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Latest (and final) update for the spreadsheet... Oath Letter - May 30 Oath - June 15 All the best to everyone in process!

Update for my timeline: Via eCAS - test letter date: March 17; test date April 5 Time to ramp up the studying!

I was worried about this as well. Had photos done at Costco and while dimensions were exact, only one was stamped. I ended up copying information from the stamped photo onto the non-stamped one.

Almost all matched up with what I already had submitted. The ones that I missed I confirmed through work emails/attendance.

Thanks to both of you for your suggestions. I contacted IRCC and they were quite helpful. They strongly advised against mailing a letter as they said they (obviously) get thousands and it'll be difficult to update. However, the call centre agent sent me the link to the case specific web form and...

Hi all: Well, despite what I thought were incredibly careful records and triple checking with credit card statements, work records, etc. I found out I wasn't 100% with my absences. I received my FOIA this morning and found that while the majority of the 50+ entries I listed in my residency...

Yeah, absolutely agree as to documenting the entries/exits - for work/family I visit the US several times a year so that's why I got my FOIA report done. With that and the info IRCC can pull from CBSA, etc. it should be pretty apparent that residency requirements were met and exceeded. Bringing...

Now I totally appreciate the sentiment of 'being safe than sorry' when it comes to rounding up documents, but for the sake of argument is it necessary? Are there examples of coming in to one's interview with a full dossier (as if anticipating a RQ) of documents being helpful? For mine, I'm...

I too was wondering about the '2014 Perfected Records' as that showed up in my status. Through a bit of research I learned that 'Perfected' basically means you've provided enough details as to the nature of your request and as such it's a request they can reasonably fulfill. As for passports, I...

That's odd - I specifically requested mine for January 1 2011 - January 1 2017 and they all came through. Good that you appealed. If you clearly stated pre-2013 then someone didn't read the request clearly enough in the first place! Good luck - I hope the turnaround time is short.

Last update - Received my FOIA request (which was nicely arranged). It took a bit less than 3 weeks for me. A bit concerned that despite my careful record keeping and double-checking, I'm off by a day for two of my entries to the US and missed two weekend trips entirely. I doubt it'll result in...

So just an update - haven't received results yet, but some interesting things when looking at my FOIA request. For agency it says: "2014 Perfected Request". No idea what the 2014 means. Additionally, I noticed that my passport numbers were removed from my body of the request. Guess they didn't...

So remember when I was impatient and typed this earlier today? Well, i just got my AOR via email. ::)

Is there any rhyme or reason to when folks get AOR? A bunch have already received theirs having applied after me. I hope my app didn't get lost as it was a hassle getting my police certificate!

Thanks for the info! I'm sure it won't take too long as I'm a US citizen and provided pretty good details in my request. Following the very helpful advice from others, I did make the request after creating a FOIA account. As long as it doesn't take as long as the FBI background check I'll be...

How long did it take for you to receive your report? I just ordered mine a few days ago. I take several trips to the US every year, so while my record keeping has been good, best to have the copy on me for the citizenship interview.

Exactly. Nobody's getting their T4, T5, etc. until next month so it's reasonable to assume that IRCC won't expect January and February applicants to have filed taxes for the 2016 tax year. In my case, I checked that I'm required to file for 2016 but haven't. But since I filed for years 2011-15...

From what I understand, CIC Sydney checks the application and if it's complete you get the AOR and then it's sent to the relevant regional office.

Hi all: Application sent Jan 16, arrived in Halifax early this morning and should be at CPC Sydney tomorrow. Exciting to take the next and final step in a process that started with me arriving on a study permit over 12 years ago. A bit worried though that my application will get rejected...

We'll see if my application gets returned. Only one of my photos were stamped. I put my name on both and copied the studio info on the other by hand (I even put them in the Costco-provided envelope, so hopefully the IRCC officer connects the dots and instead of seeing my application again I get...