November 2014 Applicants

[prashr]

Here you go - November 2014 CIC Citizenship applications

 

[shaig]

We got our invite for test today! Family of 4, living in Montreal. Application sent Nov 12th, AOR Feb 9th. Test is scheduled for June 1st.
Anyone know roughly how long after the test the Oath is likely to be in Montreal? There was no mention of same day Oath in the invite letter. I've read on here that it can be between 6 weeks to 4 months, but wondered if anyone had recent experience!
Better get revising! Exciting times.... ;D

Congratulations! We have very similar timelines and also in Montreal so fingers crossed we'll get ours soon too! Did your e-cas get updated at the same time as receiving the letter? Also please let us know how the process went on your test date. Good luck!

 

[trunorth]

Mississauga Office tracker is now available at

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vJUMhn8aXYriCjVjvmH4nXlypYT4GyqU5Nb78fPjOLg/edit?pli=1#gid=0

 

[broadwayeast]

Congrats for everyone wrote the test. Hopefully everyone will get to the end of the tunnel shortly. Today, I called CIC to check if they received my RQ response and to inquire about my application. The agent was very nice ( unusual ). she informed me that the system doesn't show any update so far. Of course I failed to understand the reason of issuing me the RQ and my concern of unfair long time processing that we usually hear about. She confirmed to me that if the applicant submits all required documents within a time frame and have a good evidence of residence requirements, the case won't be delayed and will be processed in a timely manner. She stated that the delay usually happens when the applicant doesn't provided enough documentation or doesn't respond to letters within timeframe. Honestly, her response gave me a hope. I just want to share this with you and give honest applicants a hope...

Hi Nov 06, 2014

You indicated in the November, 2014 Worksheet stating that your Oath date will be taken place on June 20, 2015. As such, your overall processing time will be roughly just 7 months although you are the one who got an RQ as well.

Could you please kindly confirm it as this will at least signify some hope for anyone who has got an RQ and still awaiting a finalization of their citizenship files, many thanks.

 

[Dgoulding]

Congratulations! We have very similar timelines and also in Montreal so fingers crossed we'll get ours soon too! Did your e-cas get updated at the same time as receiving the letter? Also please let us know how the process went on your test date. Good luck!

No update to e-cas. Will update you once we've done the test for sure! Good luck to you too....hoping your invite arrives soon.

 

[Nov 06- 2014]

Hi Nov 06, 2014

You indicated in the November, 2014 Worksheet stating that your Oath date will be taken place on June 20, 2015. As such, your overall processing time will be roughly just 7 months although you are the one who got an RQ as well.

Could you please kindly confirm it as this will at least signify some hope for anyone who has got an RQ and still awaiting a finalization of their citizenship files, many thanks.

Waw, it seems there is someone in this thread who has the ability to predict the future. Someone filled that on behalf of me by mistake... My apologies to put you down, but I’m still waiting after submitting my RQ documentations 2 months ago. No one knows his/her Oath date 2 months ahead!!!

 

[benk]

Any new test invites from Scarborough? I seems to me that everyday, this forum is getting more quiet maybe because there is nothing much to update due to nothing much is moving in local offices...

 

[JM-Nov]

Guys,

For those who have written the test; can you please advise a practice test site that you found closest to the type of questions you got in your test?

Thanks

 

[thecoolguysam]

Guys,

For those who have written the test; can you please advise a practice test site that you found closest to the type of questions you got in your test?

Thanks

Read Discover Canada multiple times as that should be your only official source to pass the test. Don't fully rely on online tests. Online tests can help you a bit but not much (they are more for understanding the information)

 

[pegasusyt]

This one, JM. http://www.yourlibrary.ca/citizenship/. About 90% of the questions I got asked were on this site.
Best of luck!

 

[thecoolguysam]

CIC may change questions over the period of time and also there might be different set of question papers during the test. I would suggest everyone to read the "Discover Canada Book" properly (atleast 3-4 times). Online tests are more about learning information quickly. You can't simply rely on online tests to pass.

 

[Blueridge]

Finished test at Mississauga today..It went well..They didn't give any oath letter , but mentioned that the oath could be at a special ceremony for Canada Day at Pearson airport on 29th June...Not sure how much time it takes to get the oat letter...

 

[JM-Nov]

Finished test at Mississauga today..It went well..They didn't give any oath letter , but mentioned that the oath could be at a special ceremony for Canada Day at Pearson airport on 29th June...Not sure how much time it takes to get the oat letter...

What kind of questions did they ask you during the interview? How long did it take you from getting in and out of the door. I ask because we will have to leave our 2 yrs old with a baby sitter

Thnx

 

[Blueridge]

Entered office at 12.30 PM...It took 30 mins for them to verify the invitation letter/PR and explain about the test procedure etc..Test started approximately at 1 PM..I finished the test in less than 5 mins as it was easy...Interview took another 10-15 mins..I was out of the office by 1.40 PM..So it took almost 1 hr in total..

Officers were really friendly and asked basic questions about where I stay, work and family status etc...It was much easier than what I thought.

 

[Blueridge]

He also verified the stamps in the passport and updated my application with some comments..there are some checkboxes..He selected Yes for first 3 and selected No for the last one..not sure what that means..