MAY 2013 Applications (Citizenship)

[kalbad20]

Hello everyone,

When you get an RQ, does it say in your ecase? I moved and I'm afraid I would get something from CIC in my old mail and without it being updated in my ecase I would never know!

 

[chandu007]

Not in my case. Still I don't see any indication on RQ on e-cas. I recommend you officially change your address asap and talk to a CIC agent asking about any recent communication by mail.

Hello everyone,

When you get an RQ, does it say in your ecase? I moved and I'm afraid I would get something from CIC in my old mail and without it being updated in my ecase I would never know!

 

[poweroverwhelming]

Hello everyone,

When you get an RQ, does it say in your ecase? I moved and I'm afraid I would get something from CIC in my old mail and without it being updated in my ecase I would never know!

Maybe you can consider Canada Post's mail forwarding service.

Not sure if this would work though, you'd have to investigate more.

 

[Simkr]

I am about to finish the reading of the last chapter of "Discover Canada" book entitled Canada's Regions though not sure when i am gonna get test invite? how about you guys? have u started reading or waiting for the last moment. i think couple of days reading is sufficient to digest the whole book or rather booklet.

 

[jess57]

Hello everyone,

I would like to share my application timeline as well

"1. We received your application for Canadian citizenship (grant of citizenship) on May 13, 2013.

2. We sent you a letter acknowledging receipt of your application(s), and a study book called Discover Canada on May 13, 2013. Please consider delays in mail delivery before contacting us.

3. We started processing your application on July 29, 2013."

I received the letter and book on Aug 17. Now still waiting for the test...

Wish we all luck!

 

[Simkr]

What is your local office? have u called to inquire about file transfer CIC since May applicants' files are started moving..

Hello everyone,

I would like to share my application timeline as well

"1. We received your application for Canadian citizenship (grant of citizenship) on May 13, 2013.

2. We sent you a letter acknowledging receipt of your application(s), and a study book called Discover Canada on May 13, 2013. Please consider delays in mail delivery before contacting us.

3. We started processing your application on July 29, 2013."

I received the letter and book on Aug 17. Now still waiting for the test...

Wish we all luck!

 

[coolblues1980]

I called CIC this morning to see if my file has been transferred to the local office and the agent said that it still hasnt been transferred and is currently waiting on background checks. I'm not sure what background checks they do at Sydney before transferring the file to the local office.

 

[Randypandy]

Hi Chandu

I submitted my RQ form with supporting docs last friday, hope we will get some good news by end of december.

randy

 

[chandu007]

I hope so too. I will call them with in a month to know the receipt of my papers and current status. BTW, do we fall into non-routine or still we are considered as routine applicants?

Hi Chandu

I submitted my RQ form with supporting docs last friday, hope we will get some good news by end of december.

randy

 

[chandu007]

Hi jess57- Thanks for sharing your timeline. You may have noticed that May applicants are already getting test dates.

Anyway, I will include you in the Timeline table. Good luck to you for rest of the processing.

Hello everyone,

I would like to share my application timeline as well

"1. We received your application for Canadian citizenship (grant of citizenship) on May 13, 2013.

2. We sent you a letter acknowledging receipt of your application(s), and a study book called Discover Canada on May 13, 2013. Please consider delays in mail delivery before contacting us.

3. We started processing your application on July 29, 2013."

I received the letter and book on Aug 17. Now still waiting for the test...

Wish we all luck!

 

[chandu007]

Seat tight . May be yours is a routine application and your local office part will be shorter. What will be your local office? Good luck.

I called CIC this morning to see if my file has been transferred to the local office and the agent said that it still hasnt been transferred and is currently waiting on background checks. I'm not sure what background checks they do at Sydney before transferring the file to the local office.

 

[chandu007]

May 2013 application timelines at a glance (updated):

Applicant	Receipt_Date	InProcess_Date	AOR_Date	LOT_Date	Local_Office	RQ_Date	Test_Date	Oath_Date
Woodex	May 2, 2013	Jul 17, 2013	Aug 2, 2013	-	-	-	-	-
farhad	May 3, 2013	Jul 19, 2013	Sep 9, 2013	-	-	-	-	-
kenyadian	May 6, 2013	Jul 19, 2013	Aug 26, 2013	Oct 9, 2013	Scarborough, ON	Oct 9, 2013	-	-
ram_v	May 9, 2013	Jul 22, 2013	Aug 19, 2013	-	-	-	-	-
borgaonk	May 10, 2013	Jul 22, 2013	Aug 27, 2013	-	Windsor, ON	-	Nov 20, 2013	-
buboy	May 13, 2013	Aug 10, 2013	Aug 30, 2013	-	-	-	-	-
jess57	May 13, 2013	Jul 29, 2013	Aug 17, 2013	-	-	-	-	-
PR42LONG	May 13, 2013	Aug 2, 2013	Aug 29, 2013	-	-	-	-	-
sondo	May 16, 2013	Aug 6, 2013	Sep 3, 2013	-	-	-	-	-
jsamiraziz	May 20, 2013	Aug 13, 2013	Sep 3, 2013	-	-	-	-	-
andriy155	May 21, 2013	Aug 16, 2013	Aug 30, 2013	-	-	-	-	-
touché	May 21, 2013	Aug 8, 2013	Aug 30, 2013	Oct 11, 2013	Calgary, AB	-	-	-
coolblues1980	May 27, 2013	Aug 15, 2013	Sep 3, 2013	-	-	-	-	-
farrous13	May 27, 2013	Sep 10, 2013	Oct 1, 2013	-	-	-	-	-
kalbad20	May 27, 2013	Oct 15, 2013	Oct 30, 2013	-	-	-	-	-
simkr	May 27, 2013	Sep 6, 2013	Sep 30, 2013	Nov 4, 2013	Saskatoon, SK	-	-	-
chandu007	May 28, 2013	Aug 6, 2013	Aug 28, 2013	Oct 14, 2013	Ottawa, ON	Oct 14, 2013	-	-
Randypandy	May 28, 2013	Aug 8, 2013	Aug 29, 2013	-	Scarborough, ON	Oct 15, 2013	-	-
winnipegger	May 28, 2013	Aug 17, 2013	Aug 27, 2013	-	-	-	-	-
hanisaf	May 29, 2013	Aug 29, 2013	Sep 25, 2013	-	-	-	-	-
qwerton	May 30, 2013	Aug 16, 2013	Sep 3, 2013	-	-	-	-	-
ikea17	May 31, 2013	Aug 23, 2013	Sep 6, 2013	-	-	-	-	-

• AOR = Acknowledgement of Receipt
• LOT = Local Office Transfer
• RQ = Residence Questionnaire

 

[farrous13]

Just called the CIC, and my file was transferred to the local office (Montreal)

BTW, I called to let them know that I will be travelling for 3 weeks for Christmas. I know this is a risk, but not concerned guys.

The weird thing is that the CIC agent said that my file was transferred on the 10th of Sep 2013. But that's the date my file is in process. I didn't pay attention until I hung up. I was like AAAAAHHHHHHH!

I am looking at the table and I see that my processing time is far away from most of the applicants. ALso I know for a fact that the dates on the ecas are not accurate...so dunno. All I can say is my file was transferred but the date is not accurate in my opinion.

;D

 

[jess57]

Vancouver. And thx for reminding.
I am planning to make a call today or tmr. Since last time I was on hold for extremely long and the call center was extremely impatient. Hope it won' t happen again.

 

[coolblues1980]

Seat tight . May be yours is a routine application and your local office part will be shorter. What will be your local office? Good luck.

lol, I doubt it Chandu, for sure, I will receive RQ because I have travelled so many times in the last 4 years outside of Canada. I however with my initial application submitted my T4, NOA, CBSA report and my offer letter. My local office is Kitchener, ON although it now looks like they are transferring files to CIC offices based on workload?