April 2013 applications

[Vizzynuts]

Hi All,

I wanted to post my time line

Per ECAS:
Received application - April 25, 2013
AOR - April 25, 2013
Started processing - July 19, 2013
Local office - Calgary

I had sent an email via the Case Specific Enquiry - Citizenship and got the following response:
"Good morning,

A review of our electronic citizenship system indicates that your application has been transferred to the Calgary office for processing. All of your clearances have been passed and a testing appointment should be scheduled for you in the next 2 – 6 months.

Please note, that processing times vary from office to office and the current processing time for routine citizenship applications is 25 months."

I suppose that is some good news. It says that they're going to get a testing appointment in 2-6 months. Is the the Citizenship test? When will they do my interview? Anyone from Calgary care to share their experience?

Thanks!
V

 

[jaeco]

how do you send in email via the Case Specific Enquiry - Citizenship? What is the email address? Thanks

 

[Intel]

how do you send in email via the Case Specific Enquiry - Citizenship? What is the email address? Thanks

https://dmp-portal.cic.gc.ca/enquiries-renseignements/canada-case-cas-eng.aspx

 

[Calgarian_SW]

Hi All,

I wanted to post my time line

Per ECAS:
Received application - April 25, 2013
AOR - April 25, 2013
Started processing - July 19, 2013
Local office - Calgary

I had sent an email via the Case Specific Enquiry - Citizenship and got the following response:
"Good morning,

A review of our electronic citizenship system indicates that your application has been transferred to the Calgary office for processing. All of your clearances have been passed and a testing appointment should be scheduled for you in the next 2 – 6 months.

Please note, that processing times vary from office to office and the current processing time for routine citizenship applications is 25 months."

I suppose that is some good news. It says that they're going to get a testing appointment in 2-6 months. Is the the Citizenship test? When will they do my interview? Anyone from Calgary care to share their experience?

Thanks!
V

Great news Vizzynuts!
I do have similar timeline with you and also live in Calgary
Application Received: Apr 22, 2013
In Process: Jul 8, 2013

 

[Vizzynuts]

Great news Vizzynuts!
I do have similar timeline with you and also live in Calgary
Application Received: Apr 22, 2013
In Process: Jul 8, 2013

Awesome news! Hopefully we can keep each other posted. It would be nice to have some positive news before April. Its unfortunate that the Calgary office (and indeed most Western provinces' office) are so slow.

Oh well. Good luck to you.

V

 

[Canadian24]

Hello All,

For those who applied in April and got an RQ and a notice to prepare, have you got any test dates?

Thx

 

[Candoes]

Hello All,

For those who applied in April and got an RQ and a notice to prepare, have you got any test dates?

Thx

I didn't receive even a notice to prepare

 

[FL1040]

Hello All,

For those who applied in April and got an RQ and a notice to prepare, have you got any test dates?

Thx

Not yet, but I requested an ATIP and my FOSS and RCMP clearances are done...I'll wait two more weeks and request a Case Specific Enquiry

 

[Candoes]

Not yet, but I requested an ATIP and my FOSS and RCMP clearances are done...I'll wait two more wees and request a Case Specific Enquiry

I requested a CSE no answer yet, I think will call them tomorrow. Getting frustrated when hear the word "Immigration".

 

[mrbravo]

Not yet, but I requested an ATIP and my FOSS and RCMP clearances are done...I'll wait two more wees and request a Case Specific Enquiry

What is the FOSS?

 

[FL1040]

What is the FOSS?

I believe the FOSS is the verification of all your departures and entries to Canada according to the CSBA, they compare that to the abseneces you reported in the application.

I requested an ATIP from CIC and got it in about three weeks, I requested one from CBSA and I a still waiting for it

 

[mrbravo]

I believe the FOSS is the verification of all your departures and entries to Canada according to the CSBA, they compare that to the abseneces you reported in the application.

I requested an ATIP from CIC and got it in about three weeks, I requested one from CBSA and I a still waiting for it

thanks for the info. CBSA report took 41 days until I received it and was accurate. All entries were correct and they specify the Airport at which you arrived to of each trip. (Calgary, Toronto Vancouver etc.)

 

[mrbravo]

I believe the FOSS is the verification of all your departures and entries to Canada according to the CSBA, they compare that to the abseneces you reported in the application.

I requested an ATIP from CIC and got it in about three weeks, I requested one from CBSA and I a still waiting for it

I went to CBSA branch here in St John's and they told me they have only access to my entries and NOT my departures. I doubt the FOSS gets the departure part.

 

[mrbravo]

I believe the FOSS is the verification of all your departures and entries to Canada according to the CSBA, they compare that to the abseneces you reported in the application.

I requested an ATIP from CIC and got it in about three weeks, I requested one from CBSA and I a still waiting for it

FL1040....I got this answer from a different thread but thought I would copy paste it to share with you all

Basically, citizenship process implies receiving several types of clearances before you can proceed to testing. If one of these clearances expires during any stage up until oath (they're generally valid for 1 year), CIC will have to re-request them even if you've passed them once already.

The clearances are:
1) RCMP-- clearance from police.
2) FOSS-- clearance from repository of people wanted by Immigration (e.g. with deportation order on them).
2) CSIS-- Canadian secret service-- ATIP field will be always left blank regardless of clearance status since it's "classified" info.

What's the specifics of the rest (immigration, request security, criminal) and how they're different from ones above I don't know, but they're along the same lines (maybe some internal CIC clearances).

Clearances are sent by CIC to corresponding agencies in batches, e.g. for 50-100 persons at once. Seems you have RCMP and criminal clearances either not completed yet or already expired after a year and in process of being re-requested now.

RCMP clearance is usually a fast one (maybe days to couple-several weeks) until there a new backlog formed recently.

 

[FL1040]

FL1040....I got this answer from a different thread but thought I would copy paste it to share with you all

Basically, citizenship process implies receiving several types of clearances before you can proceed to testing. If one of these clearances expires during any stage up until oath (they're generally valid for 1 year), CIC will have to re-request them even if you've passed them once already.

The clearances are:
1) RCMP-- clearance from police.
2) FOSS-- clearance from repository of people wanted by Immigration (e.g. with deportation order on them).
2) CSIS-- Canadian secret service-- ATIP field will be always left blank regardless of clearance status since it's "classified" info.

What's the specifics of the rest (immigration, request security, criminal) and how they're different from ones above I don't know, but they're along the same lines (maybe some internal CIC clearances).

Clearances are sent by CIC to corresponding agencies in batches, e.g. for 50-100 persons at once. Seems you have RCMP and criminal clearances either not completed yet or already expired after a year and in process of being re-requested now.

RCMP clearance is usually a fast one (maybe days to couple-several weeks) until there a new backlog formed recently.

My ATIP report says the FOSS and RCMP clearances are completed (passed) and valid until October 2014, both were requested in October last year.