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Jan 18th 2019, 5:31 pm

#286

mush77

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Re: Citizenship Application Timeline

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Originally Posted by AlliF

No problem.
It was just Notice to appear, PR card, passports, drivers licence or equivalent ID, I took my original certificate of my language test but she said she could see I spoke English perfectly well and didn’t need to see it lol
I was extremely nervous too - it’s stressful when you’ve expended all that effort on something and it comes down to this. I can tell you you’ll be fine (as everyone did to me) but if you’re a worrier like me it will make no difference lol.
Good luck!

Yes I’m a worrier lol! Thank you so much though....even though it’s not for a couple of weeks I’m going to get all of my papers together at the weekend just to make sure I’m over prepared, as I usually do for things like this! Lol
Thanks again

Jan 19th 2019, 7:06 pm

#287

beckiwoo

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Re: Citizenship Application Timeline

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Originally Posted by Eddmac

Pretty much - yeah, doing the practice tests and all that fun stuff - my wife is stressing about the test, I don't think she will have a problem lol.

I tried some of them the other night - I was getting anything between 60%- 90%. It doesn't look that bad. Def practise, practise, practise

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Originally Posted by AlliF

I got myself pretty stressed about it too - no idea why the booklet is so detailed when on the day the test was so easy. I had all the dates of events in Canada’s history memorized and almost felt cheated when I didn’t need any of it.
Better that way than the other way round though I guess. I feel like it might be the final test of how badly do you really want this lol

Omg the booklet - so much information. I think of it like the driving theory test and the highway code. You are supposed to read the highway code but when it gets to the test - it isn't that bad - just memorizing facts and figures

Jan 21st 2019, 11:18 pm

#288

AlliF

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Re: Citizenship Application Timeline

We are now all Canadian citizens

Just short of 13 months beginning to end for processing.
Good luck to everyone still waiting!

Jan 25th 2019, 9:08 pm

#289

Eddmac

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Re: Citizenship Application Timeline

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Originally Posted by AlliF

We are now all Canadian citizens

Just short of 13 months beginning to end for processing.
Good luck to everyone still waiting!

Congratulations!

Jan 25th 2019, 9:17 pm

#290

Siouxie

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Re: Citizenship Application Timeline

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Originally Posted by AlliF

We are now all Canadian citizens

Just short of 13 months beginning to end for processing.
Good luck to everyone still waiting!

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Jan 27th 2019, 3:37 am

#291

misskatpaw

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Re: Citizenship Application Timeline

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-We sent Citizenship applications in Sept 20th 2017 (for two of us)
-Delivered to CIC Sept 26th 2017
-Returned to us for a minor error on Nov 10th 2017
-Re-sent to CIC Nov 17th after correcting error and filling in the newer forms requiring some different information!
-Delivered to CIC Nov 25th
-E-mail received Jan 18th 2018 with application # and UCI #
-Checked Client Application Status online Feb 17th 2018 and nothing showing yet.

An update from my post this time last year! Got our date for the exam which was mid-August...right in the middle of a trip we were going on to Nova Scotia. Darn! I emailed them immediately and explained we were away representing BC at a National archery competition, hoping to win a place on the Canadian National Team. Had a real human email me back, very understanding and heaping lots of luck on us for the competition, which was kinda nice. They said we would likely hear something about a new date, at the end of 2018. Turns out it was a little later than that - Jan 17th, with a date of Feb 11th. Date is coming around quick, just starting to study...

Jan 27th 2019, 4:14 pm

#292

beckiwoo

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Re: Citizenship Application Timeline

Application now in process!!!!

Jan 27th 2019, 11:13 pm

#293

AlliF

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Re: Citizenship Application Timeline

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Originally Posted by beckiwoo

Application now in process!!!!

Great news! Now you can relax a bit as they do their thing

Jan 29th 2019, 5:29 pm

#294

Hobbess

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Re: Citizenship Application Timeline

Well it's been a while since I've posted in here, but here's out citizenship timeline:
1. July 27th - Submit applications
2. Oct 16th - notice of receipt of applications
3. Late Nov - I had to submit fingerprints
4. Jan 2 - notice of test date
5. Jan 29 8.02am - start test. 8.04am finish test. 8.10am my wife and I have our documents reviewed and citizenship is confirmed. We both scored 20/20 whoop!
6. Wait now for ceremony date

Jan 31st 2019, 6:51 pm

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Eddmac

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Re: Citizenship Application Timeline

So, does everyone have to submit fingerprints?
Should I be worried if they haven't asked me to do it yet - I have been "In process" for almost 2 months now.

Jan 31st 2019, 8:11 pm

#296

Hobbess

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Re: Citizenship Application Timeline

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Originally Posted by Eddmac

So, does everyone have to submit fingerprints?
Should I be worried if they haven't asked me to do it yet - I have been "In process" for almost 2 months now.

I had to submit, my wife didn't. I've a "common" name, my wife's name is one-of-a-kind! Google yourself, if there's lots of you then likely you'll need do fingerprints. That's my take anyway.

Jan 31st 2019, 9:01 pm

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Eddmac

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Re: Citizenship Application Timeline

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I had to submit, my wife didn't. I've a "common" name, my wife's name is one-of-a-kind! Google yourself, if there's lots of you then likely you'll need do fingerprints. That's my take anyway.

Seems to make sense - I googled myself and found about 10 - none in Canada and most of the ones I found were obits, lol

Hopefully that means I won't have to do it!

Feb 1st 2019, 2:43 am

#298

beckiwoo

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Re: Citizenship Application Timeline

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Originally Posted by Eddmac

Seems to make sense - I googled myself and found about 10 - none in Canada and most of the ones I found were obits, lol

Hopefully that means I won't have to do it!

All you do is go to an RCMP office and fill in a form, pay $60 and they send you the fingerprints that you can then send to IRCC.

If I get asked to do it, Ill have to go to VPD because there are no RCMP offices/stations in Vancouver

An inconvenience - yes, will it add extra time to the application - probably but its not an abnormal request.

I am seeing that more and more people are being asked for their fingerprints - especially with the biometrics for PR, permits and visas coming in

Feb 1st 2019, 2:46 am

#299

Snowy560

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Re: Citizenship Application Timeline

You can go to the Commissionaires in Vancouver: that's the quickest:

https://commissionaires.bc.ca/fingerprinting/

Feb 1st 2019, 5:53 am

#300

beckiwoo

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Re: Citizenship Application Timeline

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Originally Posted by Snowy560

You can go to the Commissionaires in Vancouver: that's the quickest:

https://commissionaires.bc.ca/fingerprinting/

Thanks, I’ll keep that in mind if it’s requested. What with the potential request for fingerprints and getting the passport stamps translated - starting to become costly again!

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