tweed_wearer

Update:

Location: Vancouver

1. We received your application for Canadian citizenship (grant of citizenship) on March 18, 2019.
2. We sent you correspondence acknowledging receipt of your application(s), and a study book called Discover Canada on May 24, 2019.
3. We started processing your application on July 24, 2019.

beckiwoo

See my signature below - also Vancouver office - not included (as I ran out of characters in signature) but test date letter was just over a month before test date

scrubbedexpat091

Do they only want to know about overnight trips? That I can easily figure out, but the day 20-30 minute hops across the border to pick up a parcel, I don't track any of those.

beckiwoo

scrubbedexpat091

I am looking into that for the US side, I don't think I can provide accurate history of time spent outside of Canada with the day trips. I can for the trips that involved flying and hotels, but not the 10-20 minute trips to pick up parcels even the CBSA records are missing a fair amount, seems they often just scan the drivers passport and not the passenger, there are trips we crossed by car, on the records for my wife the crossing is listed but for me its not even though we both crossed in the same car...

Now I remember why I never applied...lol

beckiwoo

scrubbedexpat091

I am working on it. I have CBSA records already, just need to get the US records and see if I can piece it all together.

Tabindi

Siouxie

Try following the guide in our Spousal sponsorship section of the wiki for MyCIC - it's the same tool, same issues for many! Don't forget though that it's unlikely to show anything until such time as they start processing it... you could also try eCAS to check - https://services3.cic.gc.ca/ecas/authenticate.do

https://britishexpats.com/wiki/Spous...ll_about_MyCIC

Ally and Chris

Hi all,

Did the test yesterday in Vancouver, scored 19/20! Annoyingly had to wait like 2 hours for the interview, we were literally the last people there to be called up for an interview of which lasted all of 2 minutes,

Applied in November, original test date was in July but had to reschedule to this month due to vacation.

beckiwoo

Siouxie

Congrats Bex!

beckiwoo

Hasan78

hi

So I applied on Aug 12 2018 for my citizenship in GTA, ON. It says processing currently online. otherwise no News. Processing time suppose to be 12 months.

I am wondering if any one else applied same time as me and heard about their citizenship test?

thanks.

markstimson

Also still waiting with similar timeline! I applied from TO last August. Good to know we're not alone. 4 things about this:

1. I called the CIC helpline already and they said the Mississauga office where GTA applications are processed is the busiest in the country, thus has the longest wait. I consider this really unfair. Geography should have no bearing. The helpline confirmed I have passed all checks and am just waiting to be allocated a test date.
2. I had fingerprints requested in December, and I had them taken and sent the very next day. CIC have acknowledged receipt. I accept this may add a delay in processing but surely not this long.
3. My friend who applied in Toronto in November has already had his test! Annoying to me but good for him.
4. I have now enlisted my local MP to dig into this for me. His office asked me to fill in some forms for permission to check my account and they're looking into it. They also verified that their initial digging confirmed I've passed all background checks, so they submitted a more detailed request for more info on the holdup. It takes 10-15 business days for these detailed enquiries to receive a response apparently. I am scheduled to call them back week of Sept 23rd to learn what they discovered.

All in all, frustrating. But as with anything else to do with immigration in Canada, and unlike the rest of the commonwealth, processing times are absurd and painful. The waiting continues!