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  1. cprak0

    Ottawa - August 2015 Oath

    Test invite comes in after the basic eligibility is met and if there is a CO working on the file and there is room for test. I guess there are a lot of screening still being done, RCMP/ CSIS security/ ICES checks etc etc... so a fingerprint/ RQ after test is still a possibility who knows...
  2. cprak0

    ottawa applicants

    Congrats hgn! that was quick! no change in our status, though :(
  3. cprak0

    Feb 2015 citizenship applicants

    Congrats Samreentariq!! Similar timelines for us as well and similar ATIP report. Now, I can be hopeful, but since our office is Ottawa, may be slightly a longer wait... Citizenship counts.ca has good apps for practice questions and these are mostly straight off the book...
  4. cprak0

    Access to Information Act or Privacy Act ?

    I applied for ATIP Jun1 and eventually got the report on aug1 coz they had some issues. I applied just coz there seemed to be nothing happening, but June 16 ecas said processing started and the transfer to local office on June 23. ATIP just confirmed that and that its in Ottawa, RCMP clearance...
  5. cprak0

    Access to Information Act or Privacy Act ?

    Too early in processing for anything useful from the ATIP report
  6. cprak0

    Indian mother Canadian father

    I remember having read back then that it could be a potential issue when we traveled. That the child being quizzed in the absence of the parent without the consent letter http://travel.gc.ca/travelling/children/consent-letter Looks like it's not a legal requirement but questions could be...
  7. cprak0

    Indian mother Canadian father

    A child cannot be accompanied by just Dad/ Mom without a notarized affidavit from the non traveling parent authorizing such a travel into or out of Canada. We had to do it since I was traveling with our daughter into Canada while mom was already in Canada, the Immigration Officer looked...
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    Can ATIP reveal if our file has been transferred to local office?

    I ordered an ATIP June 1, file in process june 16 and transferred to Local Office June 23, heard from ATIP that they had issues printing and that it would be resolved by end of July. Come Aug1 I get a ATIP report dated July31 with clear indication that file transferred to Ottawa, but then there...
  9. cprak0

    Feb 2015 citizenship applicants

    Citizenship counts.ca has free apps for practice...
  10. cprak0

    how do i find out the office handling my citizenship application?

    Order an ATIP. Not much of other info in the report, if the processing (/ transfer) has just begun.
  11. cprak0

    Courier Service experiences (Poll)

    Canada Post Express
  12. cprak0

    Refusal Ground: 1 (ATIP)

    hmmm, in my case, the article of the act was blank so was the triage value, blank again. My drivers license was updated 2 months before submission, since we had just moved to a new place. and yes, just RCMP screening passed, CSIS screening in process, and there was a report received from ICES...
  13. cprak0

    Refusal Ground: 1 (ATIP)

    In my ATIP, this line appeared " REfusal Grounds :1" with the Date created on as 2014/06/14 and updated on 2014/11/14 also the same dates for Refusal Grounds: 2. I believe is the definition of refusal grounds created and updated to be used by the CO to decide on the application I sent the app...
  14. cprak0

    ottawa applicants

    There are some feb applicants from Ottawa who have already done with their tests, zarzor on this thread and the transfer was only around june 13... my ATIP did not have much info other than that there were CSIS security clearance ongoing, RCMP done, Triage value was left blank... movement is...
  15. cprak0

    useless ATIP request

    Thanks Samreen
  16. cprak0

    useless ATIP request

    Received the ATIP report. Not much info there, but that RCMP, criminality check passed, other security checks in process, and that file's in Ottawa...
  17. cprak0

    Social Insurance Number change?

    SIN (as with most of our sins) is retained... no change
  18. cprak0

    Mail Forwarding and Oath Letter

    This is Canada Post we are talking about. I tried it once we paid quite a bit for the forwarding and were promptly forwarded most of the junk mail but they missed to forward mails from CRA for child benefits, and we had to wait longer to have the benefits back to the new address!! yes, go with...
  19. cprak0

    Family application

    Yes and Yes again
  20. cprak0

    ottawa applicants

    it's probably a new trend. I have the eCAS update saying that the file's transferred to the local office on June 23 (probably Ottawa).