I got there around 11.15 for my 11.45 appointment. Filled out the prohibitions form and waited probably 5-10 minutes max. Officer was very pleasant and courteous. Checked my passport and PR card, asked for my DOB to confirm identity. Asked about job and address and how long I've been at this address. There was one particular trip back in 2020 he wanted to know more about (this was when I hadn't yet moved permanently to Canada) because he said I had listed that as vacation (I had not) and it was a considerably long trip to the US (6+ months). Explained that to him and then he asked if I had spent more than 6 months outside Canada since my permanent move. Asked about my most recent trip outside Canada - which was in June. He asked if I had taken the citizenship test outside Canada - he seemed surprised when I said no. I did send them an email asking if I could take the test outside Canada but eventually decided to come back and take it here. Looks like once you ask them that question, the system flags you as being outside Canada. So explained that to him and offered to show proof of my presence here but he was satisfied. He said he'll be approving the application. I requested him for urgent processing due to travel requirements for a health issue. Told him that my trip in June was also an emergency trip due to health concerns and gave him the proof of doc/lab visits and medical reports with the dates corresponding to the June trip (and before too- from Canada). Was asked why I needed to travel for this and why I couldn't do whatever was needed in Canada. Explained the reason to him. He said he needed to take the documents (medical proof) and discuss with his supervisor. Came back after a couple of minutes and said that they had approved urgent processing but however, oath scheduling is booked for the next 5 weeks and they can't do anything about it. But since this is urgent processing, if anyone that's already scheduled cancels their oath (not no-shows...actually requests postponement or cancellation), they will invite me. If that happens, it will be in very short notice and may even be on the morning of the oath ceremony. So he just asked me to keep an eye on my email. He once again said he was approving the application. I asked him if I should see it in the tracker and he said yes. All of this probably took 10 minutes. Was out of there by 11.45-11.50. Now hoping LPP is updated in tracker within the next 2-3 days.
Yep, same here. Been on multiple specialist's waitlist here for 3.5 months and decided to go back home to get the necessary tests done asap. Need to do a couple more tests and hence the request for urgent processing. I called and asked them 3 weeks back if they can do urgent processing but was told that I'd have to submit a webform with a doctor's note and it likely wont make much difference because my interview was already scheduled. Also, from what I read online, webforms tend to have a 1 month response time. So decided not to submit webform and instead make the ask directly during the interview.
