Sorry. I do not understand why you object to my post. What you quote here was specifically in response to a query directed to me, me personally, which you "liked," and it was a query asking me specifically for "advice . . . for those people who are waiting 'desperately' ” . . . for the test.
I responded. As asked. Acknowledging, nonetheless, that a frank, honest answer probably is not the message wanted.
Moreover, since the VAST majority of citizenship applicants are NOT in a situation that could be fairly described as "desperately" needing to obtain citizenship soon, that query was clearly in regards to @Mustafa100's PERSONAL situation, something which makes getting to the oath soon an urgent, or desperate matter for @Mustafa100.
I do not know which group of applicants your "we" is in regards to. Perhaps a group of similarly situated applicants who, as @Mustafa100 claims to be, in urgent or desperate need of getting citizenship soon. But it would be hyperbolic or disingenuous to characterize the vast majority of the two hundred or so thousand (maybe more) who have applications in process as "desperately" needing citizenship soon.
For those who are similarly situated (assuming the query was not disingenuous), who do have an urgent or desperate need to become a citizen soon, it would sensible and wise for them to recognize the nature of their PERSONAL situation and carefully consider their options. Especially since the odds are rather high that most of them (unless the "urgent" need in their particular situation is among those recognized by IRCC as warranting expedited processing) are NOT going to be taking the oath soon . . . most probably not for at least six months or a year more, and perhaps longer than that, or if your assessment of the situation is in the ballpark, perhaps NOT for YEARS.
"Mobilization" may help to accelerate the pace generally. If your assessment is in the ballpark, it may help avoid delays for YEARS. But those who are currently in a situation which can fairly be described as "desperate" are NOT at all likely to be proceeding to the oath anytime "soon" (but for a small percentage), and again probably not for at least six months to a year, or more. If they are going to manage their way through, they can use some honest, practical information which will, hopefully, help them get a realistic perspective and make decisions accordingly. For those who are desperate, waiting on the outcome of a mobilization to push IRCC to accelerate the pace is not likely to be enough.
Which brings me to . . .
For sure, fear is a deeply human emotion. Way, way too easily manipulated. And there is rather too much fear-mongering spread recklessly in this forum.
A big part of why I continue to post in topics like this is to help those with an application pending recognize they do not need to fear all that much. And, also, to help them gain some perspective so they can recognize the parameters of what they are dealing with. Like yes, there are going to continue to be delays, a much longer than before time-line. But no, they do not need to be afraid their applications will be returned due to a change in the law (I recognize you have a different view about that, that we disagree).
Let's be clear, I have indeed been around this block before. I have the experience, and I have done a lot of homework, and my motive is to use both to HELP others.
I became eligible for Canadian citizenship during the midst of the Harper-Kenney draconian crack-down that was purportedly targeting fraud and those who were seen to be passport-shopping, those seen to be "applying-on-the-way-to-the-airport," but which employed grossly overly-broad criteria to drag tens of thousands of applicants into a very lengthy, protracted process, which not only really did take YEARS, it included a profound intrusion into the privacy of scores and scores of applicants for whom there was no good reason to demand their credit card and bank statements, history of medical care, and so on. (That's what full-blown RQ asks for, so the applicant presents a total stranger bureaucrat bank and credit records for years, and records revealing at least the dates and physician for all the applicant's health care over those years; an utterly profound invasion of individual privacy just to get citizenship.)
When I was preparing to make my application the routine processing timeline was TWO TIMES longer than now. And that was just for half the number of applicants. Scores and scores of applicants were enduring processing timelines for three to four plus years. A friend and associate of mine said his application took SEVEN years. I saw cases reported in Federal Court decisions where applications had been in process for eight and nine years, one for more than decade. My personal circumstances included factors which were known criteria for full-blown RQ. I successfully navigated the process and actually got my citizenship in one-third the routine processing time for then . . . doing the homework appeared to pay off.
As I said, yes, I have been around the block. Learned a few things. And I try to use that to help others here.
I do not post to scare. But I will be frank about the difficulties and hurdles.
You make some reference to "passivity" not being a solution. Not sure why you added that in response to a post by me. I may be a pacifist (which I aspire to be) but there is no hint of passivity in me or my posts. While personally I do not deserve to so much as mention them by name, nonetheless my models for advocacy and activism are Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. Yeah, from another century. As am I mostly.
You and I have different views about the better way to encourage IRCC to get the citizenship application process moving faster. We have very different views about what is at stake. And we emphasize different aspects of dealing with this situation . . . to my view, how the individual applicant deals with the situation looms just as important, if not more so, than engaging in group action to promote a general acceleration of processing by IRCC . . . even though there may be as many as a quarter million or more applicants, for many if not most their individual situations and needs and concerns should be their primary focus, to help them better navigate the process and reduce unnecessary anxieties about how things will go.
As for your request to control how I post, couched in "please, please," no. Or, no thank you. Someone mentioned the importance of allowing free speech. I concur.
