Hi everyone,
I just registered here to ask for some advice/share my long journey that's unfortunately still not come to an end. Following is my timeline:
1. We received your application for Canadian citizenship (grant of citizenship) on May ?, 2011.
2. We sent you a letter acknowledging receipt of your application(s), and a study book called Discover Canada on May ?, 2011. Please consider delays in mail delivery before contacting us.
3. We started processing your application on December ?, 2011.
4. We sent you a letter on January ?, 2012. If you have not yet provided the information or the requested documents, please do so as soon as possible. Please wait until you receive the letter before sending us additional information, as the letter will outline all information that is required. Please consider delays in mail delivery before contacting us. (First Fingerprint Request)
5. Your file was transferred to the St Clair office on January ?, 2012. The St Clair office will contact you if additional information is required. The St Clair office will contact you regarding your citizenship test once all the necessary checks on your file are complete.
6. We sent you a letter on September ?, 2012. If you have not yet provided the information or the requested documents, please do so as soon as possible. Please wait until you receive the letter before sending us additional information, as the letter will outline all information that is required. Please consider delays in mail delivery before contacting us. (This was my Residence Questionnaire).
7. We sent you a letter on May ?, 2014. If you have not yet provided the information or the requested documents, please do so as soon as possible. Please wait until you receive the letter before sending us additional information, as the letter will outline all information that is required. Please consider delays in mail delivery before contacting us. (Second Fingerprint Request)
8. We sent you a notice on June ?, 2014 to appear and write the citizenship test on June ?, 2014 at 1:30 PM. 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.
The officer at the test center mentioned that it would take around 1-3 months after our test to receive the oath ceremony if we passed the test. I passed the test with an 18/20 score. This morning I contacted the CIC call center and was informed that my old RQ has been once again forwarded to the St. Clair office where the CJ will review my application. The call center representative then mentioned it will take an additional 35(!) months for my file to be processed and that I should contact CIC again in November to see if there's been any update. What should I do in this case? I was under the impression that I would at last be a citizen by years end, but now I'm quite disheartened.