February 2024 - Citizenship Applications
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Fingerprints, how long is the average time the RCMP takes to process that and send it to the IRCC processing office?
It will be on Monday a month for us waiting for it to be received by the IRCC, as per online tracker it looks like it has not been done yet as its still saying waiting on you.
Called the RCMP today to inquire on this, but was very unhelpful. Said they cannot say may be much longer than a month. And will be contacted when ready. Altough the person who took the fingerprints said max 2 weeks. And all documentation was taken and he checked that it will be sent to the office as requested. Or it is protocol to be notified too?
I was really hoping they would be able to look on their end if this was processed or whats the status somehow.
We are just worried that the 30day window may not be just on fingerprint should be taken, but also on the point it should be received at the immigration office in 30days.
(Fingerprints were done the very next day after the letter was received.)
It will be on Monday a month for us waiting for it to be received by the IRCC, as per online tracker it looks like it has not been done yet as its still saying waiting on you.
Called the RCMP today to inquire on this, but was very unhelpful. Said they cannot say may be much longer than a month. And will be contacted when ready. Altough the person who took the fingerprints said max 2 weeks. And all documentation was taken and he checked that it will be sent to the office as requested. Or it is protocol to be notified too?
I was really hoping they would be able to look on their end if this was processed or whats the status somehow.
We are just worried that the 30day window may not be just on fingerprint should be taken, but also on the point it should be received at the immigration office in 30days.
(Fingerprints were done the very next day after the letter was received.)
I decide to provide a data point here, in case useful to some folks.
I applied last year but decided to withdraw (I posted a separate thread on this forum before) because I missed one trip abroad. Fast forward, I applied again.
My timeline is exactly as reported here as some other folks did: BG check passed, citizenship test passed, etc. However, I see those other folks getting LPP completed while mine is not. From the ATIP notes that I read, it was the same day that IRCC asked me for an interview through Microsoft Teams as other people were getting LPP completed.
Therefore, I guess that some junior clerk would go through all the applications, approve the trivial ones, and hand them over for an interview by a senior officer. However, the interview was backlogged too much, and I waited for 40 days before I received an interview notice, I finally got an interview about two months after IRCC decided to interview me.
Then I had an interview with the IRCC officer the other day. The officer said that the only reason that I got interviewed was that I had applied and withdrawn before. All the other criteria are good: 5 years of taxes, continuous work experience, and a lot more than the required physical presence -- due to my first miscalculation, my physical presence is well above 1095.
The interview was short (about 3 mins), and the officer said that she would expect me to get an oath notice very soon. I'm still waiting, and hope the oath ceremony will be soon.
Takeaway: 1) the backlog is real, especially when it comes to interviews or senior officers. 2) I don't think ATIP notes have accelerated anything, as I see my timeline as similar to those who required ATIP notes every week. 3) please double and triple-check your travel history before submission. You can see that even though my case is simple, a withdrawal on file did slow down my process significantly.
I applied last year but decided to withdraw (I posted a separate thread on this forum before) because I missed one trip abroad. Fast forward, I applied again.
My timeline is exactly as reported here as some other folks did: BG check passed, citizenship test passed, etc. However, I see those other folks getting LPP completed while mine is not. From the ATIP notes that I read, it was the same day that IRCC asked me for an interview through Microsoft Teams as other people were getting LPP completed.
Therefore, I guess that some junior clerk would go through all the applications, approve the trivial ones, and hand them over for an interview by a senior officer. However, the interview was backlogged too much, and I waited for 40 days before I received an interview notice, I finally got an interview about two months after IRCC decided to interview me.
Then I had an interview with the IRCC officer the other day. The officer said that the only reason that I got interviewed was that I had applied and withdrawn before. All the other criteria are good: 5 years of taxes, continuous work experience, and a lot more than the required physical presence -- due to my first miscalculation, my physical presence is well above 1095.
The interview was short (about 3 mins), and the officer said that she would expect me to get an oath notice very soon. I'm still waiting, and hope the oath ceremony will be soon.
Takeaway: 1) the backlog is real, especially when it comes to interviews or senior officers. 2) I don't think ATIP notes have accelerated anything, as I see my timeline as similar to those who required ATIP notes every week. 3) please double and triple-check your travel history before submission. You can see that even though my case is simple, a withdrawal on file did slow down my process significantly.
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After LPP becomes green, I received oath invitation today in two weeks. Not bad! So the only difference between me and the other folks here is that I waited two more months for an interview.
My spouse and I applied on the 23rd of February, and everything has been green since the 22nd of April. However, we are still waiting for the oath. I am frustrated because we need our passports as we have found a job in the US. Our life are uncertain right now, and I am feeling very stressed out. We have two more months left in our current job.
Congrats
You're not the only one...everything has completed 16 days ago and no oath invite yet