Feb 2015 citizenship applicants

[samreentariq]

That's my story sameertariq. Although I left country for 2 1/2 hrs right after pr, then back stayed worked and my PR expired. Had to renew it now waiting for citizenship test date or status change from in process to transfered or something

Hey akheya,

Our timelines are similar as well In Process effectively means a hand off from Sydney over to your local Office and then the local office starts all the checks, at this point based on each individual and Local office situation and load times can vary from short to extreme, all i can say is try to be patient as I am and try to focus and enjoy life and occasionally check in, or in my case try to help others in this forum . You can see my file was transferred to Local Office on 16th June as it is summer I honestly don't expect much progress if any till mid or late September hopefully October on close to my 3 year anniversary on becoming PR I will test invite (if earlier it will make me happy) but just my guess. Then if the current trend continues 4 months on would mean Jan 2016 for Oath or even Feb 2016.

 

[YG]

They say Oath invitation is 2 or 4 months after exam, in between while they check on your file if they feel something is missing they can issue either an RQ or a Fingerprint request, at this stage all you can do is wait and keep checking your snail mail box.

thank you so much for your help, ecas has changed to decision made...

 

[samreentariq]

thank you so much for your help, ecas has changed to decision made...

Congrats

 

[malabadi]

1) Yes you still see 'In process' in the first page

2) If you are going away for more than 2 weeks you need to call and let CIC know, you could get a test letter and it will appear via snail mail, they do not send email notifications (There is a thread where so far only 2 candidates mentioned receiving Test Invite via E-Mail but this seems to be a very rare case so far and I have not seen other people mention this, might be something done for one particular local office).

Thanks for the response, I will be away for 15 days and I am planning to call CIC about that, what is the exact phone number for such issues?

 

[pardesifr]

I need an advise, my test is tomorrow. Also my family immigration is done and my wife and daughter got visa. I need go get them at the end of August (2 weeks out of Canada).

Now the ticket prices are going up every day, should I wait tomorrow to see how it goes before buying my tickets or I can buy right now knowing that (as most people are saying) oath is after 2 to 4 months of test. I will be back in mid September so it will be a little over 1 month from my test date.

Also I changed my address from 1st August as needed a bigger house. I updated my address online as advised by agent on phone but it still show my old address. How long does it take to show new address ? or should I call them again ?

Thanks

 

[thecoolguysam]

I need an advise, my test is tomorrow. Also my family immigration is done and my wife and daughter got visa. I need go get them at the end of August (2 weeks out of Canada).

Now the ticket prices are going up every day, should I wait tomorrow to see how it goes before buying my tickets or I can buy right now knowing that (as most people are saying) oath is after 2 to 4 months of test. I will be back in mid September so it will be a little over 1 month from my test date.

Also I changed my address from 1st August as needed a bigger house. I updated my address online as advised by agent on phone but it still show my old address. How long does it take to show new address ? or should I call them again ?

Thanks

To answer the question regarding the address update, if you have used e-cas to update your address, i think it takes around 5 business days for the address to update.
Also once you go for the test tomorrow, please let the CIC officer know about your new address during the interview.

Good luck and best wishes for your test!

 

[spiker79]

I am Feb 15 applicant of Mississauga office.
I see that Mississauga office has not even finish with Jan applicant.
Is Mississauga office sleeping?
I see all other offices are ahead atleast 2-3 months.

 

[pandudada]

Hi,

Finally received the Yellow Letter to appear for TEST on Aug 21.
The letter is dated July 28. ECAS also updated with the same information.

1.We received your application for Canadian citizenship (grant of citizenship) on February 19, 2015.

2.We sent you correspondence acknowledging receipt of your application(s) on March 13, 2015.

3.We started processing your application on May 6, 2015.

4.On July 28 we sent you a letter to appear for citizenship test on Aug 21 at Scarborough office.

 

[pardesifr]

Just to let you know that I passed my Test yesterday (Montreal) all went well ;D If you read the book and do some quiz on Android free App, you will be fine, I only had doubt on couple of questions.

Agent told me that it will take from 2 to 4 month to get the date for Oath if everything is good in my file.

I am good with it as I have to go get my family at the end of the month and will be absent for 2 weeks (she did asked me to advise the CIC for the dates I will be out of country in case they send me an appointment)

 

[thecoolguysam]

Just to let you know that I passed my Test yesterday (Montreal) all went well ;D If you read the book and do some quiz on Android free App, you will be fine, I only had doubt on couple of questions.

Agent told me that it will take from 2 to 4 month to get the date for Oath if everything is good in my file.

I am good with it as I have to go get my family at the end of the month and will be absent for 2 weeks (she did asked me to advise the CIC for the dates I will be out of country in case they send me an appointment)

congratulations

 

[samreentariq]

Hi,

Finally received the Yellow Letter to appear for TEST on Aug 21.
The letter is dated July 28. ECAS also updated with the same information.

1.We received your application for Canadian citizenship (grant of citizenship) on February 19, 2015.

2.We sent you correspondence acknowledging receipt of your application(s) on March 13, 2015.

3.We started processing your application on May 6, 2015.

4.On July 28 we sent you a letter to appear for citizenship test on Aug 21 at Scarborough office.

Congratulations

 

[Aspat]

Had my test and interview today at Scarborough. Test was easy. Done in less than 5 mins with a 20/20 score.

Interview was pretty smooth. (Everybody including the security personnel was very friendly, I'm delighted to add). Documents like NOA, property tax, sale deed of house, health history, CBSA report, UAE entry exit report, various translations, tickets, boarding passes, etc. though in my possession were not required. When I volunteered to show the passport stamp translation, the lady brushed it aside saying it wasn't required. After a cursory glance through my current passport she gave it back to me. She only looked at my PR card for verifying my identity and not the health card and driving licence. Turned out to be a damp squib after months of getting the documents ready for this day. But all is well that ends well and overall, I'm very happy.

The only questions she had were about my activities during the day (when she heard I was a homemaker) and details about my husband's job though he himself isn't an applicant. She seemed quite taken aback that he'd voluntarily relinquished his PR status and is currently on work permit. Saw her write 'no concerns' and also said I can expect the oath notice in 2 months. She made a note of my vacation dates when I mentioned it. Not sure if I have to phone the call centre too.

Thoroughly relieved that it's all behind me now.

 

[thecoolguysam]

Had my test and interview today at Scarborough. Test was easy. Done in less than 5 mins with a 20/20 score.

Interview was pretty smooth. (Everybody including the security personnel was very friendly, I'm delighted to add). Documents like NOA, property tax, sale deed of house, health history, CBSA report, UAE entry exit report, various translations, tickets, boarding passes, etc. though in my possession were not required. When I volunteered to show the passport stamp translation, the lady brushed it aside saying it wasn't required. After a cursory glance through my current passport she gave it back to me. She only looked at my PR card for verifying my identity and not the health card and driving licence. Turned out to be a damp squib after months of getting the documents ready for this day. But all is well that ends well and overall, I'm very happy.

The only questions she had were about my activities during the day (when she heard I was a homemaker) and details about my husband's job though he himself isn't an applicant. She seemed quite taken aback that he'd voluntarily relinquished his PR status and is currently on work permit. Saw her write 'no concerns' and also said I can expect the oath notice in 2 months. She made a note of my vacation dates when I mentioned it. Not sure if I have to phone the call centre too.

Thoroughly relieved that it's all behind me now.

Congratulations on passing the test

 

[samreentariq]

Had my test and interview today at Scarborough. Test was easy. Done in less than 5 mins with a 20/20 score.

Interview was pretty smooth. (Everybody including the security personnel was very friendly, I'm delighted to add). Documents like NOA, property tax, sale deed of house, health history, CBSA report, UAE entry exit report, various translations, tickets, boarding passes, etc. though in my possession were not required. When I volunteered to show the passport stamp translation, the lady brushed it aside saying it wasn't required. After a cursory glance through my current passport she gave it back to me. She only looked at my PR card for verifying my identity and not the health card and driving licence. Turned out to be a damp squib after months of getting the documents ready for this day. But all is well that ends well and overall, I'm very happy.

The only questions she had were about my activities during the day (when she heard I was a homemaker) and details about my husband's job though he himself isn't an applicant. She seemed quite taken aback that he'd voluntarily relinquished his PR status and is currently on work permit. Saw her write 'no concerns' and also said I can expect the oath notice in 2 months. She made a note of my vacation dates when I mentioned it. Not sure if I have to phone the call centre too.

Thoroughly relieved that it's all behind me now.

Congratulations.

 

[csqmjj]

it is vacation time.
no updates to most applications