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bluecheese123

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485 has no bearing on citizenship application but your lawyer might ask you to be inside US till 485 approval for those 2 years. So plan accordingly and based on what your lawyer says.
You can attend test outside but for oath you need to come to canada. Nowadays citizenship application takes less time unlike us(who filed in late 2019 or early 2020) taking lot of time. So if you already applied and waiting for AOR then your process might get over in 8 months from AOR. So first get your lawyer's input on whether you can travel and when you can travel.
Thanks @harirajmohan . But people do visit India while 485 is pending, so that should be fine, correct? My H1B visa is valid for 2.5 more years, so do you think as long as I use that for re-entry, I should be good?
All communication with the lawyer has to go through HR in my company, so trying to get some idea before I ask them.
 

harirajmohan

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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
Thanks @harirajmohan . But people do visit India while 485 is pending, so that should be fine, correct? My H1B visa is valid for 2.5 more years, so do you think as long as I use that for re-entry, I should be good?
All communication with the lawyer has to go through HR in my company, so trying to get some idea before I ask them.
Yes they are visiting. It all depends on what your lawyer is planning for.
If he/she asks you to maintain H1 till that time then he/she may ask you to travel after AP is approved. (my friend's AP and EAD are not approved for a 11 months yet - fyi)

Getting their plan will give you way to plan on handling your citizenship file so that you can plan on arranging travel to Canada for oath etc.

Without knowing their plan, knowing more here is going to confuse you more which is not going to be useful since you cant go with your plan. So get to know till what stage you should be inside US.
 
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rafzy

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basically we are all in the same boat as rafzy interview and language test so called is next for me as well. language test basically is what the interview
Why is it so critical for Windsor office to conduct interview for every applicant requiring UP or not ?

If its UP, they can pick up the phone and call directly to check the language if they are so concerned about the language level.

I think IRCC has trust issues regarding applicant's qualifications and working environment.
 

harirajmohan

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Mar 3, 2015
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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
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Why is it so critical for Windsor office to conduct interview for every applicant requiring UP or not ?

If its UP, they can pick up the phone and call directly to check the language if they are so concerned about the language level.

I think IRCC has trust issues regarding applicant's qualifications and working environment.
Some might be old school guys who conducted interviews for their whole life hence they cant easily agree to approve without interview.
But lets wait and watch to see if all of us are getting it. Without seeing series of invites, we cant assume yet. May be some officers wont conduct interview. lets see.
 

rafzy

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Some might be old school guys who conducted interviews for their whole life hence they cant easily agree to approve without interview.
But lets wait and watch to see if all of us are getting it. Without seeing series of invites, we cant assume yet. May be some officers wont conduct interview. lets see.
Today morning at 7am, got my Interview invite for Friday, August 27th directly from the case processing officer.

@rajkamalmohanram Can you please update the sheet as I cannot seem to edit it
 

harirajmohan

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Mar 3, 2015
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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
GOt

Today morning at 7am, got my Interview invite for Friday, August 27th directly from the case processing officer.

@rajkamalmohanram Can you please update the sheet as I cannot seem to edit it
Good. Finally they found your file and retrieved it from black hole windsor office.
Is there a message appearing in the online tracker for this interview?
if so then was it updated on friday?
 

Jfk20101

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In the interview if you can ask them why such special treatment towards Windsor applicants that would be great
 

rafzy

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Good. Finally they found your file and retrieved it from black hole windsor office.
Is there a message appearing in the online tracker for this interview?
if so then was it updated on friday?
Till now, the online tracker is not updated. It still shows my last update from July 5th when my test was updated.

Since the officer sent me an invite between 7-8 AM, so I guess the tracker will be updated tomorrow morning.

I will confirm with you if my tracker updates by tomorrow.
 
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rafzy

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In the interview if you can ask them why such special treatment towards Windsor applicants that would be great
Definitely, I have to ask the case officer that why they want so badly to verify all documents that I submitted with my application, and still they want to conduct my interview and waste days till the interview when the documents are the same which I submitted for my PR
 

rafzy

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Good. Finally they found your file and retrieved it from black hole windsor office.
Is there a message appearing in the online tracker for this interview?
if so then was it updated on friday?
Yes. The message appeared in my online tracker today after 6AM with today's date and interview date of August 27th.

Atleast, Windsor office is 1 step ahead of the online tracker in this sense.
 

Jfk20101

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No movement on Windsor files we are still stuck and waiting for DM congrats Raj how can one submit for urgent processing do I really need to get a government job ? What about provincial Gov job ?
 

rafzy

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No movement on Windsor files we are still stuck and waiting for DM congrats Raj how can one submit for urgent processing do I really need to get a government job ? What about provincial Gov job ?
It does not matter the job is at the provincial or federal level. You need citizenship to be able to submit your application or be able to accept your offer of employment.

Once you know that you can apply for a job, you need to write complete details in a letter and attached appropriate documents to back up your request, and submit through an online web form on the IRCC site.

Once your request is sent out to the local office, it's on the discretion of the case processing officer to either accept it, reject it, or directly reach out to you if they have concerns about your request.

In my case, I sent my UP request along with my employment offer letter from the federal govt. through webform to IRCC. After 1.5 weeks, my offer was forwarded to the local Windsor office and after 1 week, the case officer reached out to me as he wanted further proof of communication between my prospective employer and myself from initial application submission to final offer letter. I provided all those and he approved my request the same day.

Now I'm scheduled for my Interview today and hopefully Oath ASAP as well.

Feel free to reach out to me directly if you have any further questions.
 

harirajmohan

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Mar 3, 2015
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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
No movement on Windsor files we are still stuck and waiting for DM congrats Raj how can one submit for urgent processing do I really need to get a government job ? What about provincial Gov job ?
It will be just few months wait. I know its not going to be easy but i am not feeling like its worth putting effort instead we can invest the same amount to try for private job or improve in current job which will have 100% result rather than expecting the cic officer to recognize it.
 
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