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Centralised Intake Office in Sydney will allocate your visa office based on your postal code (in the past you have been able to chose the visa office, now they chose for you). Pretty much should be your nearest visa office. Now - they used to update ECAS with a line saying your file has been...

Sorry to hear about OP rejection. It's advisable to include a buffer - we applied my wife had 32 days buffer and I have 74 days buffer, just to be on the safe side with calculations!

I heard it was down immediately after Super Tuesday because the number of Americans suddenly interested in immigrating to Canada increased dramatically. Google searches went up 1000% for US to Canada immigration searches and the vastly increased traffic caused the CIC site to crash. The term...

It also depends how much opposition from the conservatives the bill receives. Although they probably can't ultimately stop it going through, they can make it difficult and can delay things. I'd say in effect within 12 months is a realistic timeframe if the conservatives don't make life too...

You may wish to look at the following spreadsheet for applicants under the new rules :- https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HO2bMpPOII6R0N7q3oULrAgA27LJYaz3l9fMWcGaOms/edit?pref=2&pli=1#gid=0 Note that times are tumbling as both the Centralized Intake Office and the local Citizenship...

Please note that even if the new rules account for time spent in Canada before PR, they will probably not count 100% - i.e. only at 50%. Also the new rules are likely to face opposition from the conservatives and may be bounced around quite a few times before finally being passed. The process...

Has anyone got the following line on their ECAS status? Your file was transferred to the XXX Citizenship Operations office on YYY. The XXX Citizenship Operations office will contact you Wondering if they still put that in, or if there is nothing between going in process and the invitation to...

Actually I believe the main reasons is that they have removed the Citizenship Judge from the process for straight-forwarded cases. So instead of CIC officer -> Citizenship Judge -> CIC Officer, a CIC Officer can approve the application from the outset. This is turn has meant most local...

I believe AOR simply means they have opened the application to confirm they've received it. I believe the application will not go "In Process" if it is returned as incomplete, so I think once you go "In Process" from "Application Received" you can be reasonably sure they deem the application to...

My apologies for the over-simplification. In our case all our documents were photocopies because we did not have any documents which were not in English or French. Of course you should always check the Instruction Guide.

Quick question - has anyone seen the "We transferred your file to XXX visa office for further processing" line on their ECAS status yet? Just wondering if they still put that line in after they sent your application to the local visa office.

Sorry to hear that. Are you using the same payment receipt - or was it necessary to make a new payment and try to claim a refund on the old one? Also can I please ask, how long from AOR was it before you received your application back?

Basically all supporting documents should be photocopies. I was advised to bring all original supporting documents to the Citizenship Test should the officer wish to see them. Wayne.

It usually takes around 2 days for ECAS to be available from the UCI or application number after the AOR has been received.

My wife and I applied under the current 4/6 system - she had around 30 days in excess and I had over 70 days in excess, so I am hoping we have enough excess to avoid any residency questionnaire! :)

I guess they must. I have heard of people receiving AORs on a Saturday and Sunday as well.

So I just checked and we are IN PROCESS :) Note that there is a couple of days' delay updating ECAS. It says "We started processing your application on February 21, 2016." and yet ECAS only updated late last night, or this morning.

Actually thinking about it we had our Citizenship Photos done at CostCo and pretty sure they printed stuff on the back of them (at least the date, maybe the name as well). If CIC really want the names on the backs of the photos and they are missing, I see there are 2 options a) They can return...

We didn't write anything on the back of our photos. We actually sent them in the envelope that came from the photo developer and clearly labelled each packet with our name. In fact I have only just noticed myself that it says that on the photo specifications. I imagine it's mainly to prevent...

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