Help on Citizenship Test Result Delay Reasons

My impression: there is some problem.

If you were requested to provide additional information or documentation following the test that would explain the problem: RQ and being in a queue to see a Citizenship Judge. It will be awhile, a long while.

Otherwise, see a lawyer and/or at least request records (privacy act application) including FOSS and GCMS to see if they offer any clues about what is going on.

Also be sure to look at your eCas. Be sure CIC has your current contact information.

see post by rrmaron at this page of the RQ discussions (this is a link) thread for information about obtaining records through a privacy request and links to the form to use.

If you were not requested to submit additional information or documentation, probably not a RQ case. RQ simply stands for "Residency Questionnaire" and is often used to refer to cases in which the applicant's case is examined to see whether or not there was compliance with the residency requirement.

It is possible that you might still get RQ but from reports here it seems like a lot longer time has passed than usual. Oath or notice of RQ usually comes, it seems, within three to four months after the test, at the longest, for most anyway. For vast majority posting here, two to three months is the time frame in which anxiety begins to elevate; more than eight months seems to be highly irregular -- unless RQ has already been imposed or there is some kind of investigation going on.

GCMS . . . do not recall the formal title but it is the acronym for the Global Case Management database, which eventually will be a single common repository of records for all Canadian immigration clients. It may be approaching, or have even reached for most, being complete already, I do not know, but I would still ask for FOSS records as well . . . and that acronym I really do not remember but the F stands for "Field" and it includes things like any notes taken attendant a POE examination and will for sure include things like a record of your landing as a PR, but if, for example, there were questions about meeting residency obligations, issues relative to admissibility, or such, those should show up in FOSS . . . all FOSS records should show up in GCMS as well but for now I'd request both.

These will not necessarily answer your questions, but they may offer some clues. They can be cryptic, full of acronyms, but if there is some outstanding issue they will often at least alert you to it.

If you can afford a lawyer, that seems like the best thing to do at this point.

Yeah, no lawyer is the norm, and that is true especially in applying for citizenship.

But, I agree, eight months since test and no hint, I'd be too nervous to let go. Maybe a lawyer will tell you that eight months is no big deal, to wait some more.

I never had any luck with the CIC call centre. Some people have reported getting specific information about their case.

Good luck.