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Mississauga99
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I was given a paper at the time of Citizenship Test, it was not RQ but few details were requested like copies of Tax returns, copy of E-Tickets, copy of my business registration. Nothing else was requested. she said to determine residency provide these documents. I had only one passport at the time of the test for 3 years period. Does this also takes long like as regular RQ?
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dpenabill
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Foremost, I am NO expert. Secondly, importantly, things are often in transition, changing, and I am not keeping up with anecdotal reports these days . . . and am not even keeping up with changes in formal sources of information as thoroughly as I was until quite recently. For example, I was not following these matters at all for the ten days previous to today. So, I do not know for sure that RQ submissions are still being reviewed prior to the applicant's appearance at the test and interview. We knew for sure the RQ response was being reviewed so long as the File Requirements Checklist inclusion of the Pre-interview check step remained the same (or mostly the same) as the FRC version in use in 2012. I believe, and strongly so, that there is still at least a very similar Pre-interview check included, with that to include a review of any submissions in response to RQ or other document requests. Distinction: Words are often used imprecisely. The word "review" is, in particular, subject to various meanings. Some mean a formal review resulting in an assessment, a decision-making review. The word is also used in more generic contexts, such as in reference to an examination for the purpose of considering the information submitted. I would be very surprised if an applicant's response to RQ was not, at the very least, examined relative to considering the information, before the test-interview . . . and again, this would be part of the pre-interview check. On the other hand, the CIC person conducting the pre-interview check is not necessarily a Citizenship Officer, so that person's examination, or in a generic sense a "review" of the RQ submission, is not definitive, not a formal assessment. Reminder: the interviewer is not a decision-maker; the interviewer's role is to gather information. (It is not the interviewer's role to advise applicants either.) I cannot say with certainty what specific terms were used with what particular meaning at your interview, but my sense is that when the interviewer said your RQ had not been "reviewed yet" and that "they will send my file to St. Clair for someone to review my file," this was in reference to the more or less formal assessment review, which would be conducted by a Citizenship Officer. In contrast, I would bet a lot that either the interviewer, or someone else, had indeed reviewed (examined) your RQ submission (in a pre-interview check), and that it was considered relative to what deciding what questions you would be asked. As others have reported, the duration and scope of the interview varies from applicant to applicant, and while to some extent this variation arises from how it goes in the questions-and-answers exchange, there is undoubtedly some variation in what questions are planned for particular applicants, based in part on what is in the file, which includes any response to RQ. RE Local office actually doing processing: There have been known patterns in how CIC was distributing files in the GTA, but there are additional changes taking place the last few months which are likely to have an impact on how files are distributed beyond what we know, at least for now. There is no reason to worry much about this. What ultimately matters, of course, is what the facts in your case really are and how well you documented your residency in responding to the RQ. Overall: if you met the residency requirement based on Actual Physical Presence, and documented that in your RQ submission, odds are that all is well and you will be progressing through the process significantly more timely than those RQ'd in the past. |
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Bureaucracy is what bureaucracy does, or When in doubt, follow the instructions. Otherwise, follow the instructions.
BTW: Not an expert, not a Can. lawyer, never worked in immigration |
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Ironmat500
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Hi dpenabill Could you please let me have your comments on my case which apparently has recently been experienced by many applicants? Thank you!
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Ironmat500
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Hello, I am December 2013 applicant. In process: Feb 2014. Got RQ May 2014 and responded with complete documentation on June 2014 to Scarborough as instructed in my RQ letter. Got Test from Scarborough (although my local office should be St. Clair) on Mid August. Got 20/20 on test. Interview was very short and she did check my IDs as well as talking re my job and cross check some dates from my application with my passport. I saw my RQ file there but she never touched it. At the end she said that my RQ is not been reviewed yet and they will send my file to St Clair for someone to review my file. She didn't say why i got test before RQ being reviewed and how long would it take for me to get the oat! 1- Is this a new trend/policy to invite for test before reviewing the RQs? 2- Why am I been invited to send my RQ response as well as doing test & interview at Scarborough while my office should be St Clair and now sending my file to St Clair for someone to review RQ?? Any expert input would be highly appreciated. Thanks,
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frustration
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Hello,
I have called for a Citizenship Test in September 2014. Before I got this letter, about two days earlier, I changed my address online. Will it make any difference if I go to the test in an office which is not now my CIC office. Can I cancel the address change request or just leave as it is? Please advise what to do as i seems like a bad timing of the address change. Thanks |
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canuck25
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@m_r_mtl see my response in the Montreal thread.
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m_r_mtl
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I just called CIC regarding my status and the agent told me they are
scheduling a judge hearing for my case. What happens during a judge
hearing? How shall I be prepared? I am really worried. Does anyone have
any experience in Montreal office? Is there any topic in this regard?
Thanks timeline: Application received July 2012 Rq received Nov 2013 on the test date |
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timing
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Any info on what RQ interviews with Officers are like at St.Clair?
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Application for grant of citizenship - Feb 2012
RQ documents package sent to CIC - May 2013 Test invite received July 11th 2014 Test date July 24th 2014 Office: St.Clair |
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ronin21
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Just took my test & interview today. Test easy got 20/20. Interview was very short, the officer was very nice and just asked what I do and where I went to school. The whole thing may took 3-4 mins. She just went through passports very fast and compared the first pages with the copies submitted with RQ (she had my RQ) and copied my renewed PR and driver license, no stamp check, no questions on travel or anything else. At the end, she said I'm good and my file will be forwarded to Judge for approval. Should expect the oath by 3 months. That's it.
Just noticed something: with my RQ, I submitted lots of documents but organized them in tabs and different binders. However, I could see a binder (not my original binder) with filled RQ form and passport translations, no other major document there. I guess this means somehow they reviewed the RQ and only picked up what is important for them.
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mini_k
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Edited by mini_k - 07 Jul 2014 at 9:31pm |
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