Is there average processing time for those who received RQ after the interview in 2017 ? I have received RQ one day after the interview , on Jan 2017 , responded in 2 weeks and still haven't received anything from them yet . I am in Edmonton and applied in Nov 2016
Thanks
Good Morning everyone,
Is there average processing time for those who received RQ after the interview in 2017 ? I have received RQ one day after the interview , on Jan 2017 , They received the completed CIT 052 request on Mar 6 , and still haven't received anything from them yet . I am in Edmonton and applied in Nov 2016
I requested ATIP and received it last week , nothing interesting in the report other than they wrote besides the residency assessment : not started . And everything else is Passed
They also wrote a note states that I sent everything they requested
I would appreciate if you share any duration that you might heard of this year , especially Edmonton office
Thanks
Znaty
The discussion linked by
.Steve should illuminate quite a lot about the process. There are other topics here specifically about RQ as well.
You refer to getting RQ but reference CIT 0520, which is what some called
RQ-lite. Typically there are less concerns leading to a CIT 0520 request for specific documents, than there is for the full blown RQ (CIT 0171 per last version I have seen cited). Similarly, the processing timeline for applicants who make a timely and responsive submission for a CIT 0520 request tends to be a lot less than for those issued the full blown RQ.
The number of reports of full blown RQ and CIT 0520 has been low for at least the last year or so. Fewer reports means more difficulty extrapolating general information, including relative to the impact on the timeline especially. Moreover, for the last year overall timelines have dramatically declined, most notably for routine applicants, but there has not been enough information, enough reporting, to apply this to RQ'd applicants.
But the main factors are relatively easy to identify: the stronger the case, the better the odds of it going through the process more quickly.
The good news is that it appears that IRCC has dramatically reduced the backlog in non-routine cases. So this should not cause more than a few months delay . . .
EXCEPT, that is unless, there are substantive concerns about the physical presence calculation. You know you your case, so you should have a fair idea if there is much risk of IRCC having concerns about your residence/presence in Canada.
So long as the case is not on a track to go to a Citizenship Judge (that would be a case in which IRCC concludes the presence requirement was not met), probably no need to worry that the timeline will be in the range it was just a few years ago, when many RQ'd cases dragged on past three years, some four.
