Madmac

September the 23rd we posted the bumpf off.

Still waiting like you. If I hear I'll tell you and vice versa so we'll know it's moving?

sdfharkin

Just out of curiosity,
if there is a 15month wait for your citizen interview, would it be possible to apply for citizenship 21months after you have landed and got your PR?

Sean

christmasoompa

Nope, you need the full 3 years. Re-read posts no. 22 & 23 of this thread.

purplemoose

Sounds good, will let you know as soon as we hear anything

Madmac

I'll do the same. Hopefully next month at some point?

Snave

Just an update to keep other hopefuls in the loop about time lines:
01MAR2009 - posted application;
27AUG2009 - acknowledgment and booklet "A look at Canada" recieved;
23SEPT2009 - updates start to appear on E-CAS;
30JAN2010 - Updated booklet "Discover Canada" received;
02MAR2010 - Invitation to interview received - for 16MAR2010.

Won't be long now, I hope...

jerry brewer

Hi
I phoned the help line about a week ago,very helpful, but they are not allowed to access my file.
my app arrived Oct,( canada post details) and I was told they are just starting on those received in sept.
asked roughly how long it could take,
maybe a letter in about 2 months and about 18 months total.
which means I may have to re-apply for PR as it will run out, on that timescale.
cheers
Jerry

woodworm

I am interested in finding out your waiting times between the test and the ceremony.
I passed my test on Nov. 18th, they told me it would be between 2-4 months until the ceremony.So far I haven't heard anything. I went to CIC in Halifax on Monday to find out more, because my PR card is expiring in 2 weeks and I was hoping to get an answer of how long before the date of the ceremony, but they said I could check back with them if I hadn't heard from them until May....

So for those of you who have just gone through the application in the last year or two, how long was it between the test and the ceremony and did any one of you have an interview with a Citizenship judge?

TrishP

Did my test in early August last year, citizenship ceremony in December. No interview. I think timelines depends on where you will be doing the ceremony and how many other people have applied form that area - there were 80 people at the ceremony when I went.

Tuppence

Great, thanks for the update.
I had better start reading the booklet, as I'm only a couple of months behind you.

capillano

I am curious to find out what CIC is looking for when we apply for Citizenship i.e the 1095 days of physical stay in Canada. When does this start counting? I take it from the day you first landed here.

You mention they verify this on the test date by asking you to provide your passport and you say they checked all the stamps on it, the question I have is when you go to the UK for a visit the passport never gets stamped.

I have read that one can't put an application earlier even though it can take upto 18 months to obtain the Citizenship, therefore I am at a loss at understanding why the 1095 day of residency rule when in actual fact the unusually long time it takes for them to process the application.

There are only 30plus million people in Canada and on a given day surely there can't be 1000's of people applying for citizenship every day???

PMM

Well in 2007 they had 197,000 applications for citizenship which works out to about 800 applications per day.

purplemoose

Hey Madmac,

just to let you know, we received the receipt for our Citizenship Application today! So hopefully, if not already, you should receive yours any day now too. That means our prediction was right, 6 months almost bang on. Feeling a bit relieved now we have some confirmation at last!

Let us know when you hear something

Madmac

Excellent. I shall be hopping up and down outside the post box for the next two weeks. Then I shall panic. Then I shall panic some more.

Did it give any comforting words of Canadiana?

bananahammock

Almost the same as ours too ... 6 & a half months from receiving the application to starting processing it This is what my on-line Client Application Status says today .......



We received your application for Canadian citizenship (grant of citizenship) on March 23, 2009.

We sent you a letter acknowledging receipt of your application(s), and a study book called A Look at Canada on March 23, 2009. Please consider delays in mail delivery before contacting us. I actually received 1 book in Dec 09 & 3 more in Jan 10
We started processing your application on October 8, 2009.

We sent you a letter on October 8, 2009 to ******* If you have not yet provided the information or the requested documents, please do so as soon as possible. (I forgot to sign something ) Please wait until you receive the letter before sending us additional information, as the letter will outline all information that is required. Please consider delays in mail delivery before contacting us. If we have sent the letter to the wrong address, please contact us.

Your file was transferred to the Victoria CIC office on January 12, 2010. The Victoria CIC office will contact you if additional information is required. The Victoria CIC office will contact you regarding your citizenship test once all the necessary checks on your file are complete.