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December 2024 - Citizenship Applications

zack10

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Mar 10, 2025
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For the folks who were asked to provide fingerprints and now have the background check completed, how long did this process take you?
I have my FP collected on Feb 27, RCMP sent out the result to the Vancouver office on Mar 4. But I am still waiting.. ;'(

My fingerprints were requested on February 19, and I provided them the same day. My language and physical presence requirements were completed first on March 7, followed by my background check and prohibition clearance on March 18.
 

WantToImmigrate

Champion Member
Feb 4, 2019
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WantToImmigrate thank you for being polite and I like your responses they are very helpful.

I do feel for the other gentleman though, I mean he is right in that folks who are on the thread all day advise others to go out for walks is not cool either. We all have reasons beyond just the citizenship to feel genuinely anxious about, sometime life altering circumstances. I agree with you, everyone should be polite here. After all our main objective should be to help each other.
armoured has no obligation to help people. I disagree with the term "all day". armoured could be at work just responding to people on his phone. I'd consider it charity of sorts.

Frankly, a walk does help change my perspective. If we look at the time posted on ircc website, its 9 months. armoured wasn't wrong. It has been 3-4 months depending on when application date. Remember a country is making you its citizen, that's bigger than granting PR.

Unable to commission a project in the US is not a life altering circumstance. Further, I am not aware of any pathways directly to Canadian citizenship without a permanent residence card. So, I am curious to know the non-medical-condition related causes of anxiety one could have while on a PR. If its due to health related reasons, I implore people to seek help.

Honestly, DocumentJourney or immigration team at their employment should have read the urgency clause if it was so important for them to travel.

We are all in this alone. We should be grateful for others choosing to take out the time to try to help us out, regardless of the outcome. Its the genuine thought that counts. I've learnt through life that no one is obligated to do anything for someone else. Anyways, that's what I think.
 

DocumentJourney

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Oct 5, 2022
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I legitimately can’t even tell anymore if people are joking/messing with others or if they are actually that much lacking fundamental basic intelligence and critical thinking. What makes it more confusing is those same people lacking all that simultaneously think they know absolutely everything, including everyone’s personal business, motives and feelings.
 
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DocumentJourney

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Oct 5, 2022
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For the folks who were asked to provide fingerprints and now have the background check completed, how long did this process take you?
I have my FP collected on Feb 27, RCMP sent out the result to the Vancouver office on Mar 4. But I am still waiting.. ;'(
Hey bud. I gave my FP on Feb 14th. RCMP mailed them out on Feb 21st and IRCC completed my BG check on March 8th. I hope this helps.
 
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hmaster

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Jan 25, 2025
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I legitimately can’t even tell anymore if people are joking/messing with others or if they are actually that much lacking fundamental basic intelligence and critical thinking. What makes it more confusing is those same people lacking all that simultaneously think they know absolutely everything, including everyone’s personal business, motives and feelings.
100% agreed. At this point I feel its best to ignore folks "lacking fundamental basic(s)..."
 
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Diuwajai

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Dec 20, 2024
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For the folks who were asked to provide fingerprints and now have the background check completed, how long did this process take you?
I have my FP collected on Feb 27, RCMP sent out the result to the Vancouver office on Mar 4. But I am still waiting.. ;'(
I've waited exactly 3 weeks to show as completed on tracker
 
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Holy Cow

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Jun 26, 2020
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I have question. I see many folks have updated the processing office. How do we find the processing office for the citizenship case ? Also I would like to ask , does processing office has anything to do with the processing timeline ? I mean I belive all applications will be handled in the same sequence as they have submitted.
 

hmaster

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Jan 25, 2025
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I have question. I see many folks have updated the processing office. How do we find the processing office for the citizenship case ? Also I would like to ask , does processing office has anything to do with the processing timeline ? I mean I belive all applications will be handled in the same sequence as they have submitted.
I think there is something called as a primary office that also does lpp (this could be different from test office or local office) - if one happens to ask the call center, they usually know. Theories aside, each office has their practical workload,

Complex cases take a very long time. How can it possibly be FIFO?

The above is just my understanding, obviously they don't make anything public, maybe for a good reason.
 

Holy Cow

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Jun 26, 2020
420
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I think there is something called as a primary office that also does lpp (this could be different from test office or local office) - if one happens to ask the call center, they usually know. Theories aside, each office has their practical workload,

Complex cases take a very long time. How can it possibly be FIFO?

The above is just my understanding, obviously they don't make anything public, maybe for a good reason.
But how do I know , which primary office is allocated to my case. Also does it matter at all ? I mean once application is submitted its going to take its own time based on procedural statges.
 

hmaster

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Jan 25, 2025
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But how do I know , which primary office is allocated to my case. Also does it matter at all ? I mean once application is submitted its going to take its own time based on procedural statges.
Exactly, if you aren't curious it doesnt matter at all, hopefully by 9 months you will know where things stand. Some folks just want to know everything thats going on (this doesn't speed anything).
 

hazelb712

Star Member
Nov 12, 2018
133
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my ick is that, so when we applied, the timeline is 7 months, now is 9 months. Lets say if they increase it again, does that mean our processing time is also increasing???
I was so naively hoping I can plan my summer trip without a visa consideration.
 

flores

Hero Member
Oct 7, 2018
294
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Thats my question, because sometimes IRCC is telling those who applied before the changes in timeline will not be afftected, will have the same timeline when they applied, only those who applied after the changes has been announced will have this timeline...isnt it supposed to be like that? sorry im just stupid or silly to ask or comment like this...just wondering.
 

WantToImmigrate

Champion Member
Feb 4, 2019
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my ick is that, so when we applied, the timeline is 7 months, now is 9 months. Lets say if they increase it again, does that mean our processing time is also increasing???
I was so naively hoping I can plan my summer trip without a visa consideration.
Thats my question, because sometimes IRCC is telling those who applied before the changes in timeline will not be afftected, will have the same timeline when they applied, only those who applied after the changes has been announced will have this timeline...isnt it supposed to be like that? sorry im just stupid or silly to ask or comment like this...just wondering.
There's text on how the time is calculated here: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/check-processing-times.html
The relevant text is: "This processing time is how long we expect it will take us to process an application if we receive it today." and "It may vary depending on how many applications we get or if your application is complex."
So, its their "expectation", and not a guarantee. Also, the expectation is for processing applications if they receive it today.

I've found ATIP notes to be useful in getting an in-depth view of my application. Then again, that was for PR application(s) (mine and my friends'; I am not an immigration attorney). But I expect the level of information to be the same.
 
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