The Canadian Citizenship Application was known to take over two years until very recently.<\/p>\n
As of December\u00a02016, the processing time for a Canadian citizenship application is currently 12 months (according to IRCC’s website), provided you have submitted your application after March 2015. However, any correspondence between you and IRCC\u00a0will mean that your application will likely be delayed. Receiving the Residence Questionnaire <\/a>has been known to delay applications over a year<\/strong>.<\/p>\n If your application was submitted before April 2015, IRCC\u00a0attempted to have your application processed before March 31, 2016 but that didn’t exactly happen. However, they claim that the remaining applications were “non-routine,” meaning correspondence was required.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n CPC Sydney makes sure that your application:<\/p>\n If your application is complete you will receive:<\/p>\n In the Decision Phase<\/strong>, CPC Sydney sends your application to your local IRCC office to be processed further. A citizenship official or judge will decide on your application and you will be called in for an interview to review your documents and to evaluate your knowledge of Canada, if necessary. You will receive:<\/p>\n Practice for the citizenship test<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n In the Ceremony Phase<\/strong>, if you meet all the requirements of citizenship<\/em>, you will receive:<\/p>\n Go here<\/a> to check your application status.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n How long a non-routine application takes depends upon many factors:<\/p>\n There is no way of predicting how long it will take, but it will likely add at least a year extra to the processing time.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If the correspondence is routine then it will not delay your application. But it if isn’t routine, it will delay your application. Routine correspondence:<\/p>\n All other correspondence is non-routine and means your application will be delayed. You should respond to any requests from IRCC as soon as you possibly can.<\/p>\n Get help by calling us at 1-866-760-2623<\/p>\n <\/p>\nWhat Happens When my Citizenship Application is Submitted?<\/span><\/h2>\n
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I received correspondence from IRCC, will this delay my application?<\/h2>\n
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