Things Slowing Down???

[benk]

Hi all,

I just want to ask everyone's opinion. Lately, from the recent posts that members make, it seems to me that the citizenship application process is slowing down across Canada... There were fewer test invites or oath invites... Is it only my observation or is it really slowing down to a crawl? If it is slowing down, where is the Economic Plan 2013 and increased citizenship application fees that are meant to speed things up? Please share your thoughts... Any idea as to why things are slowing down? Thanks.

benk

 

[OP_POP]

Hi all,

I just want to ask everyone's opinion. Lately, from the recent posts that members make, it seems to me that the citizenship application process is slowing down across Canada... There were fewer test invites or oath invites... Is it only my observation or is it really slowing down to a crawl? If it is slowing down, where is the Economic Plan 2013 and increased citizenship application fees that are meant to speed things up? Please share your thoughts... Any idea as to why things are slowing down? Thanks.

benk

What is this based on? Lots of new test / oath invites were received by members recently.

 

[puda]

It feels like it is yes. Takes between 1 and 3 months right now (1 month if you are super lucky) for one step. It's very common to have to wait 2 months + between AOR and IP now.

 

[bambino]

Depends on where in Canada you are, I think. Six or so months ago it used to take two years in Edmonton from application to test, now it's roughly 1 year. So there has been a definite improvement there. I don't know if that, or your personal observations have any validity, of course.

Interestingly, the press releases page on CIC's website had at least one entry every month, boasting about the record numbers of citizens they are swearing in. Not so much this year. There has been, I think one such story, and it talks about what a record year 2014 was. So that may in fact be indicative that there is somewhat of a slowdown.

 

[dpenabill]

Reminder: there was a huge, huge backlog, and between late 2011, all of 2012, and through much of 2013, the number of cases progressing to a final outcome was way, way less than annual averages, way, way less than the number of new applications being filed.

2014 was the year of catching up. There is still a backlog (extent unknown), but in some respects one might say that 2014 was the year in which a lot of applications which should have been finalized in 2012 and 2013 finally got processed, while in the meantime second half 2013 and 2014 applications were being processed faster than applications had been processed in years.

Thus, the number of new citizens each month this year could be well below what it was in 2014, but that does not necessarily indicate the timeline for new applications has slowed any.

CIC's lack of transparency and accountability makes it very difficult to discern these things.

"Trust me . . ." the Harper government says. Many do. Many do not.

 

[ItkExpert]

I guess they are allocating all resources to finalize the processing of 2011 and 2012 applicants........ NOT . Jeez I even got myself fooled there for a second

 

[boltz]

Aor process speeding up means - more applications reaching local offices in short span of time. Unless local office staff is geared up to handle the sudden increase in load, the bottleneck is shifted to local office. This might induce delays in some local offices.

 

[Paco]

Aor process speeding up means - more applications reaching local offices in short span of time. Unless local office staff is geared up to handle the sudden increase in load, the bottleneck is shifted to local office. This might induce delays in some local offices.

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