September 2014 Citizenship Application

[Paco]

Nice to see that it's moving forward =) .

 

[thecoolguysam]

Just an update; took the test today, passed and got the Oath invite for Feb 18th.

Timeline:
Date Sent => 29-Sep-2014 regular mail
Date Received => 7-Oct-2014 (According to eCAS)
eCAS updated => 20-Nov-2014
Processing Started => 17-Nov-2014
File Transferred to Mississauga => not mentioned
AOR/Book in Mailbox => 9-Dec-2014
Test Date => 13-Feb-2015 7:45 am(Letter Received on 21 Jan 2015)
Oath => 18-Feb-2015 (invitation handed over after the test)

That makes 10 days shy of 5 mts the all process.

Test was easy, if you read the book. Questions are different formulated than the quiz tests you find on-line.
Interview, just small talk while the officer was checking the DL, OHIP card, PR and passport.

Now some notes for skeptical around this forum:
- this was my second application; first time applied in 2006 and refused on residency concerns after hearing with a Judge
- in the last 4 years only since last year I had permanent employment; before that self-employed
- I did not send any work records (in fact no additional documents, except those mentioned in check-list), although the application form was the one requesting the work record (the reason was I just missed reading that)
- I changed address 2 months prior application (hence new issued DL) and altogether had 4 addresses in the past 4 years.
- no travel during last 4 years.

Congratulations! the big journey is now over. Many many congratulations

 

[era1521]

Congratulations! the big journey is now over. Many many congratulations

Thanks. Good luck to everyone, and just dont panic; these guys are not after anyone.

 

[kefche1]

Thanks. Good luck to everyone, and just dont panic; these guys are not after anyone.

Congrats era,

do you have any clue as to why your application was processed so fast compared to everybody else?
no fingerprint requests? no RQ? single?no children? no travels?
what is your shocking secret?

 

[era1521]

Congrats era,

do you have any clue as to why your application was processed so fast compared to everybody else?
no fingerprint requests? no RQ? single?no children? no travels?
what is your shocking secret?

I dont believe there is a secret. Was a family application with one child.
In 2006 i had same timeline; applied in Aug 2006, test Jan 2007 and if it was everything ok the oath in one week; so same 5 months then same 5 months now.

 

[Donvalley]

era1521 first applied in 2006, means landed at-least 3-4 years ago from there, that is more than a decade from now. Worked, paid tax and survived for more than 10+ years in Canada, guess what else make you better qualified for citizenship. They don't have any concern about "intent" provided the long residency. If some one have been in this country for that long, what else they need to verify? And may be the clearances were done quickly too, due to long history. That is the secret.

 

[era1521]

era1521 first applied in 2006, means landed at-least 3-4 years ago from there, that is more than a decade from now. Worked, paid tax and survived for more than 10+ years in Canada, guess what else make you better qualified for citizenship. They don't have any concern about "intent" provided the long residency. If some one have been in this country for that long, what else they need to verify? And may be the clearances were done quickly too, due to long history. That is the secret.

Yeah, could be. I'm here since Jan 2002 and paying tax since year one.

 

[VAtoCA]

I got oath invite today. I passed test on Jan 20 but was not given the oath as officer wanted to verify my entry exit date. See my timeline below:

Application Sent: Sept 15
AOR Received: Dec 20
Test invite: Jan 5
Test Date: Jan 20
CIT 520 (mini RQ asking me to explain missing date in my Residency Calculator): Jan 30
Letter sent to CIC: Jan 31
Oath Date: Feb 28
CIC office: Scarborough.

 

[thecoolguysam]

I got oath invite today. I passed test on Jan 20 but was not given the oath as officer wanted to verify my entry exit date. See my timeline below:

Application Sent: Sept 15
AOR Received: Dec 20
Test invite: Jan 5
Test Date: Jan 20
CIT 520 (mini RQ asking me to explain missing date in my Residency Calculator): Jan 30
Letter sent to CIC: Jan 31
Oath Date: Feb 28
CIC office: Scarborough.

Congratulations! Scarborough is the fastest.

 

[Paco]

Congratulations! Scarborough is the fastest.

Yep Scarborough #1 !

 

[Paco]

The 4th line just appear in my eCas ;D :

Your file was transferred to the office responsible for your area on February 11, 2015. The office responsible for your area will contact you.

 

[garian4u]

The 4th line just appear in my eCas ;D :

Your file was transferred to the office responsible for your area on February 11, 2015. The office responsible for your area will contact you.

Congrats Paco. I must say that those guys who can see the 4th line are better off than others like us. For us, it is stuck on the 3rd line. I called CIC, and they said your file was sent to Scarborough office on Jan 21st for RQ review. So, I said, is my local office Scarborough now? And he said, no, local office is not decided yet. I said, but you got me to send RQ responses to Mississauga and then it was forwarded to Scarborough, so isn't one of these my local office. And he said, NO, not necessarily. So, I am In Process since Nov 14 and that's it.

 

[ualiu]

my ecas was updated!

We received your application for Canadian citizenship (grant of citizenship) on September 30, 2014.

We sent you a letter acknowledging receipt of your application(s) on January 13, 2015. Please consider delays in mail delivery before contacting us.

We started processing your application on January 14, 2015.

Your file was transferred to the office responsible for your area on February 11, 2015. The office responsible for your area will contact you.

 

[Inia]

My application was recieved on 25 June 2014.
Started processing from 13 Aug 2014.

No updates after that. Can I call CIC to know why it is taking too long. Looks like some of you who applied after me got their interview dates and oaths.

Thanks in advance

 

[Paco]

Congrats Paco. I must say that those guys who can see the 4th line are better off than others like us. For us, it is stuck on the 3rd line. I called CIC, and they said your file was sent to Scarborough office on Jan 21st for RQ review. So, I said, is my local office Scarborough now? And he said, no, local office is not decided yet. I said, but you got me to send RQ responses to Mississauga and then it was forwarded to Scarborough, so isn't one of these my local office. And he said, NO, not necessarily. So, I am In Process since Nov 14 and that's it.

Thanks Garian4u, If I was you I shouldn't worry much, as even with RQ your file is still processed in the 2 fastest local offices (Scarborough/Mississauga).
One of our forum members (dp2014) completed the process in 7 months, with an RQ (Scarborough).