I applied for Citizenship in August 2016, in December of the same year I got a letter saying to come and take the test, which I passed early January 2017. A couple weeks later I got a letter that said I needed to get fingerprints taken. I did that in mid February. I have not received anything since then. So my questions is did people get confirmation that CIC got the fingerprints? If not, was there a way to check with them? I called the phone number but the automated system did not give an option for my question. Generally, after fingerprints were recieved, how long did people have to wait for the ceremony?
FINGERPRINTS REQUEST, CIC's new delaying tactic?
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If CIC customer service is busy, keep calling the call centre until the system puts you on hold to talk to an agent. Also contact the fingerprint agency to check if they have forwarded the fingerprint results.seanthomm said:
Did you receive any paperwork from fingerprint agency, if yes, it could be original fingerprints and if you have original fingerprints you need to make sure to send it to the local cic office who asked for it.
Keep checking your e-cas, physical mail and email for any updates.
When would you get the oath is unpredictable, so it can take few days to few weeks to few months. Good luck!
I applied for my citizenship in Jan 2017 n received letter to do fingerprints in feb I did fingerprints 30 feb n called cic to check if they received results they confirm received in march 10 but since after never hear anything for test invite or anything please advice if it's normal and if so when I can expect something from cic.
Application submit. 9 Jan 2017
App received 20 Jan 2017
App inprocess. 25. Jan 2017
Finger print request. 27 feb 2017
Result received by cic. 8 march 2017
Test. Invite. ...................,,.........
Oathe invite. .......................
Application submit. 9 Jan 2017
App received 20 Jan 2017
App inprocess. 25. Jan 2017
Finger print request. 27 feb 2017
Result received by cic. 8 march 2017
Test. Invite. ...................,,.........
Oathe invite. .......................
Get your local MP(member of parliament) to check on your behalf with CIC. Sometimes that is helpful.
Thanx from your comment sir so it's not normal taking that long ? Ok n my pr is expired so I was wondering if I wait for my citizenship or get my pr renew
I would not get my MP involved at this stage. It is still very much within the normal time and frankly I would be worried to upset CIC with unnecessary phone calls and pressure.
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But sir it's taking almost 4 months since they receive the fingerprints results in total it's 6 months so I don't know exactly if it's still normal taking 6 months cause my 2 friends application took like 4 months in total but mine is 6 but still no test invite nothing
The official time frame is 12 months. They clearly say that anything within this time frame is normal.
I'm wondering did you submit finger print at the start when you submitted your application?
When you submit your citizenship application at first, one of the required documents to include in your application is a original police certificate for each country that you have been for a total of 183 or more in the 4 years immediately before the date of your application. One of these countries is definitely Canada itself as you have been living in Canada. So, you need a police certificate with finger print from Canada to include in your application when you submit it at first.
Thanks
This is not accurate: "One of these countries is definitely Canada itself as you have been living in Canada. So, you need a police certificate with finger print from Canada to include in your application when you submit it at first."
No police certificate for Canada is required. Only applicants who spent a total of six months in a country other than Canada during the preceding four years need to provide a police clearance/certificate for that country (or countries). See the application form itself. This is straightforward.
While Fingerprint requests are common, the majority of applicants (probably by a very wide margin) do not get a finger print request. Most FP requests are relatively routine (even though the IRCC definition of non-routine processing includes a FP request as something which makes that application non-routine, which merely distinguishes whether an application is included or not in IRCC's routine processing time line), and do not result in much of a delay if the FPs are timely and properly submitted.
For some applicants (a minority), sure, the FP request can be part of a bigger issue, something potentially problematic. With minimal exceptions, most applicants in this group are already aware of a potential issue, a prospective problem in their situation, and protests to the contrary tend to lack credibility. How serious the particular issue, the particular problem, is, that varies widely and depends on just what it is about. No generalizations apply except the obvious and ubiquitous it varies and varies widely, and it depends.
Most who get a FP request simply need to provide the FPs timely and all will go well and without much delay.
And, again, applicants do NOT need to provide a Canadian police certificate when they apply for citizenship.
You are right cause it's says 183 days away from Canada and I did not submit my fingerprints with my application there for I receive request for fp n I am not sure exactly what should I do eather I wait or do some how make them Expediats the process
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slpmaple
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PR status itself doesn't have expiry date. (Status is permanent). Are you referring to your PR card?
Anyway, be patience, you are still within the 12 months timeframe.
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slpmaple
Guest
Can anyone post a fully edited extract from the FP request letter?, just curious if FP requests are generic or unique to every Citizenship applications
Actually my permanent resident card is expired so I was thinking eather I renew my pr card or wait for citizenship