Please, add/update our case in the spreadsheet - Thank you (see also additional info for experience-sharing):
>August 13th, 2018 - Our family's application for citizenship (my spouse, our son and I) was received by IRCC (applied from Nanaimo, BC)
>October 29th, 2018 - We received AOR
>November 15th, 2018 - Vancouver IRCC office started processing our application (we submitted the application from Nanaimo, Vancouver Island);
[We moved to Halifax and updated our Canadian address with IRCC on October 15th]
>November 27th, 2018 - RCMP/fingerprint report request received for just my spouse; Despite the address change, Vancouver IRCC was the one that sent out the request (to our new address in Halifax + email);
[Due to the fact that my spouse has been staying with her parents (her mom is having health issues) overseas since November 1st and had to go through the complicated procedure submitting her fingerprints through the international channels, we requested an extension of time (via online system) and finally submitted the RCMP fingerprint report to Vancouver IRCC branch on February 15th, 2019 and emailed the Vancouver IRCC office an email in which we asked for a file transfer]
[BTW, My spouse's PR card expired on January 31st, 2019, while she was still overseas (she did not expect to stay there that long) and she had to apply and has received a so-called PR Travel Document (looks like a TRV foil affixed to the passport) to be able to travel back to Canada. This did take good 40-days and some additional expenses]
[As there was no change reflected in ECAS, I called IRCC around March 11, 2019, and we were informed that the file was still in Vancouver and its transfer to the nearest IRCC office to us was not going to happen automatically, despite the new address being on file with the IRCC and me mentioning this in an email to the IRCC office. IRCC advised us that if we wanted to transfer our application file, we should send a letter via post/courier (and not online or email) to the IRCC office on Expo Boulevard in Vancouver. We sent the letter by post to the Vancouver IRCC requested the file transfer to Halifax IRCC and this was received by Vancouver IRCC on March 19th, 2019]
>March 29th, 2019 - received an invitation for the citizenship test that will take place on April 16th, 2019 in Halifax, NS.
[Even though ECAS never showed that our file transfer had taken place, unexpectedly, in just ten days after filing the file transfer request, we received the above test/interview invitation. Needless to say, the file transfer for us was very swift compared to others' experience. I suspect this may have to do with several factors (a)the fact that our family application had been pending for seven months, and (b)perhaps the receiving location (Halifax IRCC branch) may have been not as busy as some other places.]
