Liberal leadership candidate gets date for citizenship test

[itsmyid]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/rené-ephestion-citizenship-test-1.5064680

Aspiring Liberal leadership candidate René Ephestion will be writing his citizenship test April 4 and expects to receive his Canadian citizenship in a ceremony April 17.

I bet he didn't need to keep calling IRCC to get the same 'everything is fine you just need to wait' answer..

 

[canuck_in_uk]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/rené-ephestion-citizenship-test-1.5064680

Aspiring Liberal leadership candidate René Ephestion will be writing his citizenship test April 4 and expects to receive his Canadian citizenship in a ceremony April 17.

I bet he didn't need to keep calling IRCC to get the same 'everything is fine you just need to wait' answer..

September to April is probably a pretty normal timeline for New Brunswick.

 

[itsmyid]

September to April is probably a pretty normal timeline for New Brunswick.

That’s fine, but I don’t understand how he became a candidate even before becoming a citizen, not to mention the IRCC background checks that takes forever to complete...

 

[canuck_in_uk]

That’s fine, but I don’t understand how he became a candidate even before becoming a citizen, not to mention the IRCC background checks that takes forever to complete...

He isn't a candidate yet. As it says in the article, he could be disqualified because he is not yet a citizen.

They don't take forever. My partner's app took less than 6 months from submission to test. That is pretty standard for our area.

 

[nofrills]

That’s fine, but I don’t understand how he became a candidate even before becoming a citizen, not to mention the IRCC background checks that takes forever to complete...

This guy became a prospective candidate probably because he demonstrated interest in running for public office, got involved in helping homeless shelters, new immigrants, public libraries and not hanging around visa forums.

 

[KRP]

This guy became a prospective candidate probably because he demonstrated interest in running for public office, got involved in helping homeless shelters, new immigrants, public libraries and not hanging around visa forums.

…...and creating unnecessary threads time and again .

 

[Seym]

That's interesting.
Is getting both the citizenship test and oath dates in advance a usual thing? In NB at least?
To my knowledge, it happens mostly to people who get their citizenship on their test date, or the next day for those who live far from an IRCC office.
Or is this mainly linked to the high profile of the guy?

In all cases, congrats to him.