I called CIC last week to know that my citizenship application processing has been finalized and transferred to St. Claire to set a time for the test...but called again today to be told by another CIC agent that it has been transferred to St. Claire for further review and verification!! Which one is correct?!! Any similar experience guys!! Leon, OKK, and others please let me know your insight on this.
File transferred to St. Claire after 2 yrs of processing at Kitchener office!!!
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As it stands now, St.Clair does not assign test dates - it is a dedicated RQ assessment center for the whole GTA. So the second agent is right - you likely hit some checkbox on their triage list that triggered additional review. Are you sure you haven't missed any important mail from them, like the Residency Questionnaire?egyo said:
Sounds about right. Based on others' reports, current time to review an RQ at St.Clair is 12-14 months from the time CIC receives a response. We don't know how they manage the queue - i.e. whether other offices send stuff to them on just in time basis or not, but assuming Kitchener transferred the file just in time for review - they should be looking at your file now. If you are not that lucky - you may be in for a 1 year wait.egyo said:
Order your GCMS in a month or so to check your file location and look at file location description. If it is a "AA-review shelf" (AA - for officer's initials), then someone will be looking at it pretty soon, if it is "RQ-some date-etc shelf" - it is in general storage and you are now playing the waiting game.
Hi egyo,
My office is Niagara falls. I have applied for citizenship on August,2012 and received RQ on Dec,2012 and replied back on Jan,2013. my file was also transferred to St.Clair office!! When I asked the Call Center Agent regarding the reason behind that transfer, he stated that there is new project for reviewing RQ going on at St.Clair and file then will be returned to local office after completing the review for the RQ.
Its seems like this government trying to invent new procedures in how they can delays all citizenship applications.
My office is Niagara falls. I have applied for citizenship on August,2012 and received RQ on Dec,2012 and replied back on Jan,2013. my file was also transferred to St.Clair office!! When I asked the Call Center Agent regarding the reason behind that transfer, he stated that there is new project for reviewing RQ going on at St.Clair and file then will be returned to local office after completing the review for the RQ.
Its seems like this government trying to invent new procedures in how they can delays all citizenship applications.
Call them again and ask the following simple questions:egyo said:Just called again today and the agent said "YES, it has been forwarded to St. Claire to set a time for Test and Oath" but he is expecting this not to happen until my PR renewal is processed and approved. NOW I AM VERY CONFUSED
- Has my RQ been reviewed? (they should be able to provide a definitive answer. If it has been reviewed, there should be a note in the file saying "RQ reviewed.")
- Can you read 2 most recent notes you see in my file.
This is correct - they see almost the same stuff you can get via ATIP (minus censored parts).egyo said:
But here is the catch - if RQ has been reviewed, there must be a note "RQ reviewed" in your file (may be with additional commentary.) If you ask the questions above - you should be able to determine whether they are "interpreting" what they see (with variable results - based on the agent), or just give you facts, plain and simple.
Where do you can find AA-reviewd or RQ reviews. I got my ATIP on July under the privacy act but I don't see any of these.
NOTES - this is where "RQ reviewed" or "RQ assessed" note must appear once they are done with your RQ.siki said:
FILES - Location field - for its location. May vary by office, but St.Clair puts shelf info there, which gives you a little bit of info as described above.
Thank you adrewka. Here it sayon my ATIPandrewka said:
On the first page for case stage :Assess
I have 3 notes on the 1 note it says on the description:Completed RQ and copies of the documents received by the client on Feb to be matched to file L.TA