Hello,
The situation is with regards to my mother's citizenship application (55+ - no citizenship test required) and wanted some advice on forum members on it, if anyone has done the same.
- Her application is in processing since March 11, 2018 and she has to travel to Pakistan latest by July 5, 2018. She will have to be out of the country for at least 1 year. How further can one delay one's interview / oath ceremony? Will they let it be deferred past a 6 month time horizon? What options does she have, and what type of fees refund can be gotten with a withdrawal of the application? Costs of travelling to Vancouver from Pakistan are prohibitive with extremely long flights and layovers that at her age my mother cannot be burdened with so that is not an option. The tasks in Pakistan are also time sensitive and cannot be delayed any further. She was wishing to get it done by July 1, 2018 but I guess there is a slim chance of that happening. Should she put in a withdrawal application or just wait for the process from IRCC's end and play with whatever is served?
I read this information but want to know what experience others have in doing the same:
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/canadian-citizenship/admininistration/general-file-processing/procedure-withdrawal-applications.html#refund
Background:
- My mom initially sent her application at the end of October 2017, however it was returned by the office since there was a typo on the form on the passport expiry date
- Due to this, after the forms were correctly sent, the application was received by the office on Dec 11, 2017
- It is in process since March 11, 2018
- On March 26, 2018 they sent a fingerprinting request; this was completed on March 28, 2018 through Commissionaires
- After this time my mother tried repeatedly calling IRCC contact centre to confirm if FP results received but still unable to get to an agent
- She outlined her situation on a webform 4 weeks ago and 1 week ago received an email stating it had been passed on to the processing agent / office but no update
The situation is with regards to my mother's citizenship application (55+ - no citizenship test required) and wanted some advice on forum members on it, if anyone has done the same.
- Her application is in processing since March 11, 2018 and she has to travel to Pakistan latest by July 5, 2018. She will have to be out of the country for at least 1 year. How further can one delay one's interview / oath ceremony? Will they let it be deferred past a 6 month time horizon? What options does she have, and what type of fees refund can be gotten with a withdrawal of the application? Costs of travelling to Vancouver from Pakistan are prohibitive with extremely long flights and layovers that at her age my mother cannot be burdened with so that is not an option. The tasks in Pakistan are also time sensitive and cannot be delayed any further. She was wishing to get it done by July 1, 2018 but I guess there is a slim chance of that happening. Should she put in a withdrawal application or just wait for the process from IRCC's end and play with whatever is served?
I read this information but want to know what experience others have in doing the same:
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/canadian-citizenship/admininistration/general-file-processing/procedure-withdrawal-applications.html#refund
Background:
- My mom initially sent her application at the end of October 2017, however it was returned by the office since there was a typo on the form on the passport expiry date
- Due to this, after the forms were correctly sent, the application was received by the office on Dec 11, 2017
- It is in process since March 11, 2018
- On March 26, 2018 they sent a fingerprinting request; this was completed on March 28, 2018 through Commissionaires
- After this time my mother tried repeatedly calling IRCC contact centre to confirm if FP results received but still unable to get to an agent
- She outlined her situation on a webform 4 weeks ago and 1 week ago received an email stating it had been passed on to the processing agent / office but no update
