September 2020 - Citizenship Applicants

[harirajmohan]

@rajkamalmohanram I called IRCC to check the status of my application. My application is still in Registry. The guy on call said that Registry means that the file is in a common pool of files and any officer can pick up my file anytime and work on it.
Being in Registry status does not mean that the local office is not working on that file when in fact it is being worked on.

@rajkamalmohanram The guy also mentioned that if you don't get an interview request for 4 weeks after your test is passed and complete, then you will straight get an invite for an oath, and the chances of the applicant getting called for an interview or additional documents are very slim.

Let's see how true is his claim (the person on call from IRCC was Daniel) since my file has already passed 2.5 weeks since test passed

Thanks Rafzy. Seems you got hold of someone with some knowledge in the call center. Good information.
Yes, looks like he is knowing little bit and its true that most interview gaps are within a months.

Of course, cic does recruit/train some people, if not all. Not bad.

 

[Mexontario]

@rajkamalmohanram just out of curiosity, does the "notes" column need to be so detailed? Each row is ballooned out because of such notes.

 

[rajkamalmohanram]

@rajkamalmohanram just out of curiosity, does the "notes" column need to be so detailed? Each row is ballooned out because of such notes.

ROFL! We don't have anywhere else to put that information. I'd like to see details that can't be put in any other columns like FP request timelines, BG check completed dates etc.

 

[Nevine.Kassem]

@rajkamalmohanram The guy also mentioned that if you don't get an interview request for 4 weeks after your test is passed and complete, then you will straight get an invite for an oath, and the chances of the applicant getting called for an interview or additional documents are very slim.

Let's see how true is his claim (the person on call from IRCC was Daniel) since my file has already passed 2.5 weeks since test passed

Hopefully that's the case. This Friday will be exactly 4 weeks since I took the test and so far I got nothing since then. No requests for interview, fingerprints or passports, and no updates in the tracker.

Fingers crossed

 

[harirajmohan]

Hopefully that's the case. This Friday will be exactly 4 weeks since I took the test and so far I got nothing since then. No requests for interview, fingerprints or passports, and no updates in the tracker.

Fingers crossed

But interview or passport copies are the quick trigger for DM and oath. So we will have disadvantage if we dont receive one of these, if at all the DM doesnt happen in 6-8 weeks. Thinking...

 

[rajkamalmohanram]

But interview or passport copies are the quick trigger for DM and oath. So we will have disadvantage if we dont receive one of these, if at all the DM doesnt happen in 6-8 weeks. Thinking...

This line of thinking is also correct. I've seen applicants get DM not too late after getting a passport pages request. Also, if you get an interview, the application is set to "Decision Made" in a couple of days after the interview usually.

I'd say this is actually better than waiting without any updates from IRCC for a while.

 

[jerry777]

Can someone please update for me? Thanks
Fingerprint email request received July 21st although on ecas it’s written that correspondence sent on July 19th.

 

[rajkamalmohanram]

Okay, so I just got off call with an agent now from IRCC. According to him, the webform response was probably a false alarm because he mentioned that the documents might have been received by IRCC but someone has to manually download the file and then attach it with the application.

He said that there is very little chance that documents weren't delivered - As long as the email shows "Sent" in my inbox, he assured me that IRCC would have received the email.

I also asked about the "Scanned Files" location in my GCMS notes and he didn't know the exact answer. However, he mentioned that it appears that my file has been digitized (isn't this done at the time of AOR?). He also said that the next update would be the oath ceremony letter if physical presence validation has no issues.

 

[rajkamalmohanram]

Can someone please update for me? Thanks
Fingerprint email request received July 21st although on ecas it’s written that correspondence sent on July 19th.

I've updated the spreadsheet.

 

[Kaurbal]

Thanks, I've updated the spreadsheet. Please post an update once you receive the email, once after submitting the FP request and once after you see the "Received" status on the dashboard.

Thank you very much!

Received email about FP today. Got 90 days to submit. After submission what to expect next

 

[harirajmohan]

Okay, so I just got off call with an agent now from IRCC. According to him, the webform response was probably a false alarm because he mentioned that the documents might have been received by IRCC but someone has to manually download the file and then attach it with the application.

He said that there is very little chance that documents weren't delivered - As long as the email shows "Sent" in my inbox, he assured me that IRCC would have received the email.

I also asked about the "Scanned Files" location in my GCMS notes and he didn't know the exact answer. However, he mentioned that it appears that my file has been digitized (isn't this done at the time of AOR?). He also said that the next update would be the oath ceremony letter if physical presence validation has no issues.

Yes, file delivery is non issue for sure.

Possibly he is not much knowing internals like a regular cic call center guy. So he cant answer on scanned files location.
Surely its all in the system before which i doubt that we get AOR. If we look at all entries of absence, we can find that its all entered in the system by AOR stage. So he doesnt know or he is talking something related to new system they brought up which they are trying sync up. May be.

 

[rajkamalmohanram]

Received email about FP today. Got 90 days to submit. After submission what to expect next

You simply have to wait until the FP status says "Received" on the dashboard and then your BG checks will be set to "Completed". Could take a few weeks.

I've updated the spreadsheet.

 

[MaryC]

I called IRCC today.

Context: "Decision Made" appeared June 30th. Everything got "Completed" (except Citizenship Ceremony "Not started") also June 30th.

The agent (a lady called Maud) told me that the "Decision Made" means that I will not be called for an interview, they will not request extra documents and the next step is being invited to the ceremony by email.
When asked about the waiting time, I was told that usually it's 3 - 4 months after the Citizenship test. She told me that it can still happen that way for me, but due to the pandemic, it can also take a bit longer.

So, nothing new

 

[Hot2Cold]

ROFL! We don't have anywhere else to put that information. I'd like to see details that can't be put in any other columns like FP request timelines, BG check completed dates etc.

We can add the notes to a comment field and remove it from the notes cell.

See what I did to my row (currently row 49). I moved all the notes to a comment and replace the cell with the text "See comment". It collapsed my row to a single row height.

EDIT: Of course any one can "Mark as resolved" and hide the comment, so care will need to be taken.
Alternatively, we could also use "Insert note"

 

[Hot2Cold]

Okay, so I just got off call with an agent now from IRCC. According to him, the webform response was probably a false alarm because he mentioned that the documents might have been received by IRCC but someone has to manually download the file and then attach it with the application.

He said that there is very little chance that documents weren't delivered - As long as the email shows "Sent" in my inbox, he assured me that IRCC would have received the email.

I also asked about the "Scanned Files" location in my GCMS notes and he didn't know the exact answer. However, he mentioned that it appears that my file has been digitized (isn't this done at the time of AOR?). He also said that the next update would be the oath ceremony letter if physical presence validation has no issues.

My wife's GCMS notes have come in. They were generated after the test, and the location is showing "Scanned files" too. It was 'generated' on the day we got the passport request, so I don't think it is related to the passport uploads.

Another thing is that I see a Paper File location of Registry with status expired. Do you see that too?

I should get my notes in a couple of weeks and I can see the difference then. It was requested after my Passport Request.