hey guys,
I had my Oath Ceremony today!! finally Canadian as of Feb 3rd
time line:
We received your application for Canadian citizenship (grant of citizenship) on May 1, 2014.
We sent you a letter acknowledging receipt of your application(s), and a study book called Discover Canada on May 1, 2014. Please consider delays in mail delivery before contacting us.
We started processing your application on July 10, 2014.
We sent you a notice on October 15, 2014 to appear and write the citizenship test on October 30, 2014 at 9:45 AM. The notice you will receive by mail will be your official confirmation of your appointment. If you have not received this notice prior to the date of your scheduled appointment, please contact us.
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Oath letter dated January 21st, 2015
Oath ceremony FEB 3rd
eCAS has not yet reflected my oath date.
now to reveal the blackbook
Previous to this timeline i had another time line and it went like this:
Applied MAY 2009
In process Jan 2010
Test on march 2010
RQ on march 2012
-> REJECTED "unfairly" on OCT 2013!(4.5 years waiting) => reason of rejection, CBSA 'missed' a stamp on may 2005 (despite showing travel history from foreign countries, my T4, my NOA 2005, and an ACCIDENT report backed with insurance claims, that i surely was in Canada MAY 2005 onwards. judge had a trouble to by pass the CBSA report, and rejected my application and asked me to re-apply "and assured me i will be RQ'ed once again"
I decided not to fight it, per lawyer advise, and re-apply again as it will not only be costly, but it will take a long time. lawyer suggested to reapply and i did.
I re-applied with my timeline above and it went smooth and no RQ because I NEVER LEFT THE COUNTRY and WORKED through out. i guess they finally saw that on the "new time period"
after 9 years and 10 months, I am finally Canadian!
If I got my citizenship you surely will. Good luck guys
