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Applied in July, no word yet, just wish they'd send some sort of 'yes we received your application' letter, email even as they ask for it on the form.

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Ohh poo, test is in two weeks, in Mississauga, Dec 20th. :thumbsup:

Where did i hide that freeking book

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not Scarborough? how odd

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Its maybe part of the test, see if the applicant can navigate across the GTA

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Applied for my citizenship last month.

Hopefully the process is as drawn out as PR as I enjoy using the term "Canadian" derogatorily.

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8 to 9 months from application till test, going off my time lime :fingerscrossed::fingerscrossed:

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How many times can one resit the test?

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Duno? There are 20 questions, not sure how many % is required.

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75%. You get to make 5 mistakes... So, when was confederation?

1865
1866
1867
1868

:)

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or 25 months going off mine, and potentially much longer if you get the dreaded Residency Questionnaire.:(

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Ahem.... "were" you called up..... :p

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Does anyone have any theories as to what would trigger that? I've seen people with basically identical situations apply yet one got the RQ and one didn't.

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Periods of travel and numerous absences from Canada as opposed to the odd 4 week vacation once a year would be my guess.

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No, a letter via snail mail

Confed:
July 1st 1867, the book says they met from 1864-1867 ?

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That's what I would have though but both were similar in that respect: a pair of married Brits working for Canadian banks in Toronto travelling fairly often to the US for a week at a time but not for more than a total of around 6 weeks a year. They applied separately after 5 years of residence - one got the RQ, the other didn't. It looked pretty random to me, but I'm assuming there's multiple things being taken into consideration.

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That's the one. When I get around to this, I seriously hope the date type questions aren't going to be a choice of 4 adjacent years though, I'll be stuffed if they are.

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What is in this Residency questionnaire and why would it slow the process so much?

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Am I reading this right? You wait three years to apply for citizenship then another three years to get it? That's crazy!

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CIC is all about lengthy time lines.

They quote 25 months for citizenship. That is a cake walk compared to many people's PR processes.

Besides whose actually waiting???

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http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2...p_process.html

I'm not sure why it would take so long to process one though.

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I'd imagine it gets a low priority behind the rest of the queue who don't need special treatment.

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Frightening article.

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It's not such a big deal so long as you're planning on staying in Canada for the long term although I take the point about not being to vote. I can see why people with passports from places like Iran who have no intention of ever going back other than for a holiday would be much more animated about it though. I once went through US immigration with a British guy who had been born in Iran and moved to the UK when he was a baby. They took him aside and gave him the 3rd degree for 4 hours before letting him in just on the basis of his passport having Tehran as his place of birth. I can't begin to imagine what it must be like trying it with a full blown Iranian passport!

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Gotta love the irony of telling the inventors of the English language to learn English.

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Are you crediting today's Britons with inventing the English language? :lol:

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I've met British citizens who didn't speak much in the way of English. It doesn't seem unreasonable to me that Canada would ask for some sort of proof. It's not like you have to jump through a whole load of hoops after all, a copy of your A-level certificate(s) seems to be sufficient and, according to the nice lady from the CIC call centre I talked to, a degree certificate for any subject taught in English from a UK university is certainly adequate proof.

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My 1999 C.S.E. result sheet worked good for me, i had 2 English passes on them (English Lit and English)

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<ahem>

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LOL oops :D, i sorta screwed that up, 1979 i mean, wow feels odd just typing that number now...

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"worked good"......

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So went today Dec 20th, and sat the test, then after had a short interview and passport stamp checks and now all done bar the swearing.

The employees at Mississauga were very polite and very organised. I got the results of my test, a pass no errors, and the date and a form for the ceremony on Jan 2, 2014.

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Welcome aboard. The greater good of Canada has been served.

Probably.

<congrats>

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:) Thanks

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Now all you have to do is learn the "Star Spangled Banner"

Did you show them any of your videos?

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No I didn't, I did not want an unfair advantage.

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That was your big shot at an ambassadorial role.

Oh well.

I'm yet to hear anything from them on my application. Sent it early November. I guess there is no confirmation letter?

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Ambassador eh:)

just think of all those Ferro Roche receptions he will miss out on :(, oh señor ambassador you are really spoiling us with these Ferro Roche:rofl:

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Congratulations! Interesting that you got the ceremony date straight after the test. From reading elsewhere it seems that some get sent a letter, some get phoned and some get it at the test. Is there any rhyme or reason to this?

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We have friends in BC and they did test ect last week and told 4-6 months. Mississauga office has the biggest oath room in Canada and is the busiest office. Maybe they just good at their job there.

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A room for the biggest oath in all of Canada? A whole room? What's the word?