July 2014 Citizenship Applications

[BLT]

I had my Masters from University of Nottingham, UK and currently I am a Phd Student at UOttawa. I sent my transcript from UOttawa which also stated that the base of admission is MSC from University of Nottingham.

Currently enrolling in Univ Ottawa is enough to proof your English language. In this case, it won't be returned because of that. You know, some people from specific countries could take out many diplomas in different fields. I don't want to say the countries here, but CIC agent should be very very familiar with those countries.

 

[BLT]

When did you send your application ?

Received early July, in process late August. But it was a returned application from early May (received) with the photos already clipped and some stamps and dates from CIC.

 

[sweetdreama]

My received line is gone today. Some people say it means the file has been sent to local office.

Hi July Applicants,

Do you think that more of you could put details in your signature of the progress begin made on your files? That would be most helpful!

Sent: August 8
Received: August 11

 

[karthicbaboo]

I have Sent my application again yesterday & received today.

 

[catchvb]

I have Sent my application again yesterday & received today.

Could you put details of timelines in your signature please.

 

[pingaustin]

My application was returned - incomplete - omitted to respond to a question. The application has CIC stamps all over it - does it mean it is now accepted as a September application when resubmitted or is it considered a continuation with July applications. Sooooo disappointed

It will save you a lot of time and headache if all forms and documents are checked before sending, mine added an extra 5 months just because of a missing signature on a printout.
Submitted: March 2014
Returned to me:June 2014
Reason: Forgot to get my wife to sign days spent in Canada printout sheet, so they returned for the entire family.
Resent: Mid June 2014.
Received AOR: Mid August.
Now In Process August 24th.

 

[Anoo]

Guys, I don't know whether it means anything. But my received line disappeared today.

Here is once again my timeline:
Application Sent: June 30, 2014
Application received: July 7, 2014
In Process: September 4, 2014
Local Office: Vancouver

 

[sask28]

so has anyone who sent their mail for Citizenship application between July 7th and July 11th seen any updates on E-cas yet?

 

[Rios]

Hi guys. I had my application sent back to me yesterday. I posted it on July 9 and it was received on the 15th. The reason for returning it, is the immigration agent pretends my master's degree transcript (from a Canadian university) is not an accepted language proof, although the guide clearly states the opposite. I think they are returning some of the applications to get a chance to clear their backlog.
For those who left questions 3b and 3c blank, I did that too and they didn't complain about it, so don't worry.

 

[BLT]

Hi guys. I had my application sent back to me yesterday. I posted it on July 9 and it was received on the 15th. The reason for returning it, is the immigration agent pretends my master's degree transcript (from a Canadian university) is not an accepted language proof, although the guide clearly states the opposite. I think they are returning some of the applications to get a chance to clear their backlog.
For those who left questions 3b and 3c blank, I did that too and they didn't complain about it, so don't worry.

Did you write a letter to explain that those transcripts were the proof of English skill? If you just gave them transcript without explaining anything, they might think that you were enclosing a proof of school enrollment.

 

[jrjayl]

Hi guys. I had my application sent back to me yesterday. I posted it on July 9 and it was received on the 15th. The reason for returning it, is the immigration agent pretends my master's degree transcript (from a Canadian university) is not an accepted language proof, although the guide clearly states the opposite. I think they are returning some of the applications to get a chance to clear their backlog.
For those who left questions 3b and 3c blank, I did that too and they didn't complain about it, so don't worry.

I think a transcript is not enough. You need to enclose language of instruction.

From CIC:
The document must clearly show that the program was completed with English or French as the language of instruction.

 

[skhan123]

Hi guys. I had my application sent back to me yesterday. I posted it on July 9 and it was received on the 15th. The reason for returning it, is the immigration agent pretends my master's degree transcript (from a Canadian university) is not an accepted language proof, although the guide clearly states the opposite. I think they are returning some of the applications to get a chance to clear their backlog.
For those who left questions 3b and 3c blank, I did that too and they didn't complain about it, so don't worry.

You have to write a letter where you describe that you are putting degree for language proof. I also mentioned the time date and name of the CIC call centre agent whom i talked regarding this. my application is accepted.

 

[tbhutani]

Application Sent - 7th of July 2014
Application Received - 7th of July 2014
In Process - 25th of August 2014

 

[Rios]

I think a transcript is not enough. You need to enclose language of instruction.

From CIC:
The document must clearly show that the program was completed with English or French as the language of instruction.

To my knowledge, Canadian universities instruction languages are either English or French, unless somebody comes to Canada to study Chinese literature for example, which is not my case.

 

[Rios]

Did you write a letter to explain that those transcripts were the proof of English skill? If you just gave them transcript without explaining anything, they might think that you were enclosing a proof of school enrollment.

Thanks BLT and Skhan123.
In deed, I sent 2 copies of the transcript, one being for the proof of school enrollment and the other for the language skill. Somebody with an average IQ would have understood that I sent 2 copies for a reason, especially if no other proof of language skills was submitted. Also, considering that the transcripts are from a Canadian university, the agent should have seen that I meet the language requirements, unless they are looking to return as much applications as they can. Anyways, I'll follow your advice and write a letter so that that brilliant agent will understand that the language skill proof I'm sending is valid, as it is mentioned in the guide.