Thanks, hope that he will have his oath soon.Jems916 said:Hello Iris66,
It went very well. The test was at 12:30 and we arrived at about 11:55 as we weren't sure about parking and wanted to be early. They went in to the test room at about 12:20 and my husband said they verified their identity using his drivers license. The officer explained to them that the ID used for identification could not be their passport (because it's a foreign document) and couldn't be their PR Card (because it was issued by that office), so it needed to be something like a drivers license that had both photo and signature on it. Then he said there were lot of instructions about writing the test and about coming back for the oath, he thought that they actually started writing the test at 1:05ish.
He came back out to the waiting room after writing the test, said he felt very good about the questions he received and that nothing really stumped him. He said the most questions were quite similar to the ones he had on the practice tests. He had to wait for his name to be called for the interview (which was done in the order they finished the test). He went into a room with the officer and was told that he got perfect on the testThen they asked him some questions about where he's living and working, and wanted to see his passport to match his stamps to when we claimed he was out of Canada. Since all of our trips have been to the USA and all by car, his passport has no stamps. The officer said that because of this they would have to consult with CBSA to verify his dates. This kind of irritated us because we were under the impression that we had already given them permission to access this information on the citizenship application. Anyway the officer said that would take 1-2 weeks and that we should hear back in 1-2 months about the oath ceremony.
All in all in went very well and I think we were done at around 2:30. The officer did say something about the Kitchener office being between citizenship judges and that lately they've been having to send the applications to different offices for final approval, but that they were in the process of authorizing some of the officers to do the final approval without the judge. Hopefully that doesn't delay applications. Hope this wasn't too long to read and is helpful! Good luck with your own test!
December 2013 Citizenship Applications
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Done the citizenship test and interviews yesterday July 16 @ 13:30. Super easy questions if you comprehend the questions you found online and read the book at least once. I did not get exact same question seen before. The officer was super nice. He only asked me two actual questions and the rest was chatting about my family and travel history. One suggestion I would say is the CBSA entry records were really helpful. I ordered it after submitting the application just in case of need. I brought it with me to interview. The officer saw it and photocopied it. Then he cross-checked them with the records on the questionnaire submitted with application, one by one. The officer seemed satisfied because all the date matched except for one which I explained due to less than 24 hours. I had 6 travels in 2012 and 3 in 2013 abroad. At the end the officer said everything looks good, I can expect the ceremony in 2-3 months. The entire process was quick, I went in to the test room at 13:30 and got out of the building at 14:05.
I don't know why some of us here can get the ceremony in 3 weeks after test? Or maybe 2-3 months are just standard response?
I don't know why some of us here can get the ceremony in 3 weeks after test? Or maybe 2-3 months are just standard response?
Haven't received any notification except the in process and AOR.
Mailed my application mid Dec 2013 and my local office is Vancouver.
The received line is still on my ecas page.
Does it mean that they haven't done anything for my application?
Is this normal?
Mailed my application mid Dec 2013 and my local office is Vancouver.
The received line is still on my ecas page.
Does it mean that they haven't done anything for my application?
Is this normal?
i just checked on my ecas today (i don't know when the they updated the system). As per ecas I will take oath on august 1.
my timeline:
application received: dec 20, 2013
in process: feb 25, 2014
test date: june 12, 2014 @ scarborough office
oath letter mailed as per ecas: july 17, 2014
oath date: august 1, 2014
wishing you all
the best fellow dec applicant!
my timeline:
application received: dec 20, 2013
in process: feb 25, 2014
test date: june 12, 2014 @ scarborough office
oath letter mailed as per ecas: july 17, 2014
oath date: august 1, 2014
wishing you all
the best fellow dec applicant!
Well, my Spouse had Test on last Friday at Mississauga Office.mjm said:
Test questions are from Discover Canada Book but they do test your knowledge not memorizing everything by heart, for example, if a 15-year old has to cast vote out of Canada, what he/she will do? - so ask yourself - what is the age of legal voter in Canada. So the questions test the same knowledge, but are little gimmick of English...
Interview with Officer went well... talking about family, history, living at various addresses, etc.
Finally, was handed over with Oath Invitation on Friday July 25, 2014.
Today was my citizenship test (July22), very easy, me and my wife scored 20/20...and yes they do tell you the result, interview was 5 min, didnt go into details...and she said our oath is Friday25.
PS. To pass, u need to solve online samples and read the book twice.
If your file is clean, they wont give you any RQ...so whoever gets a RQ for sure he/she knows the reason.
Very friendly, went in at 7.45am, test was at 8, 8:30 we were in the car, test and interview were done in 30 min.
goodluck guys
PS. To pass, u need to solve online samples and read the book twice.
If your file is clean, they wont give you any RQ...so whoever gets a RQ for sure he/she knows the reason.
Very friendly, went in at 7.45am, test was at 8, 8:30 we were in the car, test and interview were done in 30 min.
goodluck guys
Congrats ngyammine;ngyammine said:
Where did u guys get ur passports' stamps translated, If u don't mind ?