Citizenship update

[frysco]

Our story so far:

• April 7 2011 - Application completed and mailed
• April 11 2011 - Application actually received by CIC
• May 17 2011 - Date of receipt letter
• July 12 2011 - Receipt letter received (thank you, Canada Post! I'm sure I might have got that sooner had you not been on strike)
• November 9 2011 - Status changed from 'Received' to 'In Process' (I

Comments

[jaxxblackfox]

Newfoundland has it's own time zone... which honestly I keep forgetting. LOL

We helped a lot in France, but we're most well known for liberating the Netherlands/Holland in WW2... so I'd guess it'd be that.

Honestly, I think a lot of people BORN here don't know or remember the answers to some of those questions!! I'm sure you did great! :)

[loranskunky]

Wow, those are some hard questions. Good Luck though.

[sayh]

Wonder how many Canadians would fail this test :)

[c_eagle]

Wow... they ask pretty hard questions! :P

[rider_eman]

I had asked several Canadian friends and family some of the questions and they couldn't tell me the answers. Some of them were rather off the wall on my test too. Hope you did well, sounds like it was 'fun' like mine @.@. How long did it take in all for the day?

[frysco]

It actually sounds like the test at the Expo Blvd centre was harder than the ones given at the Surrey Centre. I had thought, after speaking with you and a co-worker who took the test on Tuesday, that it was going to be a lot harder than it turned out to be.

My appointment was for 8:30am, and I was out before 10:30.

[rider_eman]

I must admit that I am a little jealous at your wait time. I guess at this point we will be waiting on the results. Perhaps I was not as ready as I thought when I went in, though I will be perturbed if I have to redo my PR info for October or worse, find that I did not pass.

Ah well, time will tell :)

[frysco]

Don't be too jealous - I think that a lot had to do with how Surrey did their set-up versus how Expo Blvd did theirs. The interview was first, so if you got there early, you got a quick interview but had to wait until everyone got interviewed before the test. Got there close to on time, and you didn't have as long to wait.

The bad thing is that I was told that it will take 4-6 months (not weeks) before getting a 'pass' notification. I think you (and my coworker) said that they would hear in 4-6 weeks.

It could be that each local center is responsible for processing things now, and that Surrey has a longer wait time than Vancouver. :P