ATIP REQUESTS - Instructions and Insights

canvis2006 wrote: Is there anyone else over 30 days and waiting for their notes?

Yes, my one page notes took exactly 30 days and my full file (via emailed PDF) took about 40.  However, the latter contained the good news of my grant, while the former was not helpful at all except to prove that whoever reads the letters at CIC cannot read the word "April" (they read "August")...

Now, if you requested mailed paper documents, and especially if voluminous (or they spend a lot of time redacting the good parts), it could be longer. 

thanks for the reply canuck25, how long it takes usually to get the electronic files by email?

It says on the web site 30 days from submitting the request but I have been told it might take longer..anybody with similar situation?

Hi, 

Now, it appears that there could be some benefit to applying for the full file, and some potential for drawbacks...

I ordered both the summary and the full file on 6/30.  Summary arrived about 7/31 and didn't contain much info I didn't know. 

The full file arrived last week.  I was VERY worried that perhaps this request had removed it from the pile of files waiting to be processed, as I was told 8 months ago that everything was in order and I was just waiting for the oath.   And I believed others on this list that the full file really wasn't very helpful. 

However, in MY case at least it has been very helpful.  Although about 5 pages were redacted, and the file was incredibly large due to my extensive RQ response, it did contain a document, CIT 0065, "Citizenship Application Review" which shows that on 7/3/14, 4 days after my online request, the file went before a judge and was approved. 

Who knows whether my asking somehow prompted this review, or whether it was just luck that the judge saw it before they pulled it for copying; but at any rate, I'M IN!  This happened 14 mos after RQ was issued, 41 mos after application, 2 weeks after I asked my MP to inquire/intervene, and 16+ years after arrival in Canada. 

My advice is, if you have been in the long haul process (for example, a year since RQ), specify that you need to see only this form CIT 0065, "Citizenship Application Review", which was clearly generated on the day I was given the RQ and which contains the most crucial piece of information. 

My eCas file still says "in process" and doesn't even say the RQ was ever received. 

Hi

m_r_mtl wrote: My question might look stupid, but I ordered ATIP and it never charged the 5$ fee. Is there any free version?!

IF you are in Canada and requesting your own information under the privacy act, there is no charge.