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love bird 43

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Applicant Characteristics:

A1 – Use of a suspect residential address.
A2 – NCB in FOSS, Warning or Note(s) in GCMS indicating a concern.
A3 – Previous citizenship applications which were not approved, withdrawn, abandoned, renounced or revoked.
A4 – Discrepancy in absences between citizenship application and CIC information during the relevant 4 years period.
A5 – Self-identified as a consultant, self-employed or unemployed, with any travel during the relevant 4 year period.
A6 – Absences to home country to sell land/property or to take care of ill family member during the relevant 4 year period.
A7 – Applicant has self declared having less than 1095 days of physical presence.

Family Characteristics:

B1 – Child born outside Canada during the relevant 4 year period.
B2 – A child has made a non-concurrent minor application.

Documents

C1 – ID (provided in support of application) has been issued within 3 months of date of application.
C2 – Inconsistency between address on ID and address on application form.
C3 – Photograph and/or signature on the application do not resemble photograph and/or signature on identity document.
C4 – NPR time (non permanent resident time) has been used in the calculation of basic residence and the original entry data used does not appear on the IMM 1000, the Confirmation of Permanent Residence or in CIC records.

GCMS — Global Case Management System (new CIC computer system)
FOSS — Field Operations Support System (old CIC computer system)
NCB — Non-computer based entry
POE — Port of Entry
NPR time — Non-Permanent Resident time

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love bird 43

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CAN ANY BODY tell me plz,,,with no travel, how many chances are for RQ ,i have never travel at all,but i am self employed,i am going to apply in next year pls answer,thanks .
 

Swede

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Category........
Visa Office......
London, England
Job Offer........
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App. Filed.......
2009-10-27
File Transfer...
2009-11-12
Med's Done....
2009-08-11
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
2010-01-22
VISA ISSUED...
2010-01-20
LANDED..........
2010-03-05
No travels is good, self employed is bad. Just provide tax returns and the like.

In general, regarding RQs: Plan for the worst, hope for the best.
 

RussCan

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It's not strictly related to any particular factor what triggers the RQ. Including such factor as self employment vs being employed by an entity. On the contrary, they look at a broader picture. Same applies to travelling. I know a lady who did not travel for singer day in the last three years yet received a RQ. On the contrary, I know many self-employed individuals who had their own house for the required period, demonstrated high income who received their citizenship within a year.
 

links18

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Ethan-xx said:
i am self-employed but NO RQ , I think RQ is Random.
They are telling you self-employment is a risk factor for a RQ. Heck, if I would have known that, I would have taken that job at Tim Hortons.
 

Yolka

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links18 said:
They are telling you self-employment is a risk factor for a RQ. Heck, if I would have known that, I would have taken that job at Tim Hortons.
Sweet! As per RussCan I also believe RQ is random. There was a lady who left for US (according to many people in the forum US visa triggers RQ) after applying and still got her citizenship with no RQ within 24 months! The same with self employment, not everybody get RQ!
My friend got RQ because she missed a stamp in her passport from one of her travels (somehow it was not stamped at the airport)!

Good luck!
 

torontosm

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links18 said:
Discrimination against the self-employed. Gotta love it......... :mad:
It's not discrimination at all. It's just that many of the fraudulent citizenship applications were made by people claiming to have been self-employed in Canada, or serving as a consultant in Canada. After all, it's much harder to fake your presence in Canada when an established company is deducting and remitting your taxes on a monthly basis.
 

links18

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torontosm said:
It's not discrimination at all. It's just that many of the fraudulent citizenship applications were made by people claiming to have been self-employed in Canada, or serving as a consultant in Canada. After all, it's much harder to fake your presence in Canada when an established company is deducting and remitting your taxes on a monthly basis.
That's the definition of discrimination: suspecting all self-employed people of being guilty of what some self-employed people have done.

Is hiring an attorney to handle your case also an RQ risk factor?
 

torontosm

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links18 said:
That's the definition of discrimination: suspecting all self-employed people of being guilty of what some self-employed people have done.

Is hiring an attorney to handle your case also an RQ risk factor?
I would say that is risk management. Historical experience/data is critical, and to ignore it would be imprudent.

As for the attorney, hiring certain consultants is definitely a risk factor! As we have read about repeatedly in the press (most recently in Halifax, I believe), there are plenty of immigration consultants who specialize in helping clients fraudulently receive and maintain their PR status or citizenship. To me, the use of a small, unknown immigration firm should definitely be a red flag.
 

links18

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RQ's can't be random. That would mean that CIC officers were flipping a coin to decide if you get an RQ or not. The OP appears to be reporting CIC's own guidelines for giving RQs. This doesn't mean there isn't some arbitrariness involved or that all CIC officers follow these guidelines all the time, but the RQs can't be given at random. if you are self-employed that appears to be one strike against you, perhaps its better to take a part-time job at Tims, just to avoid the RQ. Homemaker? Good luck--you're suspicious, so on and so on.
 

links18

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torontosm said:
I would say that is risk management. Historical experience/data is critical, and to ignore it would be imprudent.
So, if a disproportionate number of fraudsters were Indian that would be reason to suspect all Indian applicants? Got it. There is something in the law called "individualized suspicion" that this would seem to violate.
 

torontosm

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links18 said:
So, if a disproportionate number of fraudsters were Indian that would be reason to suspect all Indian applicants? Got it. There is something in the law called "individualized suspicion" that this would seem to violate.
Unfortunately, that is the way the world is. It's not perfect, but I would say that if evidence showed that a large proportion of people from a certain ethnic group had a history of fraud, then they should be scrutinized more than other ethnicities.

The criteria of nationality/ethnicity shouldn't come as any surprise since it is already being used by virtually every country in the world (including Canada) when considering whether to issue someone a visit visa.
 

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love bird 43 said:
CAN ANY BODY tell me plz,,,with no travel, how many chances are for RQ ,i have never travel at all,but i am self employed,i am going to apply in next year pls answer,thanks .
Being self employed is a RQ trigger...Good Luck