What does that mean background check?

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 rainvouver wrote:

I just called CIC today and asked if the background check is the security background check done by CSIS. The agent confirmed that CIC has received the verification report from RCMP after I done the electronic fingerprint. She said that my security background check has already been done before and CIC now sent my fingerprint to the agency who will do the background check for other things. When CIC receives the report from the agency, they will schedule the test for me. so it is the last step before the test. 

Does anyone know what the other things mean? and how long it will take?

How long it takes for even routine cases on the most routine course to proceed through the process is still no better than a wild guess, ranging from slightly less than a year to more than two years; any wrinkle in the process and in particular anything that takes it out of the "routine" case parameters (including fingerprint requests) extends the potential range to possibly several years, albeit you could be scheduled for the test in the coming month. 

That is we know, in only the most vague sort of way, that it is likely you will be scheduled for the test sometime between soon and years from now. That's the best we know. 

As for the background check for other things . . . : 

As I said, CIC is most secretive about the security clearance aspect of background checks, and CSIS is even more secretive. 

So, it is nearly impossible to figure out what is going on behind the curtains in regards to the security background check. 

If, acknowledging though this is a big if, the call centre representative accurately reported to you that there already was a completed CSIS clearance and thus all you need is an update, unless you have been associating with persons connected to organized crime, terrorist activities or organizations, or traveling to suspect parts of the world, there is probably no reason to be anxious about what is involved in doing the update or how long it will take. Sure, there are some exceptions; if, for example, you have had problems or delays obtaining immigration related clearances in the past, something like that could trigger a more thorough check in effect revisiting the earlier clearances to verify things. But, as I said in my previous post, most applicants have no cause to worry about the update process . . . and those who do should have a good idea why and thus be aware that they are potentially among the exceptions. 