November 2020 - Citizenship Application

[Roger1985]

1 year after AoR - best case looking at current backlog.

That's depressing.

 

[samtoryyy]

I’m still waiting for “In process” should I worry?

Here’s my timeline:
Application sent: Nov 16 2020
Application received: Nov 18 2020
AOR: February 10 2021

 

[Linear M]

I’m still waiting for “In process” should I worry?

Here’s my timeline:
Application sent: Nov 16 2020
Application received: Nov 18 2020
AOR: February 10 2021

No

 

[siddharthbala]

That's depressing.

Eeh, I wouldn't say a year is a fair assessment either because it's based on the assumption that the current testing regime (5,000 slots in total at any one time) will continue to hold for over 12 calendar months to be possible, which I highly doubt will be the case - nobody can be sure of either assumption to peg a timeline to it at this point without any direct clarity from the org itself.

They can do one of three things:

a) Cancel the online testing completely after the pilot phase (Unlikely and the worst-case scenario, given that in-person testing still hasn't had a plan to its name since COVID began) - puts us back into limbo again until they get their ducks in a row.
b) Transition the online testing program out of the pilot phase and full-scale deployment (after a brief period of no-testing whatsoever to examine the stats, tweak the actual test experience itself before deployment begins - the only telltale sign of this option would be a mysterious drop of invites as they wrap up pilot phase testing to prep for deployment)
c) Deploy online testing en masse and simultaneously move the remainder of 'pilot testing' into a closed circuit - this is the best-case scenario because it means the ball gets rolling much faster.

Personally, I find the current online testing mechanism as it stands to be sub-optimal by way of design, given its slot-based nature. Right now, for example, a testing invite shows up out of the blue and the applicant is given 20-something days to answer it, basically soft-locking a slot for testing for nearly a month. As per our understanding of the system only 5,000 concurrent people can be tested at any given time if the info from other threads from the IRCC is to be believed.

This means the bigger burden is on the applicant at this point to be ready to sit for the exam as soon as possible and have that test response recorded (which was something I knew was going to be a problem from Day 1 because of the tech issues involved, (seeing as the exam has no direct proctor to help troubleshoot for manpower reasons), in order to effectively free the slot for a new applicant to take a test on the system.

Realistically, they should be shortening that time window, issuing advance notice of availability in a current slot and the ability to defer to another slot if not prepared. There seems to be little/no 'queueing' logic in this system to make the most efficient use of existing slots, on top of which the slots are soft-locked for far too long to put a dent in the backlog. I also don't envy them, because trying to make this little system do its job is the equivalent of trying to channel the Atlantic Ocean into a bathtub at this point.

 

[pg15]

Eeh, I wouldn't say a year is a fair assessment either because it's based on the assumption that the current testing regime (5,000 slots in total at any one time) will continue to hold for over 12 calendar months to be possible, which I highly doubt will be the case - nobody can be sure of either assumption to peg a timeline to it at this point without any direct clarity from the org itself.

They can do one of three things:

a) Cancel the online testing completely after the pilot phase (Unlikely and the worst-case scenario, given that in-person testing still hasn't had a plan to its name since COVID began) - puts us back into limbo again until they get their ducks in a row.
b) Transition the online testing program out of the pilot phase and full-scale deployment (after a brief period of no-testing whatsoever to examine the stats, tweak the actual test experience itself before deployment begins - the only telltale sign of this option would be a mysterious drop of invites as they wrap up pilot phase testing to prep for deployment)
c) Deploy online testing en masse and simultaneously move the remainder of 'pilot testing' into a closed circuit - this is the best-case scenario because it means the ball gets rolling much faster.

Personally, I find the current online testing mechanism as it stands to be sub-optimal by way of design, given its slot-based nature. Right now, for example, a testing invite shows up out of the blue and the applicant is given 20-something days to answer it, basically soft-locking a slot for testing for nearly a month. As per our understanding of the system only 5,000 concurrent people can be tested at any given time if the info from other threads from the IRCC is to be believed.

This means the bigger burden is on the applicant at this point to be ready to sit for the exam as soon as possible and have that test response recorded (which was something I knew was going to be a problem from Day 1 because of the tech issues involved, (seeing as the exam has no direct proctor to help troubleshoot for manpower reasons), in order to effectively free the slot for a new applicant to take a test on the system.

Realistically, they should be shortening that time window, issuing advance notice of availability in a current slot and the ability to defer to another slot if not prepared. There seems to be little/no 'queueing' logic in this system to make the most efficient use of existing slots, on top of which the slots are soft-locked for far too long to put a dent in the backlog. I also don't envy them, because trying to make this little system do its job is the equivalent of trying to channel the Atlantic Ocean into a bathtub at this point.

No body can predict anything. Everything is an assumption.
As per latest update from CIC "Finalizing most applications received between March 31 and April 6, 2019".
So, if they double the current processing speeds, Nov 2020 applications will start getting test invites in 10 months or so...
Just to keep anxiety and waiting times realistic.

 

[smitsmart]

Hey. Changed status to In Process on Ecas on 29th March 2021. Can you update the spreadsheet. My username is 'sdesai'

 

[badpusacat]

Approximately what AOR date now got the "In Process" status?

 

[Kaymin]

Hello. I'm a newbie to this forum, and this is my first post.

Here's my timeline and details:

Application type: Single
Physical presence days: 1150
Application Received: 9 November 2020
AOR: 3 February 2021
In Process: 17 March 2021
Fingerprint Request: 18 March 2021
Fingerprint Done: 22 March 2021
Location: Calgary, AB

My fingerprints were requested by CPC Sydney. Does this mean that my application is still not handed to my local IRCC office? I thought that when the status changes to In Process, it's handed over to the IRCC closest to where I am based. Thanks.

How did they request the FP is it by Email?

 

[salem10]

Today my application changed to In Process.
Application received November 30
AOR February 25
In Process March 30.
Hoping the best soon for me and everyone.

 

[OllySyd]

No body can predict anything. Everything is an assumption.
As per latest update from CIC "Finalizing most applications received between March 31 and April 6, 2019".
So, if they double the current processing speeds, Nov 2020 applications will start getting test invites in 10 months or so...
Just to keep anxiety and waiting times realistic.

Agree. And sometimes that brings the tracking into a different perspective. While you can get an overall picture of the timelines, processing speed - it is all case specific and once you kind of get an exception category (see other apps moving faster), it definitely increases the anxiety.

 

[canjpnphl]

How did they request the FP is it by Email?

Yes, thru e-mail. Not everyone gets an FP request, though. I believe it's random.

On a side note, I got my FP request only a day after my application status changed to In Process. I hope it's a sign of things to come. LOL

 

[candinavian]

Application received: Nov 9 2020
AOR: February 9 2021
In Process: 17 March 2021

 

[Amanbaanga]

In Process- 31st March

 

[OllySyd]

Another week came and gone....and it is still in received status....Looks like the waiting game to get to the waiting game continues.....

 

[sk000]

Out of curiosity, when a FP request triggered? Is it while the application in Sydney office or during the application in the local processing center?