October 2019 - Citizenship Applicants

[Macarad]

Okay that makes sense; all the prereq's are set to complete and they're dated and yes, perpetually waiting for the oath ceremony

Hi, Natasha,

I do not know if you saw this one. I wrote a very lengthy email explaining my situation. Maybe we can get some traction?

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/are-you-facing-long-immigration-wait-times-we-want-to-hear-from-you-1.5880119

 

[aeropostale]

Congrats!

Yeah, good thing you called.

For my test, I got the info 2 days before the window opened (on the tracker it appeared 2 weeks before). Best of luck for May 6th!

Would you mind sharing your timeline and office? Thanks!

Oh, never mind, just saw it on the tracker... but when did you get DM?

Thank you.

I got my DM in mid November.
Mine is a very unique case as due to system glitch, it took a long time to accept my test score.

 

[natashagils]

Hi, Natasha,

I do not know if you saw this one. I wrote a very lengthy email explaining my situation. Maybe we can get some traction?

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/are-you-facing-long-immigration-wait-times-we-want-to-hear-from-you-1.5880119

This is great, thank you for sharing! I didn't see it before and going to send my (sob) story in!

 

[Triet]

Thank you.

I got my DM in mid November.
Mine is a very unique case as due to system glitch, it took a long time to accept my test score.

Mine was too, did test on december 2020, system glitch, i had to refresh the page 3 times, took 5 months to accepted my score, my last DM was september last year and forever

 

[aeropostale]

Mine was too, did test on december 2020, system glitch, i had to refresh the page 3 times, took 5 months to accepted my score, my last DM was september last year and forever

I totally understand your position. you just feel miserable and helpless in this case and there is no way to get an actual response from them.

 

[natashagils]

We all need a group therapy/venting session. I am beyond angry (if that's a state) and upset at how ridiculous this process has been. It's embarrassing and I'd be embarrassed working for the Canadian immigration office.

 

[Macarad]

Yeah, it's crazy how, with IRCC, when things go smoothly they go veeery smoothly..... but when things go bad, oh boy.... buckle up, cause you are in for a wild ride.

 

[Sheno1986]

Did anyone from Oct 2019 applicants was required to do an online interview?

 

[Macarad]

Did anyone from Oct 2019 applicants was required to do an online interview?

I kind of remember someone, but I do not know who... You would have to go back and look in older posts =/

What is the issue that concerns you the most?

 

[Sheno1986]

I kind of remember someone, but I do not know who... You would have to go back and look in older posts =/

What is the issue that concerns you the most?

Nothing that i have been waiting since oct 2019 and nothing was done till March 2022 nothing then they ask for copies of passport then now want interview to see my documents i just feel they lost the file and now just keep gathering informations
Also why if no one is having interviews i got one

 

[aeropostale]

Did anyone from Oct 2019 applicants was required to do an online interview?

Some one from another group was mentioning that, nowadays they were only having interview of those who have a travelled in and out of Canada a lot and/or have a lot of visa stamps on their passport.

 

[Sheno1986]

Someone from another group was mentioning that nowadays they were only having interviews with those who have a travel in and out of Canada a lot and/or have a lot of visa stamps on their passport.

Since I lived here in 2016 I only traveled to the USA to see my Family, anyway it all does not make sense to finally discover they need to ask and investigate after 946 days that's do not make any sense, it's just a way to punish people more.

 

[cna110]

Hi, Natasha,

I do not know if you saw this one. I wrote a very lengthy email explaining my situation. Maybe we can get some traction?

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/are-you-facing-long-immigration-wait-times-we-want-to-hear-from-you-1.5880119

There is a huge concern over CTV's side
I can remember for parent and grandparent sponsorship when it was first come first served, the system was locked after 4 minutes and a few seconds. Those who were applying after that were missed out. As IRCC stated that it needs 10 minutes to fill the forms, this became a court case for those who submitted under 10 minutes and missed out. As I heard some of those took the case to the court and received settlement by being accepted without draw or any consideration to submit the full application.

What CTV did was sending a news article stating that the process was locked under 11 minutes. Well true... but not the whole of that. Because 11>4.5
I cannot convince myself that they did not know this fact and how it is important for applicants. Actually they implicitly supported IRCC in this matter. Because the process needed to be canceled as it was unfair. Nobody covered any news about that.

In my opinion, they are now making a new real story for some purpose which I am not sure what it is. But not necessarily in our favor.
I think the best we can do is to file a group lawsuit not about the single cases, but about the unfair and unclear process.

 

[Macarad]

Since I lived here in 2016 I only traveled to the USA to see my Family, anyway it all does not make sense to finally discover they need to ask and investigate after 946 days that's do not make any sense, it's just a way to punish people more.

I understand the frustration.

I do agree that if they want an interview after asking for passport copies it's most likely related to physical presence requirements. And... no, the delays do not make sense in anyway.

The internal ICES report (which logs entries to Canada for each applicant) for my case was produced March 2020, and one of the trips I had declared did not appear on the report (meaning that the border agent did not properly record my entry into Canada for that trip). It was not until October 2021, 19 months later, that they decided to tell me that they wanted to look at additional evidence, and then it took them 5 more months to review the submitted documents. For a while, I was pretty sure I was going to get an interview or hearing.

At least if there is an interview it means that there is movement on your file. Hope it goes well!

 

[Sheno1986]

I understand the frustration.

I do agree that if they want an interview after asking for passport copies it's most likely related to physical presence requirements. And... no, the delays do not make sense in anyway.

The internal ICES report (which logs entries to Canada for each applicant) for my case was produced March 2020, and one of the trips I had declared did not appear on the report (meaning that the border agent did not properly record my entry into Canada for that trip). It was not until October 2021, 19 months later, that they decided to tell me that they wanted to look at additional evidence, and then it took them 5 more months to review the submitted documents. For a while, I was pretty sure I was going to get an interview or hearing.

At least if there is an interview it means that there is movement on your file. Hope it goes well!

So you was not asked to have an interview or you did?