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Old Dec 6th 2013, 1:28 pm
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Originally Posted by JamesM
Applied for my citizenship last month.

Hopefully the process is as drawn out as PR as I enjoy using the term "Canadian" in a derogatorily way.
8 to 9 months from application till test, going off my time lime
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Old Dec 6th 2013, 1:40 pm
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Originally Posted by magnumpi
8 to 9 months from application till test, going off my time lime
How many times can one resit the test?
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Old Dec 6th 2013, 3:36 pm
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Originally Posted by JamesM
How many times can one resit the test?
Duno? There are 20 questions, not sure how many % is required.
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Originally Posted by magnumpi
Duno? There are 20 questions, not sure how many % is required.
75%. You get to make 5 mistakes... So, when was confederation?

1865
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Originally Posted by magnumpi
8 to 9 months from application till test, going off my time lime
or 25 months going off mine, and potentially much longer if you get the dreaded Residency Questionnaire.
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Originally Posted by magnumpi
How long after getting the book and vague letter was you called up
Ahem.... "were" you called up.....
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Originally Posted by danfolkestone
much longer if you get the dreaded Residency Questionnaire.
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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Originally Posted by dgagitw
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.
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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Old Dec 7th 2013, 3:57 pm
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Originally Posted by ann m
Ahem.... "were" you called up.....
No, a letter via snail mail

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

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Originally Posted by Former Lancastrian
Periods of travel and numerous absences from Canada as opposed to the odd 4 week vacation once a year would be my guess.
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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Originally Posted by magnumpi
No, a letter via snail mail

Confed:
July 1st 1867, the book says they met from 1864-1867 ?
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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Am I reading this right? You wait three years to apply for citizenship then another three years to get it? That's crazy!
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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Originally Posted by JamesM
What is in this Residency questionnaire and why would it slow the process so much?
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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