Citizenship test: Collective action required, or expect endless delays, years. Example of the effective lobbyng of people awaiting spousal sponsorship

[luvtrump]

Nice although strongly worded in some places. I wish you made it more general, as the Montreal office is even slower than Calgary I believe. Let us know if you hear anything.

I dont think they can do much about Montreal since the Quebec factor comes in.

 

[CaBeaver]

I dont think they can do much about Montreal since the Quebec factor comes in.

But citizenship is under federal jurisdiction, no?

 

[luvtrump]

But citizenship is under federal jurisdiction, no?

Yes it is but again somewhere in one of Quebec party mandate I read make french language a requirement for citizenship.

 

[duckduckgoose]

Thanks for this valuable information. Do you have any plan to share this with Cbc and toronto star?

I am not but you should feel free.

Some light at the end of the tunnel. It says their priority is clearing the older paper file backlog while processing a small number of e-applications. Eventually the will finish the entire paper backlog and everything will be e-application (which should only take 6 months to grant once fully implemented).

Note if they do NOT implement this they anticipate the paper backlog processing times to grow to 4 years!

 

[CaBeaver]

Yes it is but again somewhere in one of Quebec party mandate I read make french language a requirement for citizenship.

I don't this can be done unless Quebec separates and make its country and citizenship, but this has nothing to do with the federals regulating the Montreal office as it stands.

 

[CaBeaver]

I am not but you should feel free.

Some light at the end of the tunnel. It says their priority is clearing the older paper file backlog while processing a small number of e-applications. Eventually the will finish the entire paper backlog and everything will be e-application (which should only take 6 months to grant once fully implemented).

Note if they do NOT implement this they anticipate the paper backlog processing times to grow to 4 years!

Yes, but they also said while meeting their target, which means paper-based applications that don't contribute to their target will probably be forgotten. That's why you see many 2020 and 2021 applicants moving forward faster than late 2019 applicants.

 

[luvtrump]

Yes, but they also said while meeting their target, which means paper-based applications that don't contribute to their target will probably be forgotten. That's why you see many 2020 and 2021 applicants moving forward faster than late 2019 applicants.

i think only the non routine wil be forgotten the routine will continue to be processed .

 

[DejavuCA]

That is a good thing , why pay to these ghost employees who stay home and do not even work.

Yes! I heard here a few months ago that an employee from Edmonton office was working at a restaurant as a SECOND job while getting paid by the government with our tax money as well!

 

[rajkamalmohanram]

Yes! I heard here a few months ago that an employee from Edmonton office was working at a restaurant as a SECOND job while getting paid by the government with our tax money as well!

I don't care if they are working a second job on their own time (like evenings after work) without affecting their business hours. Other people do it all the time and government employees are people too trying to make a living. IMO, there is nothing wrong with working a second job outside the business hours of the regular job irrespective of whether the person is a government employee or not.

Furthermore, the initial pay for the case processing officer isn't much from what I know. It is around CAD 55,000 or something around that, which isn't much. So, working a second job might have been obligatory for the employee you mentioned.

 

[Mexontario]

I don't care if they are working a second job on their own time (like evenings after work) without affecting their business hours. Other people do it all the time and government employees are people too trying to make a living. IMO, there is nothing wrong with working a second job outside the business hours of the regular job irrespective of whether the person is a government employee or not.

Furthermore, the initial pay for the case processing officer isn't much from what I know. It is around CAD 55,000 or something around that, which isn't much. So, working a second job might have been obligatory for the employee you mentioned.

Agree, its their personal business as long as it does not interfere with their regular employment and there is no conflict of interest!

 

[freediagram]

So is there a way for me to find out from my GCMS notes or other sources whether my application is routine or not? Considering the Background complete to test, and test to DM and DM to oath timelines I see in the forums, I think my citizenship will take over 3 years. it's been 2 years and 5 months so far. I want to talk to a lawyer about this.

 

[luvtrump]

So is there a way for me to find out from my GCMS notes or other sources whether my application is routine or not? Considering the Background complete to test, and test to DM and DM to oath timelines I see in the forums, I think my citizenship will take over 3 years. it's been 2 years and 5 months so far. I want to talk to a lawyer about this.

I found out mine is non routine from officer notes in gcms. Don't know if that's the case for everyone.

 

[freediagram]

I found out mine is non routine from officer notes in gcms. Don't know if that's the case for everyone.

Thanks; Where can I find the officer notes on my GCMS? And is this the IRCC GCMS or CBSA GCMS or something else ?

 

[bluesami]

Thanks; Where can I find the officer notes on my GCMS? And is this the IRCC GCMS or CBSA GCMS or something else ?

IRCC GCMS

 

[luvtrump]

Thanks; Where can I find the officer notes on my GCMS? And is this the IRCC GCMS or CBSA GCMS or something else ?

IRCC GCMS as well as CBSA notes. In My CBSA gcms notes it was mentioned clearly that my file is non routine whilst in my IRCC GCSMS some words were missing in the notes.