Meeting with citizenship officer

[krishere1982]

Yes, you can attend abroad. I did today, but the officer was not happy about it and requested a whole bunch of documents. They also lost my passport scans, which I emailed them 3 months ago and even got a written receipt confirmation. What a bunch of incompetent idiots.

But if your file is straightforward: you had one job the whole time and didn't travel much, I think you should be ok.

Are you just visiting or did you move?

 

[mopjedopje101]

Yes, you can attend abroad. I did today, but the officer was not happy about it and requested a whole bunch of documents. They also lost my passport scans, which I emailed them 3 months ago and even got a written receipt confirmation. What a bunch of incompetent idiots.

But if your file is straightforward: you had one job the whole time and didn't travel much, I think you should be ok.

thanks for the info , I really appreciated I mean I have travel quite a while every year at least for 15 days . With the exemption from the pandemic years .And two jobs I will just flight back maybe the office is less angry hehehee.

haven’t gotten the email yet to know if is in person or virtual.

I hope your process is faster after this and they actually do the work!

 

[Newbie here]

Hi @lila777 I’m scheduled to attend interview on august 22nd but I’m not in the country.. how do I request for an online interview? ! Appreciate if you can guide me here!! Thank you !

 

[Janice2022]

My husband and I are scheduled to attend an interview with a citizenship official and verification of identity/documents.

We are both scheduled at the same date and time on microsoft teams.

Question:

do we have to it seperately? Different laptop? Thank you!

 

[SAU443]

Greetings All,

We have scheduled for an interview. Could you please share your interview experience and what to expect in an interview such as document and questions. so that we can prepare well in advance.

 

[luckyrefugee]

Greetings All,

We have scheduled for an interview. Could you please share your interview experience and what to expect in an interview such as document and questions. so that we can prepare well in advance.

is it in person which office

 

[SAU443]

is it in person which office

@luckyrefugee, I still didn't get an email about the interview details but I assumed it will be in-person and at Scarborough office.

By the way, in how many days did you receive an email about the interview after seeing the interview required update on tracker.

 

[marogen1970]

Hello everyone, I was trying to process renew Permanent resident card here in Ontario, in my portal sign in IRCC, and all of the sudden thinking maybe I could apply direct citizenship if not needed to go out the country.
Is any of you here was applying the citizenship and the permanent card was expired? Is it possible that one year expired of PR card and direct apply for citizenship, although the rest of the requirements I met and gathered already, and also I have one minor son with me and been here in Canada for almost 6 years now.
Anybody please give me an answer here.

Thank you.

 

[Seym]

@marogen1970 as long as your PR status is fine, and it appears to be as you've been in Canada for the last 6 years, having a valid PR card isn't a requirement for citizenship, you can go ahead.
Source : https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/become-canadian-citizen/eligibility.html

 

[luckyrefugee]

@luckyrefugee, I still didn't get an email about the interview details but I assumed it will be in-person and at Scarborough office.

By the way, in how many days did you receive an email about the interview after seeing the interview required update on tracker.

I got it before it showed on tracker. i just received email with pdf and then tracker was updated after 2 days. strange i know

 

[Seym]

I got it before it showed on tracker. i just received email with pdf and then tracker was updated after 2 days. strange i know

Not that it matters, but for reference, the tracker is always updated 2 days after the latest change in your application... For example, the physical presence will turn green 2 days after the IRCC officer validated it. If you check the application history in the tracker, you'll notice the 2 days offset. So nothing weird here, it's just how their system works.

 

[anisha11]

Yes, you can attend abroad. I did today, but the officer was not happy about it and requested a whole bunch of documents. They also lost my passport scans, which I emailed them 3 months ago and even got a written receipt confirmation. What a bunch of incompetent idiots.

But if your file is straightforward: you had one job the whole time and didn't travel much, I think you should be ok.

Hey, can you update your experience? when did you get your oath after?

 

[montrealworker]

@marogen1970 as long as your PR status is fine, and it appears to be as you've been in Canada for the last 6 years, having a valid PR card isn't a requirement for citizenship, you can go ahead.
Source : https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/become-canadian-citizen/eligibility.html

Does it mean you can attend citizenship oath from outside Canada?

 

[forw.jane]

Does it mean you can attend citizenship oath from outside Canada?

No. The first question the oath officer asks you is whether you are in Canada.

 

[Sanamkhan]

My husband is scheduled for in person interview on 19th of september in Vancouver. They need his orginal passport but his old passport is in Pakistan not here with him. And its illegal to parcel passport from pakistan. I hope they understand this during interview m so worried