July 2020 - Citizenship application

[Yawza]

The far more complicated PR application where you have to send x10 more documents from your entire life took around 3-4 months to process.

And Citizen application where they have to check only few documents, taking them over the year to process. The whole citizenship process after you meet all requirements should take 1-2 months and not 1-2 year.

It is the North American bureaucracy which is spread across all sectors, not only immigration. You should see it in the corporate world lol.

 

[flory2020]

my application starts processing October 28, 2020, anyone who has the similar time has received update?

 

[Tobyvan94]

I received it via email. I have been a Landed Immigrant and Permanent Resident in Canada for nearly 30 years. I don't have a common name and I was selected for it. Not everyone gets it. It might be a random selection. I just hope it doesn't extend the processing time further than it has already.

How and where did you get those fingerprints? At police station or service Canada? It was ink one or electronic one?

 

[Scott_Chegg1]

How and where did you get those fingerprints? At police station or service Canada? It was ink one or electronic one?

I had to do it at an approved RCMP agency as Police stations were not conducting this service during Covid. They are done electronically and they take your picture as well. It costs $55 plus tax and takes three to four business days (if clear) before they send it to Sydney.

 

[stalker]

Can anyone please update the sheet. My application is in progress since February 9th 2021.

 

[rodrash007]

Few folks from Jan and Feb 2020 have been invited for tests so finally it has reached early 2020. Still quite a few 2019 backlog to be cleared so hoping its done soon

 

[bmm651]

I remember a few years back citizenship process for most straightforward applicants was this quick, even the slower ones got processed in 6-8 months time.

not sure if the above person had their file under urgent processing?

some minor and 55 years older applications have moved faster cause of no knowledge test requirement.

we might get lucky in the coming months if online test and oath ceremonies are scaled up by sleepy IRCC

or DEc 2019 Typo

 

[Hot2Cold]

Can anyone please update the sheet. My application is in progress since February 9th 2021.

Done

 

[fullmooncirc]

Hello everyone,

im a pretty crazy situation. I would love to get some advice !

Application sent: July 15 2020
Application received: July 21 2020

On Jan 21, I finally got a letter in the mail (even tho I chose email for preferred contact)

they have deemed my application INCOMPLETE saying that all forms Were signed and dated more than 3 months before the date of... Receipt/Beginning of processing? (not sure)

This is not true. I signed and dated the applications by hand on the day I mailed them.

I have waited 8 months for this answer. They are returning my pay and are asking me to submit a new application where the date and signature is less than 3 months old.

how can they do this?????? Can I contest this decision? This is delaying the whole process by almost a year for me...

 

[rafzy]

Hello everyone,

im a pretty crazy situation. I would love to get some advice !

Application sent: July 15 2020
Application received: July 21 2020

On Jan 21, I finally got a letter in the mail (even tho I chose email for preferred contact)

they have deemed my application INCOMPLETE saying that all forms Were signed and dated more than 3 months before the date of... Receipt/Beginning of processing? (not sure)

This is not true. I signed and dated the applications by hand on the day I mailed them.

I have waited 8 months for this answer. They are returning my pay and are asking me to submit a new application where the date and signature is less than 3 months old.

how can they do this?????? Can I contest this decision? This is delaying the whole process by almost a year for me...

even if you are going to contest this decision, you have to submit your application again with IRCC

 

[fullmooncirc]

even if you are going to contest this decision, you have to submit your application again with IRCC

Thanks... how do you know? Has it happened to you?

 

[michel_hammamet]

Thanks... how do you know? Has it happened to you?

apply online. it will be faster from what i see than paper application. but i feel you, my friend... i would have been enraged too....

 

[fullmooncirc]

apply online. it will be faster from what i see than paper application. but i feel you, my friend... i would have been enraged too....

I wanted to do that but I didn’t find how to? I assumed it wasn’t possible. do you have the link?

 

[michel_hammamet]

I wanted to do that but I didn’t find how to? I assumed it wasn’t possible. do you have the link?

Here we go
https://citapply-citdemande.apps.cic.gc.ca/en/landing
select START YOUR ONLINE APPLICATION

 

[fullmooncirc]

Here we go
https://citapply-citdemande.apps.cic.gc.ca/en/landing
select START YOUR ONLINE APPLICATION

Amazing. I can’t believe I never found this link and I wasted 8 months with my paper application! Thank you