My dad moved to Canada along with me in April 2012. He and I both applied for Citizenship at the same time in June 2015. While i was lucky to receive my Citizenship Test Call in Nov 2015, My Oath Ceremony Invitation in Feb 2016 and Canadian Passport in March 2016. My dad hasn't been so lucky.
The problem that my dad faced is that he was hired at a very high profile job for an organization in Toronto at a very high pay the moment he landed in Canada. However the job required him to travel a lot, very frequently and such was the nature of his job that since landing in Canada from April 2012 to now, he has practically been away from Canada for 20 days every month due to which it was impossible for him to accumulate the number of days required i.e. 1095 days necessary before applying for Citizenship.
However, the organization my dad works for, hired a very expensive immigration lawyer who has represented many US-Canadian celebrities, international business CEO's and executives to help him out with his Citizenship application arguing that since his job required him to travel very frequently, whatever work he was doing outside Canada was on behalf of the Canadian organization he was working for and was benefiting the Canadian economy, the days he spent outside Canada should be technically and in spirit be counted as days spent in Canada. The lawyer used many past examples of foreign CEO's who came to Canada to work, celebrities who were granted Canadian Citizenship inspite of not spending the days required in Canada.
My dad submitted everything, his tax returns from 2012 to 2016. His mortgage documents, world wide documents. Letters from his employer, signed letters from his MP and even the premier in Ontario, letter to the Minister for Citizenship to look into his special circumstances and to grant him Citizenship based on these circumstances.
The CIC submitted a residency Questionnaire to my dad like 2 months ago and my word they demanded an insane number of documents like his rental lease agreements, each and every Credit Card, Bank Statement, NOA, Tax Return from 2012 to 2016, each and every foreign destination he travelled to from Canada from 2012 to 2016, the names of hotels he stayed in, addresses of hotels he stayed in, a complete itenary list. It took my dad around 40 days to compile everything and to submit everything to the CIC.
My father applied for PR card renewal in Sept 2016 and miraculously got the new PR card in October 2016.
Anyways the purpose of this thread is to inquire from people as to how long did it take them to get their Citizenship test call, Oath ceremony from the time they submitted the Residency Questionnaire back to the CIC. Since my dad is above the age of 55, he will most likely be exempt from the requirements to give the Citizenship test, he will just simply be invited to attend the Citizenship Oath Ceremony.
The problem that my dad faced is that he was hired at a very high profile job for an organization in Toronto at a very high pay the moment he landed in Canada. However the job required him to travel a lot, very frequently and such was the nature of his job that since landing in Canada from April 2012 to now, he has practically been away from Canada for 20 days every month due to which it was impossible for him to accumulate the number of days required i.e. 1095 days necessary before applying for Citizenship.
However, the organization my dad works for, hired a very expensive immigration lawyer who has represented many US-Canadian celebrities, international business CEO's and executives to help him out with his Citizenship application arguing that since his job required him to travel very frequently, whatever work he was doing outside Canada was on behalf of the Canadian organization he was working for and was benefiting the Canadian economy, the days he spent outside Canada should be technically and in spirit be counted as days spent in Canada. The lawyer used many past examples of foreign CEO's who came to Canada to work, celebrities who were granted Canadian Citizenship inspite of not spending the days required in Canada.
My dad submitted everything, his tax returns from 2012 to 2016. His mortgage documents, world wide documents. Letters from his employer, signed letters from his MP and even the premier in Ontario, letter to the Minister for Citizenship to look into his special circumstances and to grant him Citizenship based on these circumstances.
The CIC submitted a residency Questionnaire to my dad like 2 months ago and my word they demanded an insane number of documents like his rental lease agreements, each and every Credit Card, Bank Statement, NOA, Tax Return from 2012 to 2016, each and every foreign destination he travelled to from Canada from 2012 to 2016, the names of hotels he stayed in, addresses of hotels he stayed in, a complete itenary list. It took my dad around 40 days to compile everything and to submit everything to the CIC.
My father applied for PR card renewal in Sept 2016 and miraculously got the new PR card in October 2016.
Anyways the purpose of this thread is to inquire from people as to how long did it take them to get their Citizenship test call, Oath ceremony from the time they submitted the Residency Questionnaire back to the CIC. Since my dad is above the age of 55, he will most likely be exempt from the requirements to give the Citizenship test, he will just simply be invited to attend the Citizenship Oath Ceremony.
