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    Visitor visa abnormally delayed

    Hi everyone, I applied for visitor visa for my parents in June 2023. They are retired and are in their 70s. We are still waiting for 14 months and the wait is beyond any reasonable timeline. My dad served in the Soviet army and fought in a war in 70s - apparently this is the reason for the...
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    Background Verification time! How long?

    My father has a military background, which was 30 years ago. He applied for a visitor visa 13 months ago and we are still waiting. My mom who has no military background is in the same boat in her own application
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    Canadian Passport in person timeline

    My timeline: Applied for passport on September 1st, 2023 in person in Gatineau, QC Picked up the passport on September 11th, 2023 Got the new version The entire process in Service Canada (both applying and picking up) took less than 5 minutes.
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    November 2022 - Citizenship Applications

    The journey is finally over for me: Application Type: Online Location: Gatineau, QC Visa Office: Niagara Falls, ON Physical Presence Days: 1096 Application: Single Application sent: Nov 23, 2022 Delivered: Nov 23, 2022 AOR: December 7th, 2023 Background verification: Completed on February 2nd...
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    November 2022 - Citizenship Applications

    An update for me as well
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    Citizenship to TN visa

    Just the fact that you are asking this question is concerning :) Of course you need a job offer for TN status. That's pretty much the main prerequisite
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    November 2022 - Citizenship Applications

    There are 2 options when you make a request: you can either request a status updates/officer notes etc, which, I believe, would be put into the GCMS system, thus allowing for anyone with access to get the information (these are the commonly requested GCMS notes). or you can request the...
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    November 2022 - Citizenship Applications

    I would disagree. ATIP requests are handled first by the employees who are working on a specific file. An ATIP officer needs data to respond to the request and an officer can't just take someone's computer and work account to search through the files and correspondence. An employee, working on...
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    November 2022 - Citizenship Applications

    I have a similar update too: Application Type: Online Location: Gatineau, QC Visa Office: Niagara Falls, ON Physical Presence Days: 1096 Application: Single Application sent: Nov 23, 2022 Delivered: Nov 23, 2022 AOR: December 7th, 2023 Background verification: Completed on February 2nd, 2023...
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    November 2022 - Citizenship Applications

    Did my test on June 5th, 2023 (20/20) Test completed notification - June 8th, 2023 My VO is Niagara Falls, btw. I thought it would be Ottawa, given my location
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    November 2022 - Citizenship Applications

    Finally, test invite. Application Type: Online Location: Gatineau, QC Physical Presence Days: 1096 Application: Single Application sent: Nov 23, 2022 Delivered: Nov 23, 2022 AOR: December 7th, 2023 Background verification: Completed on February 2nd, 2023 Test Invite: May 12, 2023 (Test window...
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    November 2022 - Citizenship Applications

    Congrats! I am still waiting for the test invite. BG check was done on February 2nd and nothing since then.
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    Possible Strike Action by IRCC employees starting mid-April

    IRCC is holding an open staffing process on GC Jobs website. Everyone is welcome to apply. Every outlier that requires urgent processing will come at the expense of others who are waiting for their cases to be processed. A mandamus is granted towards an organization, not a particular employee...
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    Possible Strike Action by IRCC employees starting mid-April

    You know that contractors are being paid way more than the employees, right?
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    Possible Strike Action by IRCC employees starting mid-April

    Look at it from a different perspective: what if not many people are eager to even apply for these jobs, then IRCC struggles with attracting the right talent and has to deal with the shortage of resources? As the result, your application is being processed forever. Not saying that this is...
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    Possible Strike Action by IRCC employees starting mid-April

    A fantastic way to get yourself into a trouble and risk losing citizenship down the road! You'll have such possibility hanging over you for the rest of your life. Well done on this end
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    Possible Strike Action by IRCC employees starting mid-April

    This worker is expressing his/her own opinion. It's not necessarily the opinion of the majority. Fines are not enforceable btw in all provinces except Saskatchewan.
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    Possible Strike Action by IRCC employees starting mid-April

    Yesterday he announced a national general strike. All PSAC members who are not identified as critical, will be on strike if no deal is reached by 9pm today. Federal workers to strike Wednesday if union and government don't reach deal
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    Possible Strike Action by IRCC employees starting mid-April

    Where did you get the information that the government workers didn't work for 2 years? When the pandemic hit, the direction was to limit the spread of the virus, which translated into remote work. Every government department and agency had to quickly figure out how to make it happen while...
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    Possible Strike Action by IRCC employees starting mid-April

    Are you suggesting that your citizenship was processed under a year by someone other than the public employees?