Atlantic Xpat

I wondered whether you might be talking about GDLS. I have been inside that plant as a supplier & had access to most (but not all) of the production line. Depending upon what it is he wants to do there, I would have thought that not being a citizen was neccessarily a problem. I worked for a Controlled Goods Directorate registered business & had no problem with security clearance. YMMV of course.

87cabby

I'm in Toronto.

HGerchikov

Hubby saw the judge today - apparently the hold up was due to him being out of the country a fair amount on business. Ironic thing is that he has been away working on contracts for the Canadian Government! Anyway the Judge was very nice and we are now approved - yay. Waiting for the ceremony now and then we will be Canadians - last step in a very long haul.

Topic

Can anyone help me with timeline to when I qualify to apply for citizenship?

Tolga

http://services3.cic.gc.ca/rescalc/r...ew.do?&lang=en

allie2

So I updated my address a couple of months ago on the cic website. I just went in to check my status and the address in the system is not my address, it's a random address in Surrey. I have changed it, though it is still showing the wrong address - has anyone else had this problem?

FYI, my file was transferred to Vancouver on 11JAN2011 so hopefully my invitation for the test will come soon - and to the right address

Allie

Almost Canadian

Today, we received our notice to appear and write the test. The date for the test is February 21 (Family Day in Alberta). We applied just over a year ago.

They also indicated that the citizenship ceremony will take place later the same day.

Almost there, may have to look at a new nom de plume

allie2

So they have determined it was (their) human error and have emailed Vancouver to let them know that the address has been updated to the correct one. Now I just hope they will accept it without the IMM5494 (or whatever the number was of the document I didn't have!)

cov-canuck

Got 1 week's notice for the ceremony. He officially becomes a citizen on Friday, Feb 11th.

Tangram

Congrats. Best of luck. Of course you still won't be Canadian, but you will have the citizenship and passport so your name will still be accurate.

HGerchikov

So - get home from work yesterday to find invitation to Citizenship Oath taking ceremony - 21st February, so very excited about that. Thing is when I looked more closely they had included an invitation for some other guy in our envelope. Being a good (almost) citizen I decided to call immigration and tell them of their error. I was on hold for 15 mins then I finally got to talk to someone and told them what had happened - oddly expecting some kind of thanks or apology. I was told that I needed to FAX it back to them, when I explained that I did not have access to a FAX machine there was an audible sigh and then I was told that I needed to send it back to them so that they can then contact the other guy and tell him about his ceremony. They then proceeded to lecture me about how sensitive they were about privacy issues as if it was somehow my fault that they had made a mistake. So now I have to go to the post office, buy a stamp and post the thing back to them. Anybody any idea why they can't just send the guy a new letter - I gave them his name and Client ID number. OK rant over - I feel better now!

cov-canuck

If it makes you feel any better, the exact same thing happened with my Dad and his US citizenship ceremony (had someone else's letter in with his). He notified them, but then found it easier to just mail it directly to the other guy (whose address was on their letter).

Alberta_Rose

But just in case you are "link-challenged":
To be eligible for Canadian citizenship, you must have lived in Canada for at least three years (1,095 days) out of the four years (1,460 days) preceding your application. Please note that you cannot meet the residence requirements for citizenship without a minimum of two (2) years as a permanent resident.

Tangram

Sent application November 2010, acknowledgement received February 15th 2011.

ann m

Finally got round to mailing our applications off yesterday ( could have done it last August but hey ho!). Sitting comfortably for a long wait now.