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October 11th 2017 - Citizenship Applicants under 3/5 rule

Xubi921

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Sep 8, 2016
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While I respect your right to vent, I've got to ask... you don't think that it's reason enough that the law changed and it caused something close to a year worth of applications to be filed in a single month?
I would buy that as the cause if the delay was experienced all over Canada. So the answer to your question is NO, that flood of applications is not enough to explain the delay.
In Canada, everything has a long processing time, and maybe that's why Canadians have a long life expectancy (Evolutionary requirement), for having to wait for everything to be processed in a very bureaucratic way!! :)
 
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fishbone17

Full Member
Nov 4, 2012
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Ceremony invite: July 6
Citizenship ceremony: July 31

Kindly update the spreadsheet.
Just wanted to say thank you as well to this forum for all the help on my journey — from tourist visa, work visa, inland sponsorship, PR and finally citizenship!
THANKS SO MUCH! :D
 

HLR

Champion Member
May 28, 2013
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Ceremony invite: July 6
Citizenship ceremony: July 31

Kindly update the spreadsheet.
Just wanted to say thank you as well to this forum for all the help on my journey — from tourist visa, work visa, inland sponsorship, PR and finally citizenship!
THANKS SO MUCH! :D
congrats, updated the sheet
 
Jun 1, 2018
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Well, I received my AOR on December 2 and they started processing my file on December 14 and nothing since. my application is being processed at Scarborough office. So far my experience made me feel disgusted by the Canadian citizenship process for being dragged for too long without a justifiable reason. For those guys saying its the background check and blah blah is the reason for it taking too long, ATIP showed that my background check was finished ages ago yet my file was not been touch by any lazy a**ed officers for the past 8 and 1/2 months.

Let us face it, this country bureaucracy is unmatched by any other civilized nations on the planet!

Anyway, good luck to all! :)
Thanks for having the guts to tell the right thing. One thing I like about US president Trump and US immigration system that they don't hide anything. If they hate you, they will tell you upfront. On the other both left and right wing politicians in Canada always say it is a land of immigrants etc but if you take a good look at Canada's past 15 years of immigration stats (for each province) you will see the graphs are really skewed. It favours only handful of immigrant groups. Having said that there are number of things can delay your application. For example
*your nationality (Chinese and Iranians ordered most ATIP notes last year implying usual delays for their applications),

* your ethnic background or religion. Majority(more than 70%) of Indian passport holders in Canada are Sikh Punjabis. Immigration approval cases depends you are Punjabi or not. Even if you are an atheist, but CIC or CSIS will profile you based on your name.

*your travels, residency etc.

Finally a CIC officer may not be responsible for the delay. Usually CSIS is responsible for most of the delays.
 
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sns204

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Dec 12, 2012
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I would buy that as the cause if the delay was experienced all over Canada. So the answer to your question is NO, that flood of applications is not enough to explain the delay.
In Canada, everything has a long processing time, and maybe that's why Canadians have a long life expectancy (Evolutionary requirement), for having to wait for everything to be processed in a very bureaucratic way!! :)
Actually, if you look I think you'll find that even Calgary had slowed down a little early in the year. GTA offices process over half of the applications in Canada, so it stands to reason those offices would experience a greater onslaught than other areas in the country. Also, I suspect that agencies that are conducting background checks are struggling with the demand. My point is that it's unfair for you to say the officers processing the applications are lazy.
 

rajmalhotra7

VIP Member
Apr 5, 2010
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Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
Summary of October 2017 applicants (by Date Delivered) as per Google tracker:
Date#Total#AOR#IP#Test Invite%Test Invite#Test Held#DM%DM#Oath Invite%Oath Invite#Oath Held
02-Oct-17555480.0%4360.0%240.0%2
03-Oct-173333100.0%33100.0%3100.0%3
05-Oct-174444100.0%44100.0%250.0%2
06-Oct-177777100.0%7685.7%571.4%4
10-Oct-17888675.0%6675.0%562.5%4
12-Oct-173030292066.7%201860.0%1550.0%14
13-Oct-171101081028173.6%817063.6%5852.7%48
16-Oct-1735034431826676.0%26521962.6%18853.7%164
17-Oct-176260533861.3%383251.6%2845.2%24
18-Oct-178383816173.5%615161.4%4351.8%32
19-Oct-171341301218563.4%847052.2%5641.8%47
20-Oct-178282755972.0%584858.5%4150.0%30
23-Oct-175655513562.5%342951.8%2544.6%20
24-Oct-171099880.0%8440.0%330.0%3
25-Oct-172726231555.6%15933.3%622.2%6
26-Oct-174038372460.0%231742.5%1537.5%14
27-Oct-172726231555.6%141140.7%829.6%4
30-Oct-173230292165.6%211856.3%1340.6%12
31-Oct-17141313857.1%8857.1%642.9%4
Total1084106199176070.1%75462657.7%52248.2%437
Summary of October 2017 applicants (by Visa Office) as per Google tracker:
Visa Office#Total#AOR#IP#Test Invite%Test Invite#Test Held#DM%DM#Oath Invite%Oath Invite#Oath Held
Blank1210418.3%118.3%---
Calgary1221181079577.9%928065.6%7964.8%71
Edmonton7571655877.3%584762.7%3850.7%36
Fredericton555360.0%3240.0%240.0%2
Halifax888675.0%6675.0%562.5%5
Hamilton3432322470.6%242161.8%1852.9%14
Kitchener3737372773.0%271951.4%1745.9%15
London111111872.7%8654.5%545.5%4
Mississauga1331311246246.6%615742.9%5239.1%40
Montreal14414213410673.6%1069062.5%7854.2%72
Niagara Falls4444100.0%4375.0%375.0%2
Ottawa8786827990.8%796271.3%5967.8%56
Regina1313131184.6%11969.2%646.2%5
Saskatoon2828241967.9%191864.3%1450.0%14
Scarborough15315315213688.9%13410971.2%6039.2%26
St. John's666583.3%5350.0%350.0%3
Surrey1212121191.7%111083.3%866.7%7
Toronto*585337--------
Vancouver1121111058676.8%867062.5%6558.0%55
Windsor998666.7%6444.4%333.3%3
Winnipeg2121211361.9%13942.9%733.3%7
Total1084106199176070.1%75462657.7%52248.2%437
Monthly/ Weekly Summary of October 2017 applicants as per Google tracker:
Month/ Week of#AOR#IP#Test Invite#Test Held#DM#Oath Invite#Oath Held
October, 201745------
November, 2017656160-----
December, 201727045840----
January, 201861299255853871
February, 201825612002361565617
March, 201831111221218012370
April, 2018-292102105121120
May, 20181-448294105128
June, 2018--1732459472
Jul 01 - Jul 08---581629
Total1061991760754626522437
* Toronto: Applicants have reported to be located in Toronto. Once applicants receive test invites, their location will be changed to Visa office sending the test invite either Scarborough or Mississauga.
 

saiqbal

Full Member
Feb 2, 2015
22
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Category........
Visa Office......
CPC-Ottawa
NOC Code......
2174
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
09-06-2014
Doc's Request.
29-01-2015
AOR Received.
23-07-2014
Med's Request
27-01-2015
Med's Done....
29-01-2015
Passport Req..
28-07-2015
Someone please update the the sheet with my info:

ID: saiqbal
Test Invite: June 21
Test Date: July 4
Decision Made: July 5
 

the_rza

Full Member
Sep 12, 2017
21
4
Hello
After calling ircc they advised me that my file was sent to Toronto st. Clair office. Which is not even on the list?
Is this a good thing or bad thing?
Anybody else based on that Visa office?
 

mumbai1985

Hero Member
Feb 25, 2014
340
79
Why cant they provid
Hello
After calling ircc they advised me that my file was sent to Toronto st. Clair office. Which is not even on the list?
Is this a good thing or bad thing?
Anybody else based on that Visa office?
Dang . You'll likely have longer processing time as they will send you Some sort of RQ. Sorry to hear.
 

nargisnnnn

Member
Nov 22, 2017
12
0
I called the call center and they said that my application was sent to st clair. The person said there is no RQ or FP on my file and they just transfer files to make sure they meet the deadline of 12 months and balance the load of Scarborough office.
Are you sure that any application sent to st. Clair will hav RQ and has longer processing time? It made me worried.
 

nargisnnnn

Member
Nov 22, 2017
12
0
I called the call center and they said that my application was sent to st clair. The person said there is no RQ or FP on my file and they just transfer files to make sure they meet the deadline of 12 months and balance the load of Scarborough office.
Are you sure that any application sent to st. Clair will hav RQ and has longer processing time? It made me worried.
I should add that I wrote my test on May 29th, but have not received DM or RQ yet.