Location windsor : i got RQ after my test as i missed to enter 1 trip to US and i submitted all my documents within the time frame!
i also had windsor MP contact IRCC windsor but they said everything is in order we have receive your supporting documents and said the application is now non-routine and RQ has been sent out and acknowledged that they did receive my RQ as of march 21-18 but the immigration assessment has not yet started.
my current passport expires in september.
can i write a letter to my local IRCC office to request urgent processing for my citizenship application or i have to fill out a web form for it!!
please let me know
thanks
Reminder: I am
NOT an expert. I am
NOT qualified to offer personal advice for an individual case.
I can offer the observation that generally RQ'd applicants will not be given urgent or expedited processing. Indeed, I do not know of anyone RQ'd whose application was urgently processed. Moreover, it appears that urgent processing is rarely given for any non-routine applications, with the exception, perhaps, of those which are non-routine due only to a Finger Print request.
Sure, you can make a request for urgent processing. IRCC instructions/information online states to do this using the Web form. See
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/become-canadian-citizen/apply/urgently.html
But it is
NOT likely IRCC will proceed with urgent processing.
That said, it is possible making the request for urgent processing might precipitate action on the application, which just possibly (albeit my sense is not likely) could mean the application is processed sooner.
Additionally, RQ does not always cause long delays in processing. It might. RQ'd cases typically take significantly longer. But there have been reports of RQ'd applicants proceeding to the oath with minimal delays. Remember, even for totally routine applications the timeline can vary considerably, many taking two or three times as long as some processed sooner. For non-routine applications, and especially so for RQ'd applicants, the timeline will vary even more widely.
There are rather few RQ'd applicants reporting much in the forum these days, so there is not much information available about current processing timelines.
Generally there is nothing an applicant can do to accelerate processing.[/user]