Strange Situation to my citizenship application

[wanderfall]

Hi all,

The CIC office has received my package in March, 2014 and I have received the RQ in August. I completed the RQ and surprisingly, I have just completed my test last Thursday. Now, here comes the strange part, I was the first one to finish the test so the interview room was empty and got called the first to interview. The first question immigration officer asked :" did you have any problem with the immigration" I, of course, gave a negative reply. She then asked me what my job is... (PhD student at U of T), then I got dismissed. The entire interview process was barely over 2 minutes...

Is the woman implying something? Or will I go through more processes before the ceremony?

 

[arambi]

Hi all,

The CIC office has received my package in March, 2014 and I have received the RQ in August. I completed the RQ and surprisingly, I have just completed my test last Thursday. Now, here comes the strange part, I was the first one to finish the test so the interview room was empty and got called the first to interview. The first question immigration officer asked :" did you have any problem with the immigration" I, of course, gave a negative reply. She then asked me what my job is... (PhD student at U of T), then I got dismissed. The entire interview process was barely over 2 minutes...

Is the woman implying something? Or will I go through more processes before the ceremony?

But do you remember having any issue with immigration? They typically ask this question when you cross the border and see a flag in your file...

 

[wanderfall]

I had a problem with the custom in 2009 but not the immigration. The customs officer checked my luggage and decided to say I smuggle my own laptop and camera. I was forced to pay duty tax for things that's already mine.

 

[wanderfall]

whoever can help me out, I will email out a package of the citizenship study guide (6 tests) that helped me to pass the test.

 

[era1521]

whoever can help me out, I will email out a package of the citizenship study guide (6 tests) that helped me to pass the test.

Help you out with what?

 

[aries9811]

LOL..citizenship tests are available online all over place

 

[desigirltoronto84]

Hi all,

The CIC office has received my package in March, 2014 and I have received the RQ in August. I completed the RQ and surprisingly, I have just completed my test last Thursday. Now, here comes the strange part, I was the first one to finish the test so the interview room was empty and got called the first to interview. The first question immigration officer asked :" did you have any problem with the immigration" I, of course, gave a negative reply. She then asked me what my job is... (PhD student at U of T), then I got dismissed. The entire interview process was barely over 2 minutes...

Is the woman implying something? Or will I go through more processes before the ceremony?

It's hard to say what she was implying.

One can possibly make two inferences from the situation
1) she really didn't have anything more to ask therefore she terminated the interview
2) when you said you had issues with immigration (I am assuming you explained the situation - although I wouldn't have brought that incident up at all... ) and given that you are doing your PhD she may have decided to send you more detailed RQ I believe it's a separate form


I mean honestly, who knows.

Just wait and watch. If you don't hear back either way in a month or so (detailed RQ or oath letter) just do a ATIP request to atleast find out what notes were added to your file.

Just wondering what made you bring up a customs (not even immigration) related incident that happened in 2009 ? Were you trying to be honest?

 

[alphazip]

Unfortunately, no one is going to be able to tell you what the citizenship officer meant when she asked if you ever had an immigration problem. There's nothing you can do until you either receive a request for more information, or you receive a letter telling you to appear for the oath.

 

[eileenf]

They asked me that at my interview as well. I was an RQ-recipient. My sense is that they want to check to make sure you're maintaining your PR Residency Obligation when you've been identified (accurately or otherwise) as someone who might not have lived in Canada for as long as they said they lived in Canada.

I wouldn't read too much into it, but I understand that it's anxiety-producing.

I found the question frustrating because, um, yes I've had trouble with CIC in the sense that the CIC took way too long to process my citizenship application, they sent me the blasted RQ, they gave me heaps of contradictory information and then they refused to release my renewed PR card for unknowable/unspeakable reasons for 3 hours while I paced in their waiting room.

That sure felt like a problem to me. But I didn't think it was the type of problem the interviewer cared about because it wasn't a problem that indicated wrongdoing on my part and the last thing the CIC wants to hear about is another CIC sob story.

In any case, the interview went fine, the PR card delay went fine (they released it without explanation), and I'm a citizen now.