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Yes, that's what I said, depending on the issues with your application. When you get the decision letter from IRCC, that I couldn't tell you. If you don't want to wait for the letter, you might try calling the IRCC call centre. They might look at your file and tell you the decision. You'll...

DECISION MADE means just what it says. IRCC, or rather the citizenship officer in charge of your case, has made a decision on your application. Whether that decision is an approval or refusal, my understanding is that depends on what issues they had with your case at the test/interview. If the...

This pretty much hits the nail right on the head. When visa applicants in your situation say "visit" Canada, visa officers think "family unification", and that's not what a visitor visa is for. A professional who wants to attend a conference in his field is a visitor. Someone who wants to...

Same questions for you as for everybody else in the exact same situation. Nothing unique about it How did you manage to get a visitor visa and, much more importantly, how did you manage to get past CBSA at the port of entry? It seems to me you're not a genuine visitor as your intentions are...

That's a lot of work just to try and reverse a visitor visa decision. If it were an immigrant visa decision, I could understand, because the stakes would be much higher. But visitor visa? All it allows you to do in Canada is spend your own money. Someone who wants to take all this trouble...

How did you manage to get a visitor visa and, much more importantly, how did you manage to get past CBSA at the port of entry? It seems to me you're not a genuine visitor as your intentions are other than just to "visit." The fact that you slipped through CBSA's cracks and are now physically...

You're welcome! I hope everything goes fine.

File Number is your application case number. It's in the Acknowledgment of Receipt letter that you got when Sydney created your file. It starts with a 'C'. When is your oath date by the way? This Tuesday, Sept. 20th? I've noticed that our Hamilton office has been holding one ceremony a week...

More than ties to your country, you should justify to the visa officer WHY EXACTLY do you want to study so far away from your home country? And why Canada in particular? Is the desired program of study not available in your country? How about another country closer to your home? Remember, to...

I don't know why you're giving out that advice. What is the purpose of reapplying? What has changed? I also don't know why somebody would want to spend a fortune and travel half way around the world to study in a program which is available in his home country? It makes NO sense. That is why he...

This was 20 years ago, in 1996, when I first flew to the US and even then the airlines would not sell me a ticket unless I purchased a return ticket as well. They didn't care that I already had obtained a US visa. I can't imagine they've gotten less stringent nowadays. The reason they refuse...

Next time don't be shy: ask for french fries and your favorite drink, along with your preferred length for the work permit and the myriad other utopian requests, such as stopping the clock any time your majesty feels like taking a trip home.

Thank you all! I posted the news from my phone at work as soon as I checked the online ECAS. Yes, a relief indeed! I was worried that their decision was going to take ages, judging by the stories in here, and that I was going to have to appear in front of a Citizenship Judge with a very...

ECAS status changed to DECISION MADE today -- 29 days after the interview.

But I did declare ALL of my day trips to the US, with exact dates, eight of them total in the last four years. The officer just didn't want take my word for it. He said he wanted to make sure I don't fall short since I've applied with only 1462 days, but I think that was just a pretext. He...

You're right. And I know that. I'm just growing restless with no news at all. I would feel better if they sent me a written request for further information. This way, at least I would know that they're looking at my file. But waiting like this, it's awful. Nothing in the mailbox, nothing in...

How do you know this? Do you have any personal experience or anecdotal evidence from others? That's kind of why I started this thread: to gather precisely this kind of information. In particular, I'm confused: if my CO told me that the CBSA report takes one week, why is it no decision has been...

You just don't get it. A decision HAS BEEN MADE. A persuasive statement is not new evidence on the case. It's just a fancy plea to the officer to change the decision on the case. Sorry but that's not how it works in the institutions of the Western world -- maybe in your country, but not in...

Do you have an official source for this "6 months max rule from test to the oath"? I've only found this page http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizenship/cit-test.asp from CIC where any reference is made to "6 months" but it's not described as a "rule". It says "The ceremony will usually take...

I haven't yet. Technically, CBSA has 30 days to respond to CIC's requests even though my case officer told me it takes about a week for CBSA reports (if requested by CIC). Since 30 days haven't elapsed yet, I'm not sure if there's going to be much in the ATIP report that I don't know. I also...