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@dpenabill and Friends,
We applied for citizenship in march 2019 and currently in process. Now PR card is expiring within few months. Shall I send the renewal for the PR card ?
As I don't know whether we can write test and go for oath if PR card is expired.
Please note that I am from GTA and most probably local office would be Scarborough, although I am not sure but it must be at Scarborough.
Also, I don't have any planning to travel in near future.
@dpenabill
Is the process works on first come first serve basis ? I am asking because I was seeing the spreadsheet and could not find anyone from Scarborough office (assuming again that my local office is Scarborough) got test invite recently. I looked at some of the Applicant in June Aug Sept Nov and Dec 2018, getting the test invite. So for us, March Applicant 2019, it may take around Nov, Dec 2019
@Sucuba has it right in regards to (1) no need to renew PR card pending outcome of citizenship application UNLESS (2) there is some chance the applicant might travel abroad . . . noting, of course, that
Stuff Happens, so whether or not to make the PR card application is as much about what could POSSIBLY happen more than just what is planned.
Reminder: I am not qualified to offer personal advice, and any personal advice otherwise offered here should be approached with caution if not skepticism.
Processing Order:
As for "
Is the process works on first come first serve basis?" As far as we know, next step actions are USUALLY handled in the order the application is put in a queue for that action. But even at the initial screening phases at CPC-Sydney, there are multiple forks in the processing path which can direct the application into this or that queue, resulting in very different overall timelines for individual applicants.
For example, first step at CPC-Sydney is the completeness check. It is almost certain that applications are opened and screened for completeness in the order they arrive at CPC-Sydney. But the next task to be done can vary depending on whether the application is deemed to need this or that particular type of review, for which it is then put into a queue for that task (such as a referral to a different processing agent to determine if IRCC records verify the applicant's pre-PR status, or something in GCMS triggering a fingerprint request, or . . . there are numerous possibilities). In the meantime, while that application goes to a queue to wait for that particular task to be done, other applications received around the same time may directly proceed to a referral to a local office for processing. So right out of the chute these applications are already on significantly different timelines. Likewise at the local office, while most applications will proceed to the test and interview in roughly the same order as they arrive from CPC-Sydney, there are multiple side-trips the application might take along the way, and each side trip means another queue, so once applications received around the same time go to separate queues for this or that side-trip (which can be about something as simple as a separate inquiry or referral to verify this or that particular detail), they are then on different timelines. Much of this can involve small tasks which the applicant never learns about . . . and even a copy of GCMS notes might reveal little more than the initials of the various processing agents who have done something or other along the way.
I am not clear about what can be extrapolated from the spreadsheets, other than a very general overall sense about how processing is proceeding for many applicants, offering a very rough idea of timeline ranges with absolutely NO guarantee for any individual applicant. Remember, how things go for one or ten applicants does NOT mean that is how it will go for any other individual, let alone this or that individual in particular.
Your interpretation may be close to how it will go . . . although my casual glance at processing timeline reports suggests that timelines are still trending toward longer, especially for those whose applications take a side-trip, and even more so for overtly non-routine processing (like RQ related requests even way shy of full blown RQ).
