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August 2021 - Citizenship Applicants

sundeep_s_

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Jun 24, 2014
332
139
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
NOC Code......
2174
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
June 09 2014
IELTS Request
Sent with Application
Med's Request
Jan 27 2015
Med's Done....
Jan 29 2015
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
Mar 18 2015
VISA ISSUED...
Mar 24 2014
My application has finally moved! got a test invite this morning!!
App Delivered: Aug 10, 2021
AOR: Oct 28, 2021
In Process eCAAS: Dec 07, 2021
Test Invite: Mar 10 2022 (it was updated in portal but still waiting for email).

Also guys, I see a lot of you all talking about finger print request. Where does that fit into the process? do everyone get it? or is it random pick?

Hopefully this thing rolls with the same pace going fwd!
 
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BeerBeem

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Feb 1, 2022
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For point1, there was no option to upload the pp stamp pages when i submitted the online application. only the pp front page was possible. So i scanned and sent a pdf with the stamped pages in the email.

For point 2, I was in my home country and i didnt even have my pp created. My pp was created on June 20, 2017. I told exactly this and told that my first international travel was to land in Canada as PR on x date.

Not sure what else to provide tbh
Yeah, a proper explanation will work.
 

abbas.pasha

VIP Member
Sep 17, 2016
3,605
2,023
My application has finally moved! got a test invite this morning!!
App Delivered: Aug 10, 2021
AOR: Oct 28, 2021
In Process eCAAS: Dec 07, 2021
Test Invite: Mar 10 2022 (it was updated in portal but still waiting for email).

Also guys, I see a lot of you all talking about finger print request. Where does that fit into the process? do everyone get it? or is it random pick?

Hopefully this thing rolls with the same pace going fwd!
Its usually part of the background check... Not everyone gets this request, Its a random pick
 

BeerBeem

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Feb 1, 2022
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Its usually part of the background check... Not everyone gets this request, Its a random pick
I think it's more to do with the new immigration process that IRCC should file biometrics of all new applicants. If you hadn't filed FP during PR process then you will most probably get a FP request in Citizenship processing.
 
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sundeep_s_

Hero Member
Jun 24, 2014
332
139
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
NOC Code......
2174
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
June 09 2014
IELTS Request
Sent with Application
Med's Request
Jan 27 2015
Med's Done....
Jan 29 2015
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
Mar 18 2015
VISA ISSUED...
Mar 24 2014
Its usually part of the background check... Not everyone gets this request, Its a random pick
Great. Thanks for the quick reply. My background check is marked as completed, so I'm assuming my file is past that point now.
 

sundeep_s_

Hero Member
Jun 24, 2014
332
139
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
NOC Code......
2174
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
June 09 2014
IELTS Request
Sent with Application
Med's Request
Jan 27 2015
Med's Done....
Jan 29 2015
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
Mar 18 2015
VISA ISSUED...
Mar 24 2014
I think it's more to do with the new immigration process that IRCC should file biometrics of all new applicants. If you hadn't filed FP during PR process then you will most probably get a FP request in Citizenship processing.
I see.. I did not provide FP during the PR process.. my PR was back in 2015 when the whole thing was paper based. and yet, my background check is marked as completed without a FP request!!!
 

mohoozee

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Sep 22, 2017
188
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I see.. I did not provide FP during the PR process.. my PR was back in 2015 when the whole thing was paper based. and yet, my background check is marked as completed without a FP request!!!
The poster you quoted is conflating two different things.

What you submitted during the PR process is called biometrics fingerprinting whereas what IRCC requests during citizenship application is the RCMP fingerprinting. The former is required for identity validation and is stored by the government of Canada for 10 years while the latter is required for criminal background check verification and valid for one time use only. That is why some selected applicants have to do RCMP fingerprinting multiple times because IRCC needs to confirm their criminal record hasn't changed since they last requested for their FP (usually applicants whose background check has been more than a year ago). The two have nothing to do with each other, so submitting fingerprinting request or not during PR has no bearing on whether you'll be asked for RCMP fingerprinting or not.

Hope that helps.
 

rafayet

Star Member
Jan 15, 2011
165
43
Category........
Visa Office......
Pretoria
NOC Code......
3111
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
26-11-2014
Nomination.....
CC charged 21 January 2015, PER 12 February 2015
IELTS Request
Sent with application
Med's Request
07-04-2015
Med's Done....
11-04-2015
Passport Req..
27-04-2015
VISA ISSUED...
28-05-2015
My tracker updated today morning.
Test scheduled from 14 March to 3 April 2022.
App rec 3 Aug'21
AOR 27 Oct'21
BGC 10 Dec'21
 

Amar55

Hero Member
Jun 25, 2017
347
174
Canada
Category........
FSW
Visa Office......
new delhi
NOC Code......
3112
App. Filed.......
15-09-2017
Doc's Request.
22-09-2017
Nomination.....
NA
AOR Received.
15-09-2017
IELTS Request
12-05-2017
File Transfer...
07-11-2017
Med's Done....
22-09-2017
Passport Req..
15-01-2018
VISA ISSUED...
27-01-2018
The poster you quoted is conflating two different things.

What you submitted during the PR process is called biometrics fingerprinting whereas what IRCC requests during citizenship application is the RCMP fingerprinting. The former is required for identity validation and is stored by the government of Canada for 10 years while the latter is required for criminal background check verification and valid for one time use only. That is why some selected applicants have to do RCMP fingerprinting multiple times because IRCC needs to confirm their criminal record hasn't changed since they last requested for their FP (usually applicants whose background check has been more than a year ago). The two have nothing to do with each other, so submitting fingerprinting request or not during PR has no bearing on whether you'll be asked for RCMP fingerprinting or not.

Hope that helps.
Sometimes when we share fingerprint for police check certificates needed for jobs, it gets in the system and are not asked again. IRCC can take the details from there. that's what I have read somewhere.
 

vaishnavi

Hero Member
Jun 18, 2016
405
103
NOC Code......
3113
AOR Received.
15-06-2018
IELTS Request
07-04-2018
Med's Done....
22-05-2018
Passport Req..
30-07-2018
LANDED..........
13-08-2018
Hello,

For some reason there has been a test invite update on Google sheet. I have not received any yet. Can you please change it back admin. I am waiting since Dec 14 ( only BCG complete)
Thank you
 
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Gio1908

Star Member
Jan 28, 2016
146
113
It's nice to start seeing some movement for August applicants. End of March/beginning of April we are going to see lot of action.
Fingers crossed