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Also take into consideration the fact that a notice for an exam is usually sent just a few weeks (2-3 weeks) typically just before the exam/interview date. You have to be prepared to arrange for potentially expensive airfare, should you receive notification while you're abroad. With the assent...

During interview, CIC officials are expected to check for travels (even after filing a citizenship application--note the underlined texts in the following excerpt from "CP 5 Residence", a published guideline used by CIC officials to assess residence): Indications declared residence may be in...

Better get counsel as I've mentioned earlier. You may need to ask around with some organizations dealing with refugees: https://ccrweb.ca/en/links#zoom=3&lat=52.26816&lon=-96.50391&layers=BT

From this website: http://owjn.org/owjn_2009/component/content/article/57-immigration-law/340-cessation-and-permanent-resident-status What is Cessation? Cessation is when a person loses their status as a Convention Refugee or a person in need of protection. The Minister of Citizenship and...

This is from the CIC website: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/refugees/vacation/index.asp It's prudent you get legal counsel for help. Cessation and vacation of refugee protection There are two ways that refugee protection can be removed: A person can cease to hold their refugee...

That you traveled back to your original country with no issue, can be interpreted easily by CBSA/CIC, that your voluntarily reacquired your citizenship and that you are no longer needing protection with a refugee status. From the Ministry of Justice...

(1) Follow-up with a CBSA report (if you haven't ordered it yet). (2) Ask for your CIC files (under Privacy Act): http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/atip/requests-personal.asp While your CIC electronic files are pure summary and quite cryptic (so many unclear abbreviations), there have...

The bottomline is the CIC official is in doubt and you have to submit a rebuttal to support your lack of travel from 2010.

The CIC officer needs to be convinced that those stamps are indeed outside the residency period for your citizenship application. You need to reassure them through a certified translation. Here's what I'd recommend: (1) Submit high-resolution colour copies of ALL pages of your passport(s) (even...

Yes you do. Please check the Passport Canada website for more details and make sure your guarantor signs the back of your Photo. Duties of a guarantor Your guarantor must perform the following tasks free of charge: Complete and sign the "Declaration of Guarantor" section of your application...

Once your application is acknowledged as received and "in-process", you should be able to see notifications for test and oath electronically and remotely. What you can't do is phone the CIC call centre outside Canada. Please take note that these notices are sent just a few weeks (sometimes just...

CIC has the discretion on which office your application will be sent to. In the GTA (Toronto area), an application can be sent to either Mississauga, Scarborough or St. Clair. With the record expediency in which citizenship are granted in Mississauga (a number of which are decided, that is, oath...

It varies on a number of factors. Your case processing office location is one -- some have more manwpower than others. Other issues directly related to one's application would be: (1) the need for security/background checks (e.g. fingerprints) -- some have non-unique names which need...

There are more than 30 pages in the 10year passport. Given that there are few places where Canadians are required visas for short travels, it's very likely that those pages are sufficient for a 10-year period.

The citizenship certificate is not a travel document and cannot be used in lieu of a passport. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizenship/proof.asp

Please read the following article which appeared on the Toronto Star: http://www.thestar.com/news/immigration/2014/08/04/residents_urged_to_apply_for_canadian_citizenship_to_avoid_hurdles_on_horizon.html The article will clarify the point Eileen mentioned that the new rule regarding residency...

You'll find timelines from Montreal in this tabulation: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArnuR0El8SEtdEhMS0dQNEQwVXppZ3VDdWNsVlM0TXc&usp=sharing#gid=0 A few applications submitted from summer 2013, have already been granted citizenship. It's still on a case to case basis.

Congratulations! Thanks for the update. Your info has ben included in the tabulation of timelines.

The timeline tabulation based on postings from this forum has more than 280 entries to date (240 are complete timelines until oath ceremony date). Thanks for all the contributions. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArnuR0El8SEtdEhMS0dQNEQwVXppZ3VDdWNsVlM0TXc&usp=drive_web#gid=0

There's no guarantee that the new rules will truly expedite applications. On the contrary, given that residency requirement will be extended could mean a longer period which needs to be evaluated for possible out of country travels for certain applicants. Officials would have to sift through...