Rigly68 said:
The 12 month are for routine applications. I do believe once you receive a RQ and need to see a judge your application turns into a non routine application and the 12 month processing time does not apply anymore.
I think I read somewhere of a person who had a similar case as yours and filed a Mandamus and they processed the case. This routine versus non routine is normally just an excuse for their ineptitude and utter incompetence. All that they have to do is appoint more judges to finish these files. Unfortunately, with regard to anything with this government, its all blah blah.
If you file a Mandamus, your file will definitely move. I think if it goes beyond Feb 2017, definitely file a Mandamus. This department was supposed to finish all files under the previous rules by April 2016, that became Dec 2016 and now, its whenever someone files a Mandamus. So much for 3 out of 4 years
. Now you have essentially stayed possible 6 years or so to get your citizenship.
On a lighter side, "Like Trump says, if HRC and co. sent each other 650,000 emails, what work are they doing and no wonder nothing gets done". Its absolutely terrible on the way these guys are running this department. I think a big reason is because none of them have actually worked in the private sector though John McCallum did work for RBC but then again, RBC was outsourcing jobs but the sheer waste of time and resources by this department is mind boggling. This govt will jump to action when their poll numbers go down for them. Unfortunately, its still way too high. Remember how Trudeau started releasing all his so called plans in June 2015 when his poll numbers were going down. Unfortunately for everyone else, the NDP government in waiting was spineless and promised a balanced budget and the rest is history.