My Entire Citizenship Process Took only SIX MONTHS AND 11 DAYS!

[carluccio]

It's normal. Really is not worth showing off. Actually lots of applicants only take 5 months or less now. ;D

 

[poushi24]

dont loose hope there are some people lucky enough to get the citizenship early. but still some people hhaving difficulty having one. so dont be jealous, your turn will come soon ;D

You got me wrong hoping_canadian. I am not jealous rather I am happy for the people who are getting early invitation also who became citizen. I am just saying CIC is breaking expectation of lots of people by taking so long time to process application and without any justification.

 

[slx]

dont loose hope there are some people lucky enough to get the citizenship early. but still some people hhaving difficulty having one. so dont be jealous, your turn will come soon ;D

I'm not losing my hope, but I can clearly see that the bureaucratic machine needs a significant overhaul and hope that liberals will come to power and fix the social issues such as unnecessarily lengthy processing times. I mean, why does it takes more than 3 years to schedule the test? Why does it takes years to review the RQ they requested? They gave me 45 days to submit the reply to RQ, why I should wait for years for them to review it? It is extremely unjust and also affects my competitiveness in the workforce as I can't apply for many jobs in my field as they require a security clearance AND citizenship and also I'm losing out the competition for many other positions just because I'd need a visa to travel to the client sites in the States, so I'm eliminated from the competition not based on my professional skills and experience, but just on a basis of being non-citizen and at the same time I'm paying the same taxes and so on. That's unfair.

 

[poushi24]

I'm not losing my hope, but I can clearly see that the bureaucratic machine needs a significant overhaul and hope that liberals will come to power and fix the social issues such as unnecessarily lengthy processing times. I mean, why does it takes more than 3 years to schedule the test? Why does it takes years to review the RQ they requested? They gave me 45 days to submit the reply to RQ, why I should wait for years for them to review it? It is extremely unjust and also affects my competitiveness in the workforce as I can't apply for many jobs in my field as they require a security clearance AND citizenship and also I'm losing out the competition for many other positions just because I'd need a visa to travel to the client sites in the States, so I'm eliminated from the competition not based on my professional skills and experience, but just on a basis of being non-citizen and at the same time I'm paying the same taxes and so on. That's unfair.

100% agreed with you Six. I know how frustrating is that. My wife is also waiting for her RQ to be reviewed and god knows when. This is not fair at all to applicants.

 

[WE LOVE CANADA]

Congrats Drea. Enjoy

 

[Drea]

I'm not losing my hope, but I can clearly see that the bureaucratic machine needs a significant overhaul and hope that liberals will come to power and fix the social issues such as unnecessarily lengthy processing times. I mean, why does it takes more than 3 years to schedule the test? Why does it takes years to review the RQ they requested? They gave me 45 days to submit the reply to RQ, why I should wait for years for them to review it? It is extremely unjust and also affects my competitiveness in the workforce as I can't apply for many jobs in my field as they require a security clearance AND citizenship and also I'm losing out the competition for many other positions just because I'd need a visa to travel to the client sites in the States, so I'm eliminated from the competition not based on my professional skills and experience, but just on a basis of being non-citizen and at the same time I'm paying the same taxes and so on. That's unfair.

Hang in there slx. You're time will come very soon. I'm sending you positive energy!
I think this is a good sign that people's application processes are taking a lot quicker these days.

 

[dnyfyn]

Hi Drea,

A quick question. I want to know did you apply as a family or all alone.

 

[Loulou79]

I know of ppl who applied in 2014 and their process was less than four months. Remember those who applied in 20/4 paid double the fees. Congrats

 

[sonono]

Wow congratulation!!!
I wish to have your`s luck.
How did u send your`s application by regular mail or courier ??

 

[Drea]

Hi Drea,

A quick question. I want to know did you apply as a family or all alone.

Hello dnyfyn, I applied for both permanent residence and citizenship as a single applicant.

 

[Drea]

Wow congratulation!!!
I wish to have your`s luck.
How did u send your`s application by regular mail or courier ??

Thanks Sonono, I sent it by courier.

 

[dnyfyn]

Thanks a lot Drea,

Did you have any travel out of the country after getting your PR?

I am just trying to be positive and make an estimate how long will it take for me

 

[SenoritaBella]

Sorry to hear that. Have you looked into using one the examples you mentioned as a reason to request for "urgent processing"? As I understand it, someone can request that if they have a job offer for which Canadian citizenship is a requirement and they would lose the offer otherwise. You may want to explore that option and see how it goes.

I'm not losing my hope, but I can clearly see that the bureaucratic machine needs a significant overhaul and hope that liberals will come to power and fix the social issues such as unnecessarily lengthy processing times. I mean, why does it takes more than 3 years to schedule the test? Why does it takes years to review the RQ they requested? They gave me 45 days to submit the reply to RQ, why I should wait for years for them to review it? It is extremely unjust and also affects my competitiveness in the workforce as I can't apply for many jobs in my field as they require a security clearance AND citizenship and also I'm losing out the competition for many other positions just because I'd need a visa to travel to the client sites in the States, so I'm eliminated from the competition not based on my professional skills and experience, but just on a basis of being non-citizen and at the same time I'm paying the same taxes and so on. That's unfair.

 

[Donvalley]

For a Mississauga family Citizenship Process took only FOUR MONTHS AND 11 DAYS!

 

[jes_ON]

sounds like they're playing a statistical game, trying to get some applications processed very quickly so that it will bring down the average processing time... lucky for some of you!