Timeline - Montreal office

beaverr wrote: good luck everyone

I just want to be clear about the fact that yes, some of us will indeed experience very long processing timelines. But this is almost always due to the circumstances of our case. With some exceptions, this is not random, not due to chance, but is due to the particular facts in our own case, and is usually (not always) something we can recognize for ourselves if we do a thorough, objective self-assessment of our own case.

Those of us who will experience the really, really long time lines (more than two years, and especially, for some, more than three years), should be able to predict whether or not we are at high risk for this. We know (if we bother to be honest with ourselves) whether there is a substantial prospect of background security concerns, background admissibility concerns, questionable residency concerns, or concerns about misrepresentation (fraud). I am talking about those of us who are qualified, who are confident that in the end, to the extent there are any of these concerns and despite those concerns, we are nonetheless qualified for citizenship and should not be in anyway prohibited, so we should ultimately be OK. For those in this situation, yes, it could take a long time, or a very long time, or even an incredibly long time. But this should be no surprise. We should see it coming. (Again, we should see it coming if we have bothered to be honest with ourselves.)

That is, I do not mean to sugarcoat things:

Some of us will see very long processing timelines.

The vast majority will not (recongnizing, however, that the routine processing time itself is long, too long).

The difference for almost all of us is foreseeable, predictable, and it is predictable because we know the details of our life and the details in our applications, and we can figure out to what extent, even though qualified, there is the prospect of CIC having concerns relative to background security, admissibility, prohibitions, fraud, or proof of residency.


In the meantime:

. . .but this case really happened and the guy is really genuine applicant , anyway he is exaggerating I don't think he will get a removal order as he has with him all receipt and taxes and bank statement already and he worked for all the relevant year so I think the judge will approve his citizenship.

To be clear: in a case where a PR has a citizenship application pending and is scheduled for a hearing with a citizenship judge, that hearing is not about whether the PR will be given a removal order.

If a PR is scheduled for a hearing at which there is going to be a determination as to whether a removal order should be issued, that is not a hearing with a citizenship judge. That would be some level of hearing within IRB or IAD. That was the procedural process that occurred in the Werfalli case.

CyberHawk wrote: beaverr wrote: Cyberhwawk have you tried calling them? I have same timeline as you and it is for the 3rd time that agent confirmed that no decision was made yet on my file. how about you? Beaver, I want to call them near July 15 if nothing happens till then.  Since you've updated the oath dates I'm feeling a bit more optimistic.

What is your local office? If you are not comfortable sharing the local office just say so, it's OK.

Thanks everyone, sorry for the typo its for oath. My case is: