that waiting for the interview letter .
Thanks in advance.
He was asked the questions below:
Why he has been out of Canada for so many times and the length of period mentioned in the calculator? ( although the reason was already mentioned in the application form)
Whether he intends to stay in Canada?
The officer asked for his current and expired passport, PR card and a piece of ID, original landing paper
She verified the stamps on the passport with her records.

His status was changed to DM either during the weekend or on Monday as that is when I checked.

Hope that helps.. best of luck for your interview.
 

benjis_monikuss

Hero Member
Nov 21, 2013
280
45
124
In the forrests of BC
Category........
Visa Office......
Sydney- Australia
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
03-12-2013
Doc's Request.
19-01-2014
AOR Received.
28-12-2013
File Transfer...
13-01-2014
Med's Done....
19-11-2013
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
24-02-2014
VISA ISSUED...
27-02-2014
LANDED..........
09-03-2014
Updated. Congrats!!
Thank you, also, my eCas updated this morning, though it does say the notice was sent on May 7, the attachment in my email is dated May 14 and I received the email at 11am yesterday. I don't know if this makes a difference, but I received my ATIP notes this morning, which would put it a few days early (Due May 22), so I'm not sure if the old wives tale of requesting your notes can bump them along or just a happy coincidence,
 

terki

Champion Member
Nov 16, 2012
1,967
198
37
FLORIDA - MIAMI
LANDED..........
DUAL-CITIZEN - USA/CANADA
neduval,
thanks for telling us; Jan applicants waiting long ..
My cousins since Jan 24th IP -
Yours - as per XL - Jan 15 - IP
This tell me - a week or 2 - if maths add up

cheers.
 
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nofrills

Hero Member
Jun 5, 2015
289
59
Toronto
Category........
CEC
App. Filed.......
06-07-2015
AOR Received.
06-07-2015
Passport Req..
11-09-2015
LANDED..........
25-09-2015
Hey Guys,

My Application received on Nov 10/2017
AOR on Dec 28/ 2018
IP on Feb 14/ 2018

Since then no update and no test invitation. Can someone help me out with what should I do ?
Wait.
 

nofrills

Hero Member
Jun 5, 2015
289
59
Toronto
Category........
CEC
App. Filed.......
06-07-2015
AOR Received.
06-07-2015
Passport Req..
11-09-2015
LANDED..........
25-09-2015
After 6 month and 9 days, Got test invite Today for May 31. Online Status didn't get updated yet
Congrats - so 120 days is the going rate, sheesh.
 

cyeg

Newbie
Mar 7, 2018
7
3
Please can anyone answer my question

i did my citizenship exam last week and i got 20/20 . i went for an interview after the exam at edmonton office and everything was good .it was a short interview took 7 min ,the officer in the room said everything is good .but we are waiting for a background check !
is this normal ??
does anyone know how long it take? i have no criminal records nor any offence.
 
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pedmetric

Star Member
Aug 6, 2013
79
6
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
Please can anyone answer my question

i did my citizenship exam last week and i got 20/20 . i went for an interview after the exam at edmonton office and everything was good .it was a short interview took 7 min ,the officer in the room said everything is good .but we are waiting for a background check !
is this normal ??
does anyone know how long it take? i have no criminal records nor any offence.
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I did my exam two weeks in Edmonton and got a oath invitation without DM.
So you will get it soon as well..