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It's death by a thousand cuts / frog in slow boiling water / your preferred analogy that conveys the same idea. Canada is not going to suffer any catastrophic collapse, but there is a steady decline in standard of living. It's the silent tragedy of small differences compounding over time, so it...

Having done this for a living for 20 years (investing in globally competitiveness businesses), in the 5 years since immigrating to Canada, I've gone from gung ho about the economy to rather concerned. Doesn't mean I'm right, but my interest is in understanding economic underpinnings, not in...

Canada is a great country, and will never "cease to exist", there's no need to put words in my mouth :) I find it more helpful to see things in shades of grey, than in the black and white you are painting. Business competitiveness matters in a global economy, Canada is slipping on this count...

Socialism and capitalism are over-simplified monikers for those that find the details too cumbersome. I support UBI and universal healthcare, but struggle with an excessively unionized workforce which plays a role in (a) our economy becoming less competitive vs the outside world, (b) Canadians...

This post is not meant as a criticism, but as an observation based on my personal experiences having worked 20 years in 6 countries / 3 continents. Canada is a kind society, and well-suited to many people. Canada's economic woes go beyond liberal or conservative governments. Businesses run on...

Thanks Raj. I applied in August 2020, but was under the impression that no longer matters. Assumed that my family has been moved to the Scarborough test completed queue as of 2 weeks back, and once DM happens (with or without PP pages request), we will then be move to the Scarborough DM queue...

6 months have passed since I first pondered this question: should my wife renew her Indian passport expiring late September. During this time, I submitted FP, my wife and I received test invites, and our BG and test statuses are "Completed" as of earlier this month. Based on where we are today...

Are document requests like this still happening often after people complete their test? My impression from skimming forums is requests these days are typically only for passport pages...

Thank you, Raj. Citizenship status on the tracker has been updated to "Completed" for me and my wife. Tiny relief that there wasn't any ID / photo / system issues in recording test completion. Guess next step is physical presence, language skills and prohibitions need to change to "Completed"...

Thanks for this estimated timeline. Can someone confirm CC refers to citizenship certificate? My impression was that I could simply apply for a Canadian passport after the oath. What purposed does a citizenship certificate serve?

She was worried I was blitzing through the whole thing, and it was a risky strategy. To me, after looking at a couple of mock tests, it was pretty clear the test is a combination of political / social awareness + a nice dollop of memorization. For the latter, I decided short-term memory is...

I didn't get questions on dates, but relevance of some historical events did pop up. There are several questions where common sense, and general curiosity about the functioning of democracies and liberal societies, comes in handy. There are of course also several where rote memorization is...

My wife and I passed our tests yesterday. How long is it taking these days, for the test status on the tracker to change to "completed"?

Hello Raj, I received the test invite email. Test window is Aug 3rd to 23rd. Will update after I take the test.

It's like the 5 stages of grief... first whine loudly on these forums, then complain to any family & friends who will listen, then enjoy the gorgeous weather biking with your kids, then get home and turn on some good music, and finally open a bottle of nice wine ;)

So... few days back, I about bitched and moaned about IRCC's slow pace, and decided to forget about this for a few months. Now my test status on the tracker has turned to "In Progress" :p Generally, how soon after the tracker status update, should I expect to receive the email telling me the...

@andrews.juchem , @novascotia27 , thanks for your replies. Given IRCC is coming under fire for moving slowly through COVID, makes sense that they would want to move quickly on "low risk" applications, so they can grab some low-hanging fruit and show progress on overall numbers. Guessing my...

I am an August 2020 application, and have yet to receive my test invite. I have a couple of general questions, trying to understand who seems to be receiving invites currently. The big picture is that the "IRCC works in mysterious ways", but perhaps there are some threads we can pick up. My...

Hey Royce, my family and I are Aug 2020 applicants. My wife's background verification was completed in March, mine was completed earlier this month after submitting fingerprints. Both of us are still waiting for test invites. Looks like the first wave of test invites for Aug 2020 applicants has...

Not seeing many test invites for August 2020 applicants over the past 2 weeks. Seems like the first wave of test invites has come and gone, and the rest of us August 2020 applicants have to wait for the next wave? Oh well, nothing one can do...