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Nixon99

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Jan 20, 2023
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Can-Brits said:
Test taken & passed this morning for both of us!

Type: Online application
Location: Toronto, ON
Physical Presence Days: 1097
Application: Family (2 people)
Application sent: 05-Mar-2025
Delivered: Online
AOR: 20-March-2025
Test invite (via email): 25-March-2025
Test start & end dates: 4-April-2025 to 3-May-2025)
Test taken: 4-April-2025
Test status: In progress (updated 21-March-2025)
Language Skills: In Progress
Physical Presence: In Progress
Prohibitions: In Progress
Background Verification: Completed (Updated 24-March-2025)
Citizenship Ceremony: Not Started
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Amazing and super fast. Congrats!
 
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Neyoyo

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Feb 2, 2020
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Zee234O said:
I’m confused. How does filing taxes affect our application. For me , I had not filed taxes as of when I applied so I just indicated “no” for year 2024.
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What I meant is this. What if a lot of people waited to fill their 2024 taxes before applying. That will create a larger number of applications than usual which may have slowed down AOR. Just speculation from me, not a fact. Still waiting for AOR myself. Application submitted March 20.
 
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Zee234O

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Neyoyo said:
What I meant is this. What if a lot of people waited to fill their 2024 taxes before applying. That will create a larger number of applications than usual which may have slowed down AOR. Just speculation from me, not a fact. Still waiting for AOR myself. Application submitted March 20.
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ah gotcha! That makes sense.
 
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armoured

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Feb 1, 2015
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Neyoyo said:
What I meant is this. What if a lot of people waited to fill their 2024 taxes before applying. That will create a larger number of applications than usual which may have slowed down AOR. Just speculation from me, not a fact. Still waiting for AOR myself. Application submitted March 20.
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I don't think it should effect AOR at all (as long as the three years before were ticked appropriately, anyway). It's more in the requirements later. To be clear, for AOR stage, I think they are only checking that indeed the boxes are ticked as required - which for online I think it checks that anyway.

By which time most will have filed (those required to do so anyway), so if they check for the most recent year (I repeat if - I do not know if they do), no issue for them. People filing in March are mostly not going to see checks of the filings going on in May or later. Again, after the filing deadline.

And I suspect for those that had filed as required for previous years, well, IRCC is not CRA, I doubt they are out tracking down file by file who has filed right on time, etc.

Those applying later in the year might see some checks, esp if their own timeframe in Canada shorter/with fewer tax filing years.
 
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sarvesh90

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Jun 18, 2018
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Just received AOR for my wife's application

Type: Online application
Location: Thorold, ON
Physical Presence Days: 1149
Application: Single
Application sent: 15-Mar-2025
Delivered: Online
AOR: 04-Apr-2025
Test: Pending
 
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zack87

Newbie
Mar 15, 2025
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armoured said:
I don't think it should effect AOR at all (as long as the three years before were ticked appropriately, anyway). It's more in the requirements later. To be clear, for AOR stage, I think they are only checking that indeed the boxes are ticked as required - which for online I think it checks that anyway.

By which time most will have filed (those required to do so anyway), so if they check for the most recent year (I repeat if - I do not know if they do), no issue for them. People filing in March are mostly not going to see checks of the filings going on in May or later. Again, after the filing deadline.

And I suspect for those that had filed as required for previous years, well, IRCC is not CRA, I doubt they are out tracking down file by file who has filed right on time, etc.

Those applying later in the year might see some checks, esp if their own timeframe in Canada shorter/with fewer tax filing years.
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It's more about the influx of applications, not them tracking or checking if you filed at this point. I, for one, had to wait until I filed taxes to fulfill the 3 tax filings requirement, as I had the physical presence days I needed but couldn't apply due to 1 remaining tax filing.
 
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