+1(514) 937-9445 or Toll-free (Canada & US) +1 (888) 947-9445

Background check status change from completed to in progress

Teebanks

Star Member
Feb 13, 2015
99
36
Category........
FSW
Visa Office......
London Visa Office
NOC Code......
1114
App. Filed.......
10/12/2014
File Transfer...
03/03/2015
Med's Request
26/01/2017
Med's Done....
03/02/2017
Interview........
14/12/2016
Passport Req..
16/05/2017
VISA ISSUED...
30/05/2017
LANDED..........
22/06/2017
I checked my online account and discovered that the background check which was updated to completed in February 2021 was updated to in progress on June 20, 2021. Has anyone ever experienced this before?
 
  • Sad
Reactions: michel_hammamet

rajkamalmohanram

VIP Member
Apr 29, 2015
15,803
5,787
I checked my online account and discovered that the background check which was updated to completed in February 2021 was updated to in progress on June 20, 2021. Has anyone ever experienced this before?
Well, this could mean that fingerprint request might be a possibility.
 

Teebanks

Star Member
Feb 13, 2015
99
36
Category........
FSW
Visa Office......
London Visa Office
NOC Code......
1114
App. Filed.......
10/12/2014
File Transfer...
03/03/2015
Med's Request
26/01/2017
Med's Done....
03/02/2017
Interview........
14/12/2016
Passport Req..
16/05/2017
VISA ISSUED...
30/05/2017
LANDED..........
22/06/2017
This is just strange. So why update to completed in the first place. Nothing surprises me again with CIC. Won’t be surprised if my online account shows application received June 2021 despite getting AOR in October 2020. Pathetic
 
  • Like
Reactions: Ottawa-applicant

Flandernss

Hero Member
Mar 5, 2019
308
52
This is just strange. So why update to completed in the first place. Nothing surprises me again with CIC. Won’t be surprised if my online account shows application received June 2021 despite getting AOR in October 2020. Pathetic
Your FP may have expired between Feb 2021 an June 20 2021 (you could confirm that if you sent them FP between Feb 2020 and June 2020). I think it is good to know it had been "completed", so at least you have pointers to what may be going on.
 

Teebanks

Star Member
Feb 13, 2015
99
36
Category........
FSW
Visa Office......
London Visa Office
NOC Code......
1114
App. Filed.......
10/12/2014
File Transfer...
03/03/2015
Med's Request
26/01/2017
Med's Done....
03/02/2017
Interview........
14/12/2016
Passport Req..
16/05/2017
VISA ISSUED...
30/05/2017
LANDED..........
22/06/2017
Your FP may have expired between Feb 2021 an June 20 2021 (you could confirm that if you sent them FP between Feb 2020 and June 2020). I think it is good to know it had been "completed", so at least you have pointers to what may be going on.
Never got any FP request
 

Teebanks

Star Member
Feb 13, 2015
99
36
Category........
FSW
Visa Office......
London Visa Office
NOC Code......
1114
App. Filed.......
10/12/2014
File Transfer...
03/03/2015
Med's Request
26/01/2017
Med's Done....
03/02/2017
Interview........
14/12/2016
Passport Req..
16/05/2017
VISA ISSUED...
30/05/2017
LANDED..........
22/06/2017
Just checked my online account again and everything has been updated to completed except citizenship ceremony which is not started. Seems CIC just loves making changes to my online status.
 

rajkamalmohanram

VIP Member
Apr 29, 2015
15,803
5,787
Just checked my online account again and everything has been updated to completed except citizenship ceremony which is not started. Seems CIC just loves making changes to my online status.
Well either it is a glitch OR the officer accidentally changed the status somehow and then restored it back. LOL! But I'm glad things are back to normal.
 

Thedesertman

Newbie
Jul 22, 2021
5
1
I have the same thing happened to me.
I received FR request back in September 2019 and i submitted them then ever since the status said COMPLETED AND i received the test invitation in May and passed the test as well. So I had BG and Test in "COMPLETED" status and everything else in "IN PROGRESS" I was expecting everything to move to Completed status but 3 days ago they changed the BG status to in progress. I dont know what they are doing but this is weird.
Anybody is in the same situation and had contacted CIC?
 
  • Like
Reactions: Blessedgirl0808

rajkamalmohanram

VIP Member
Apr 29, 2015
15,803
5,787
I have the same thing happened to me.
I received FR request back in September 2019 and i submitted them then ever since the status said COMPLETED AND i received the test invitation in May and passed the test as well. So I had BG and Test in "COMPLETED" status and everything else in "IN PROGRESS" I was expecting everything to move to Completed status but 3 days ago they changed the BG status to in progress. I dont know what they are doing but this is weird.
Anybody is in the same situation and had contacted CIC?
Your criminality clearance might have expired (they are valid only for 1 year). If you never got a fingerprints request before, this might be a quick transition from Completed -> In Progress -> Completed. However, there is a very small but non-zero chance of you getting a fingerprint request now if RCMP decides they need fingerprints to issue a new criminality clearance.
 
  • Like
Reactions: abc012

Thedesertman

Newbie
Jul 22, 2021
5
1
Your criminality clearance might have expired (they are valid only for 1 year). If you never got a fingerprints request before, this might be a quick transition from Completed -> In Progress -> Completed. However, there is a very small but non-zero chance of you getting a fingerprint request now if RCMP decides they need fingerprints to issue a new criminality clearance.
I submitted my fingerprints for RCMP clearance upon CIC request on September 16th so it’s been less than a year. i hope everything will go to completed state soon and it wont drag until the expiration of my BG certificate.
 

rajkamalmohanram

VIP Member
Apr 29, 2015
15,803
5,787
I submitted my fingerprints for RCMP clearance upon CIC request on September 16th so it’s been less than a year. i hope everything will go to completed state soon and it wont drag until the expiration of my BG certificate.
If you submitted your fingerprint request after September 16th 2020, then this change in BG status doesn't make much sense. Not sure what's going on then.

Hopefully, it goes back to "Completed". All the best!
 
  • Like
Reactions: Thedesertman

MrChazz

Hero Member
May 4, 2021
247
226
If you submitted your fingerprint request after September 16th 2020, then this change in BG status doesn't make much sense. Not sure what's going on then.

Hopefully, it goes back to "Completed". All the best!
Except that up there, in the first version of the story, the guy says "I received FR request back in September 2019".
 

Thedesertman

Newbie
Jul 22, 2021
5
1
Just checked my online account again and everything has been updated to completed except citizenship ceremony which is not started. Seems CIC just loves making changes to my online status.
Can you please post a screenshot of the timeline of updates in your portal? Thank you.
 

Thedesertman

Newbie
Jul 22, 2021
5
1
Just checked my online account again and everything has been updated to completed except citizenship ceremony which is not started. Seems CIC just loves making changes to my online status.
How long apart are the changes of status for this sequence: COMPLETED—>IP—>COMPLETED ?