July 2019 - Citizenship Applicants

[renesa05]

My application is in process since Nov 4th. Does it take longer to get the test invite for applicant from Scarborough?

 

[shibdutta]

Hello guys. Sorry may be we have discussed it before.

What kind of questions we expect in the exam.

 

[RKCK]

Hello guys. Sorry may be we have discussed it before.

What kind of questions we expect in the exam.

Check out https://www.apnatoronto.com/canadian-citizenship-test-practice/ and http://www.yourlibrary.ca/citizenship/ to get an idea.

Also can you please share your details please.

 

[MR21]

Hello Everyone,
Yesterday I got my citizenship test. I am a July 2019 applicant from Montreal.

Anyway, I am writing today to share some of my experiences about the Citizenship test with you guys and I hope It will help to to prepare good and be confident and stay chill!!

Keep your agenda empty for at least 3 hours for the whole test session. On the test day, two things will happen:

• The Citizenship Test
• Citizenship Interview (no matter what you pass or fail)

The Citizenship Test

1. We showed up at the test center 15-20 minutes before the test time (our time was 12.30 pm). They took 20-30 min to make the applicants check-in to the exam hall. They called the couples first and let them in to the exam hall at the very beginning! So, this not a privilege, rather they wanted to make sure that we are not sitting together... LOL . Once everyone is in they started the instruction session and ultimately started the exam around 12.50 pm.
2. The Documents (printed hard copies and original copies) you need to carry with you:
   • The citizenship test invitation letter (you would get over the email)
   • Passports (valid, expired, all)
   • PR card, Drivers License, Medicare card
   • PR Landing paper (COPR)
   • Language Proficiency proof (for us, it was our Masters degree certificate done from Canada)
   • Photocopies of your passports
   • Just in case docs: CSQ (if you are a QC applicant), your job offer letter). These docs are not required but good to have.
3. You absolutely don't need to bring anything like pen or pencil, they provide everything.
4. NO CHEATING is ALLOWED! If they find you cheating, they would immediately make you stop writing the exam and expel. However, there are 4-5 sets of exam to prevent the cheating.
5. Total 20 MCQ Questions, 30 min time. Believe me, it would take max 10 min to finish! You need to make 15 correct answers to pass the exam.
6. Question Pattern:
   • Its STRICTLY forbidden to share the questions by the IRCC! Doing so would bring a very negative consequences.
   • Just read the 'Discover Canada' booklet. Its only 50 pages of reading. You just need to read ONCE! we took the day and night before the exam to read the book. it was about 3-4 hours of non-continuous reading. Important Note: That one-time 3-4 hours of reading made us to score 18/20, but making 20/20 score should need a through 2-3 times reading.
   • We took the practice test from www.yourlibrary[.]ca/citizenship/
   • The question types for me was: 70% fill in the blanks (MCQ, you need to pick the correct answer from the 4 choices for the blank space) + 15% true/false + 15% regular MCQ
   • Questions are pretty straight forward, no confusing answers, if you know the topic then you can find the answer easily, and thats why it takes only 8-10 min to finish.
   • You dont need to memorize the years mentioned in the history section. SO dont take stress!
   • Lastly and Again.... Just give a through reading to "Discover Canada" booklet and you will be able to pass!
7. Once the test is over, they will collect the whole package and start checking the answer right there.
8. They will make you seat at another room and there you will wait for your citizenship interview with an officer. The wait time is roughly 15-40min. Ours was around 20min.
9. The quicker you fish the exam, the quicker they will finish checking your answers and the quicker you will get the interview.

Citizenship Interview

1. No matter what you pass or fail, they would call you for the interview.
2. They call me and my wife together, but took the interview individually, the interview officer was the same. They made my wife waiting outside of the interview room during my interview.
3. Total interview time is 10min, maximum.
4. What happens during the interview:
   • The interview officer would have the citizenship application package open in-front of her (the application and documents we sent on July)
   • She asked me for my PR card, passports, A piece of photo ID which has my signature on it (drivers Lic or medicare card) and COPR
   • She started checking those documents
   • While checking the docs, she was asking me some very basic questions like
     • How long I have been in Canada
     • What was my status when I came to Canada.
     • What do I do for living
     • What is my current address and am I renting or owning
     • Do I file my Canadian taxes regularly or not
     • Where are my parents and are they alive
     • How did I calculate the amount of days I was absent in the "Physical Presence Calculator" document.
     • Do I have a child and where did the child born
   • These are roughly the questions I remember and I thing thats it.
   • She was verifying all the answers those are verifiable from the application.
   • They asked my wife a question : do you know the neighboring area of your area of living and can you name one of them?
   • Anyways, lastly She congratulated me for passing the exam and told me my score.
   • She said, everything is okay with my application and she would be finally taking the decision on my file. I would hear back from IRCC soon about the next step (I believe that the Oath ceremony)
5. You are all done and just walk away from the building!

These are roughly our experience. Dont be very biased from it and then again dont be very stressed! Coz, you may experience 99% same like us.
Good luck for your exam!

Hi ,
I got the citizenship oath invitation today.
Here are the dates:
Oath invitation date: February 24, 2019
Oath ceremony: March 09, 2020

Please update the spreadsheet.
Thanks

 

[tracychg15]

Pass the test and done the interview in an hour.
For the test, 19/20, I went through Discover Canada once and do some online questions, I could say the online questions more tricky and the answer of the test today is quite straight forward and obviously.
For the interview, was only 5 mins, went through my passport and PR card, ask few questions and that’s it..... unbelievable that quick....
Now waiting for the Oath Ceremony!!!
Good luck everyone!!

Line 70
Decision Made on 2/24
Please update thanks!

 

[lulykibuly]

Hi ,
I got the citizenship oath invitation today.
Here are the dates:
Oath invitation date: February 24, 2019
Oath ceremony: March 09, 2020

Please update the spreadsheet.
Thanks

Congrats!! Can you share your complete timeline please...

 

[hans42]

Decision made on 22/02/20. Kindly update.

 

[Muslima]

Hi ,
I got the citizenship oath invitation today.
Here are the dates:
Oath invitation date: February 24, 2019
Oath ceremony: March 09, 2020

Please update the spreadsheet.
Thanks

Congratulations and thanks for taking your time to explain

 

[MR21]

Congrats!! Can you share your complete timeline please...

Thanks! You can find the timelines for all the July 2019 applicants including me here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1V2kMI1QtzlMj8k4shG0IBLnS8GqOhoJDkem5HloNe0I/edit#gid=1128992897

 

[jawad87]

Hello Admin,

Kindly add me to the list as well.

Application sent: July 22, 2019
Application received: July 24, 2019
AOR: October 11, 2019
In process: November 04, 2019
Test invite/interview email: February 20, 2020
Test date: March 10, 2020
Test location: Mississauga

 

[vivek4u4me]

Done test on 24 feb was straight forward . got 19/20 and my wife got 18/20. waited for interview for over hour and it took only couple of minutes for officer. she took photocopies of our passports and told us she cant make decision as of now as she needs to check all the stamps in our passports and i can except a reply in 2 to 4 months for oath if everything is ok.

i know thats there standard answer but cant do anything have to wait.

for test prep go through discover canada thoroughly if you dont know abt canada history as my wife got test based on history most of it. she said it was tricky. and apna toronto tst papers are really good as well.

Thanks

 

[Bachar]

Hello Admin,

Kindly add me to the list as well.

Application sent: July 22, 2019
Application received: July 24, 2019
AOR: October 11, 2019
In process: November 04, 2019
Test invite/interview email: February 20, 2020
Test date: March 10, 2020
Test location: Mississauga

Where did you apply from?

 

[MR21]

Congratulations and thanks for taking your time to explain

You are welcome and good luck for the citizenship journey!

 

[lulykibuly]

I am thinking when can I expect oath letter...Thoughts guys?

App submitted: July 29, 2019
Test completed: Feb 21, 2020
Decision made: Feb 22, 2020
Oath Letter: wait is on.........
Centre: Scarborough

 

[axbisw]

I am a July 15, 2019 applicant. I had my citizenship test in Vancouver on January 20, 2020. I passed the test with 20/20 and my interview was just about 5 mins long.
It has been over a month but there has been no update. Ecas still says "In process". Most people seem to get a "Decision made" in ecas within a few days after the test.
Wondering if anyone else is experiencing something similar?