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I applied November 3, 2014 and got them on January 8, 2015. The online I94 tool only goes back 5 years. If that is within your relevant time period, I would send CIC a printout and let them know you've made a FOIA request which will take more than 30 days.

;D That could definitely be a factor, although in their defence, CIC-Edmonton have been understaffed for years.

Holy crap, usernametaken! I forgot to mention in my post from last month that when I spoke to that one helpful citizenship officer, I also asked him when CIC-Edmonton started issuing CIT 0520, the so-called "RQ Lite" (which I hope is what you got). He said August, 2014 which I found a bit odd...

Seemp, you did nothing wrong. More importantly, you are not short. I hesitate to call the person who interviewed you any unkind names, as she may not have had a choice but to give you the RQ because the stamp in your passport did not match whatever was on her computer screen. In fact I...

Seemp, I am sorry but your story confuses me. For example, the word "landing" has a very specific meaning in the Canadian immigration context. It appears as if you use the phrase "landing date" when referring to your second entry into Canada (still as a visitor). Can you clarify? Are you...

Yes, what I do for a living allows me better access. It also helped me get their attention when I went as a member of the public to a couple of citizenship ceremonies and talk to me, rather than just ignore me. And I have one of those personalities... just don't give a ****. I was going to...

I was at the Edmonton CIC office today on business, for a non-citizenship related matter. There were people being interviewed but there did not appear to be any kind of testing going on. People seemed to have individual appointments, and were led straight from the area outside the front...

eltorpe, how long did the process take?

I think we've all heard the phrase "kill all the lawyers", but few know that in Henry VI (where the quote is from), Shakespeare actually meant to portray lawyers as the guardians of the rule of law who stand in the way of those who want to corrupt it. Regardless of their motives, the CBA, among...

I am hesitant to say this as the OP's situation is probably in large part her husband's doing. But I find it interesting that in the span of less than 4 years they landed, spent some time in the UEA, applied for and received citizenship. I suspect the youngest child wasn't declared because...

Second that! 10 years ago you may have stood a chance. In today's environment, even if a CJ approves you, the Minister will appeal that decision in a nanosecond.

Peeps, it would be helpful if you included your local office in your posts. Processing times for CIT 0520, like everything else, vary significantly depending on your location. In my case, CIT 0520 issued at test (Sept. 11, 2014), documents sent on Oct. 3 and received on Oct. 6 (per Canada...

That's not the issue. The problem is that it's likely that his passport was stamped by the Americans during one or more of those day trips. If that is the case, when the citizenship officer compares all stamps in the passport to the declared trips, he or she will notice the discrepancy...

When a family applies for permanent residence, one of the spouses is the principal applicant. That's what I thought OP was referring to, and as others have said, there are no such distinctions when applying for citizenship. The title of the thread actually reminded me of a scene from "My Big...

The highlighted part boggles the mind. Perhaps the judge meant that there was no evidence before the court that the average processing times are created by a "malfunctioning" or "under-resourced" system. Everyone who's spent any time looking into this problem knows that the system is both...

Yet another confirmation that despite what CIC says in the instructions, applicants should list day trips. As I've written before, the citizenship officers compare all declared trips with the passport stamps and check them off in a mechanical fashion. If you had listed these two day trips...

Hi all, Today I crashed another citizenship ceremony, and was able to have a long chat with a very, very nice and helpful citizenship officer. Many new people are being brought in to speed up processing. In particular, the number of officers who will be dealing with non-routine applications...

Alberta still has a long way to go to catch up with other provinces. If those assholes in Ottawa had any genuine interest in addressing the discrepancy in processing times, they would have adjusted staffing levels in the AB local offices years ago. I truly believe this is just an effort to...

Please do not opine on matters of which you have little understanding.

There were 120 at one of the ceremonies in the library basement theatre yesterday. I went to chat with the staff there, and apparently CIC has hired several temporary (6 month contract) workers at the Edmonton to (finally!) address the backlog. Unfortunately the person I spoke to was one of...