Woodex said:
.... CIC asked for fingerprint mainly because someone with a criminal record have same name and DOB as you......
Well, that is what they say in the template copy letter or can say you very politely. I am damn sure about that my DOB, name, especially my last name doesn't match to any thing, not in Canada but whole North America. But still years back, when I applied for citizenship I got FP. For my astonishment now, the whole process still, including FP took only six months and on seventh month I have my wonderful Canadian Passport in hand!
Case specif flags raised apart, I believe most of the FP request are made out of a random/automated process for the purpose of quality control (later confirmed by a CIC insider to me). Nothing to do with any matching criminal records as said....
@ CicStratos:
Don't worry...CIC is in a mode of transition from an old decision making model to a more shortened fast process. So things may be a little slow at the ignition stage but when the wheel start rolling; you will see for sure it is faster.
Relax.. You will hear some thing very soon from CIC.