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Sad to hear that the law cannot provide you with relief. The CIC is too cunning to leave any evidence in your file that will provide you with grounds for successful legal action.

I agree. You did nothing wrong (this was an issue related to your job, your livelihood). Touch base with a lawyer to see whether the law can offer you some relief.

The CIC is very opaque in its processes. It answers to no one, and so it can afford to engage in such appalling practices. My impression from the video was that joining the lawsuit will force the government lawyer to have to defend why a long delay of 35+ months is justified. For some, there...

The fact of the matter is, if you are an immigrant, it is expensive to travel to your home abroad. Airplane tickets to countries like India and China cost upwards of $1,000 per person. People pay alot of money to travel with their spouse and children to their homeland, and so they will try to...

I see. Sorry for my earlier harsh response -- I hate welfare fraud. Although it is none of my business. Isn't it better to report the issue to the CIC as opposed to the CBSA? The CBSA only deals with border crossing issues. If they are already within Canada, then it is an issue for the CIC...

You are financially responsible for sponsoring people who are conning the system (based on your information above that they cheated on their welfare application). Most people sponsor relatives, and then try to escape from their obligations after the fact. In this case you want to shift the onus...

That is why I mentioned that, so long as you are operating within the confines of the law and regulations, you will be fine. That means that you really should have a life in Canada, and are making sure to keep your PR status alive. It's a mobile world nowadays; people travel and conduct...

The website Settlement.org is a CIC sponsored site. When addressing this issue, the Moderator -- after conferring with several CIC representatives -- provides the following reason for the CIC's requirement that you must keep them informed if you intend to leave the country for more than two...

I would agree with you IF the CIC's position was supported by explicit immigration policy. If they said: "In order to become a citizen, you need to reside in Canada for 7 years," then those are the rules that we signed up for, and we should honor them and abide by them. At this time, however...

Forum member "deeha" has an interesting point of view regarding why the citizenship process is so long: http://www.settlement.org/discuss/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=16865 "Please note that the below is my assessment from various experiences, and is not necessarily a fact. There has been a...

FYI: Theoretically, the CIC should send mail to your mailing address. But, as you are finding out, reality is oftentimes different. What often happens instead is that the CIC will send less important mail (like the citizenship test brochure) to the mailing address, but they will send important...

Theoretically, it should not affect your application; after all, you have already fulfilled all of the application criteria. The reality, though, is that it does affect your application. The CIC does not want people living and working abroad while applying for Canadian citizenship (so as to...

A friend of mine recently got RQ'd. Is it true that if you renew your PR card after receiving a citizenship RQ, your PR card will only be renewed for one year?

Wow, that timeline is terrible. Gross incompetence on the part of CIC. I think you have enough grounds to successfully file a "Writ of Mandamus" that would compel the CIC to make a decision on your case. If you had already received an RQ on November 19th, 2010, why did they send you another...

Hi; I recently got my citizenship. Yay! I am filling out the passport application, and it states that I need to provide two guarantors. My family is back in my home country, so the only people I know well are work colleagues. I do not want to ask work colleagues such a personal favor (to be my...

If you look at the page above, you will see that cherrie17 had an October oath date that is not on the CIC website. Many other people have said they have completed their oaths even though the dates are not on the CIC website.

No, I do not have an update on the oath invitation. They say that "a watched pot never boils". :) Don't go by the oath ceremony dates on the CIC website. Apparently, the St. Clair is having ceremonies, but they are not updating the website.

Wow! So there is a note in your file saying that they want more documents, but they haven't sent you a letter? Does that mean an RQ? What a confusing situation.... Yes, I will post if I get an update.

I don't know why they are not processing in chronological order...

Someone sat for the test in St. Clair in August 20, and has received a letter for their oath date in September. :'(