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January 2020 - citizenship application

DJay1234

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Apr 27, 2016
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Hi Guys, I've received a FP request letter from CIC today for me and my spouse. Does anyone know how to get this done and if this delays the process? Not sure if people are randomly selected for this check as mostly i was expecting a test invite but this came surprisingly as an additional step. Pls help.
 

masood8

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Oct 3, 2013
722
161
Toronto
Category........
FSW
Visa Office......
LONDON
NOC Code......
3131
App. Filed.......
10-01-2011
Doc's Request.
20-03-2011
IELTS Request
Along File
Med's Request
05-11-2013
Med's Done....
10-12-2013
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
PPR1 05-10-2014 & PPR2 17-11-2014 (Submitted: 18-02-2015)
VISA ISSUED...
13-02-2015
LANDED..........
29-June-2015
Hi Guys, I've received a FP request letter from CIC today for me and my spouse. Does anyone know how to get this done and if this delays the process? Not sure if people are randomly selected for this check as mostly i was expecting a test invite but this came surprisingly as an additional step. Pls help.
this will definitely delay the process, and this is normal these days as many applicant receiving FP requests.
 
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masood8

Hero Member
Oct 3, 2013
722
161
Toronto
Category........
FSW
Visa Office......
LONDON
NOC Code......
3131
App. Filed.......
10-01-2011
Doc's Request.
20-03-2011
IELTS Request
Along File
Med's Request
05-11-2013
Med's Done....
10-12-2013
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
PPR1 05-10-2014 & PPR2 17-11-2014 (Submitted: 18-02-2015)
VISA ISSUED...
13-02-2015
LANDED..........
29-June-2015
Contacted CIC today and they replied that our application is in the queue of Knowledge Testing.
Can I get the number you contacted IRCC and how long did you wait on the line for agent response ?
 

masood8

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Oct 3, 2013
722
161
Toronto
Category........
FSW
Visa Office......
LONDON
NOC Code......
3131
App. Filed.......
10-01-2011
Doc's Request.
20-03-2011
IELTS Request
Along File
Med's Request
05-11-2013
Med's Done....
10-12-2013
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
PPR1 05-10-2014 & PPR2 17-11-2014 (Submitted: 18-02-2015)
VISA ISSUED...
13-02-2015
LANDED..........
29-June-2015
Atleast your app is progressing unlike a lot of us who are just sitting here for eternity because they don't want to work due to COVID!
Don't worry if you didn't received FP yet , you migh get Test invitation soon.
 
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zfraitis

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Sep 18, 2015
45
5
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Alberta to be
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
NOC Code......
3112
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
Doc's Request.
18-11-2015
AOR Received.
12-11-2015
Passport Req..
04-05-2016
VISA ISSUED...
11-05-2016
LANDED..........
23-08-2016
Yes, I know 4 out of 5 people who applied around late 2019 & early 2020 who got test invitations. However, no news about ceremonies yet!
 

limits

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Yes, I know 4 out of 5 people who applied around late 2019 & early 2020 who got test invitations. However, no news about ceremonies yet!
What do you mean? Only 4% of applicants from Jan 2020 have got test invites according to the tracker.
 

masood8

Hero Member
Oct 3, 2013
722
161
Toronto
Category........
FSW
Visa Office......
LONDON
NOC Code......
3131
App. Filed.......
10-01-2011
Doc's Request.
20-03-2011
IELTS Request
Along File
Med's Request
05-11-2013
Med's Done....
10-12-2013
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
PPR1 05-10-2014 & PPR2 17-11-2014 (Submitted: 18-02-2015)
VISA ISSUED...
13-02-2015
LANDED..........
29-June-2015
What do you mean? Only 4% of applicants from Jan 2020 have got test invites according to the tracker.
there are so many ppl on FB groups getting test invitations.
 

harirajmohan

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Mar 3, 2015
6,162
1,666
Category........
Visa Office......
Sydney, NS
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
29-May-2015
Doc's Request.
30-Dec-2015 ReminderEmail(PCCs, NewPassport via cse 31-Dec-2015)
Nomination.....
SK 22-Apr-2015
AOR Received.
11-Aug-2015
Med's Request
23-Dec-2015
Med's Done....
20-Jan-2016
Passport Req..
26-May-2016 (BGC In Progress 25-May-2016)
VISA ISSUED...
PP Reached Ottawa:27-May-2016, Received:10-Jun-2016
LANDED..........
PR: 09-Jul-2016, PR Card: 17-Aug-2016
there are so many ppl on FB groups getting test invitations.
All the invitations seem to be going to FB people, and nobody on the forum here.
Or maybe the people on the forum are not updating us.
I never imagined that FB will become a lucky charm for CIC's process steps :oops: . Let me jump on to FB and start tweeting till all my friends till they get bored and block me as long as i get my test invite i am fine;)
 

harirajmohan

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Mar 3, 2015
6,162
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Visa Office......
Sydney, NS
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
29-May-2015
Doc's Request.
30-Dec-2015 ReminderEmail(PCCs, NewPassport via cse 31-Dec-2015)
Nomination.....
SK 22-Apr-2015
AOR Received.
11-Aug-2015
Med's Request
23-Dec-2015
Med's Done....
20-Jan-2016
Passport Req..
26-May-2016 (BGC In Progress 25-May-2016)
VISA ISSUED...
PP Reached Ottawa:27-May-2016, Received:10-Jun-2016
LANDED..........
PR: 09-Jul-2016, PR Card: 17-Aug-2016
there are so many ppl on FB groups getting test invitations.
Unfortunately we are assigned at the locations where cic workers are on leave. :( Now cases rising and no hope. Earlier cases reducing but nothing happened. Seems case count up or down, not mattering much anymore. The cic's worker's coin always flips correctly for them to take leave.:rolleyes:
 

siddharthbala

Hero Member
Jan 12, 2016
486
474
Mississauga
Visa Office......
CPC-Ottawa
NOC Code......
5241
App. Filed.......
08-07-2016
Doc's Request.
28-12-2016
AOR Received.
10-12-2016
Med's Request
06-12-2016
Med's Done....
14-12-2016
Interview........
N/A
Passport Req..
12-04-2017
VISA ISSUED...
28-04-2017
LANDED..........
14-09-2017
All the invitations seem to be going to FB people, and nobody on the forum here.
Or maybe the people on the forum are not updating us.
Confirmation bias, but more likely the latter - people on the forums not updating. There's a lot of stale entries on the sheets and if you think about it - it makes sense. People do spend time on Facebook which is where these groups are, so you're more likely to post an update as soon as you get it compared to coming here, finding your thread (after remembering what you used as your login information) and then posting. A few steps more than it would be for Facebook. As a result there are plenty of users who log in here for the first time, ask to be added to the tracker, subsequently forget about it and then just....never bother coming back to the forums again. Even I wasn't here and active on the forums from the time I landed back in September 2017 and when I was prepping to apply for citizenship around August 2020.

Whoever is admin'ing the sheet needs to take a clear stand and maybe make a 'stale entries' tab to move records from active tracking if there's been no follow-up or the user hasn't posted for a long time. I've been personally tracking down and following up with all the users for the November 2020 sheet specifically to make sure that the data isn't stale on my watch. This is also specifically why it has a 99% AOR rate (the 1% of users actually represents a single user someone whose file appears to be lost in the system and is getting their GCMS notes to conclusively answer their status). I'm also doing the same for the 'In process' folks because a lot of people aren't aware that the update happens only on eCAS and there's no e-mail, so they often never check until I prompt them to.

I think each month needs to have a proactive volunteer to follow up with people to get those updates, or the tracker effectively becomes useless due to all the stale data.