I would not expect this to be done fast unless you get lucky. I personally know of a man that works here where I live in my condo. His file was transferred to Mississauga and then they sent a letter for FP and it has been a few months now and no results yet. They still do sit on this too. Hopefully you will be more lucky than he was.

On CIC website it says,"You need to submit fingerprints in order to verify your identity and confirm that you do not have any criminal charges or convictions that could affect your application".

But, How the local CIC know that you might have criminal record, convictions or identity problems? isn't the RCMP have all these records? what are their criteria to select one applicant to ask for FP and delayed his/her application for almost a year.

anyone please explain that to me.

Thanks alot.

 

 

RCMP always replies inquiries about status of fingerprinting/criminal applications whitin 2-3 working days from date of your inquiry. If you send them your fingerprint electronically it takes less than two weeks for them to process it and send results to your local citizenship office but if you send them paper-based fingerprints it would take longer and sometimes a few months from date of submission. I personally sumbitted electronic version of my fingerprints through a certified criminal record check center and a few days after submission, RCMP replied my email that the criminal processing is done and they will send it to my local CIC office. So fingerprinting is not big deal. Just do it quickly at a certified criminal record check centers and they will care about rest of the process.

 

FYI,  my email (dated March 29, 2010):

 

Hello RCMP,

I would like to know the status of my application for Fingerprint Screening/Criminal Record. My information is:

 

First Name: XXXXXXXXXXX

Family Name: XXXXXXXXXXXX

Date of Birth:  XXXXXX 

Reason of Application: Citizenship Grant

Date of Application: Electronic Fingerprints/Application on March 25, 2010

 

Thank you,

 

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RCMP's reply (dated March 30, 2010) :

 

Good day,

 

In reply to your request for a status update for our Civil Criminal Records Check in the matter of:

 

<my family name>, <my first name>

 

Has been completed on the week of 2010-03-29 and will be sent to the following address:

 

<My Local Office>  CIC

 

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Originally posted by sendi-mississauga Originally posted by frankie My husband was also requested for fingerprints in March 2010 by the Calgary office. He also went to an authorized digital fingerprint agency as per the letter he received from the Calgary office and we were told the same thing by the agent as you were told; the fingerprints were sent electronically to the RCMP, who does the background check. Once the RCMP complete the background check, the RCMP are supposed to send the results of the background check to the local office who requested the fingerprints. The online status did not change at all. It said "In process" prior to receiving the request for fingerprints in March and it still says "In process." We have no idea if the RCMP have completed the check or not. Hopefully they have. Actually, that's a question I would like to ask to members of this forum - is there some way to check either directly with the RCMP or with the CIC to find out if the security check has been completed and when the results were sent to the local office? Frankie Hi Frankie, I started this thread because first I was very upset that I had to submit fingerprints. I submitted them Feb. 9, 2010. Nothing happened for months, and months. Then I e-mailed RCMP (same e-mail address that mrstaycation shared a few posts ago), to check the status. They actually e-mailed me back, and it was specifically about my case, not just a general reply. But they wrote in the e-mail that it takes more than 120 WORKING days until they will send the results back to CIC Mississauga. This was on May 28, 2010. I waited again, but only 1 month, and e-mailed RCMP again. Then suprisingly they wrote back, that they already sent the results to Mississauga CIC on June 3, 2010. But if I check e-cas, it does not show anything. But at least I know, that they have all the information needed. All I want to say is, that I think my e-mail to RCMP in May, helped a little bit to speed up the process, since a few days after my e-mail they finally got back to CIC Mississauga. So, I think it`s a good idea to follow up with RCMP, they will look into your file sooner.

 

RCMP always replies inquiries about status of fingerprinting/criminal applications whitin 2-3 working days from date of your inquiry. If you send them your fingerprint electronically it takes less than two weeks for them to process it and send results to your local citizenship office but if you send them paper-based fingerprints it would take longer and sometimes a few months from date of submission. I personally sumbitted electronic version of my fingerprints through a certified criminal record check center and a few days after submission, RCMP replied my email that the criminal processing is done and they will send it to my local CIC office. So fingerprinting is not big deal. Just do it quickly at a certified criminal record check centers and they will care about rest of the process.

 

FYI,  my email (dated March 29, 2010):

 

Hello RCMP,

I would like to know the status of my application for Fingerprint Screening/Criminal Record. My information is:

 

First Name: XXXXXXXXXXX

Family Name: XXXXXXXXXXXX

Date of Birth:  XXXXXX 

Reason of Application: Citizenship Grant

Date of Application: Electronic Fingerprints/Application on March 25, 2010

 

Thank you,

 

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RCMP's reply (dated March 30, 2010) :

 

I have some good news on our email request to the RCMP (CivilNPS@rcmp-grc.gc.ca) on the status of the fingerprint screening for my husband, which was requested by the Calgary office on March 18, 2010 and my husband had his fingerprints done by an accredited electronic fingerprint agency in Calgary on March 31, 2010. We received an email reply today from CivilNPS stating the following:

file:///C:%5CUsers%5CFrances%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml - - Records Check in the matter of: [First Name Last Name] DOB YYYY-MM-DD
- Has been completed on the week of 2010-04-01 and have been sent to the
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- ROOM 170, 220 4TH AVENUE SE
- - So looking at the timeline, it looks like the fingerprint screening only took a few days, which is good, as it means that there was virtually no delay to my husband's case due to the FP request. So now we just continue to wait for a test date, maybe sometime in November.

By the way, it took just over two weeks to receive a reply by email from CivilNPS. They are very busy. file:///C:%5CUsers%5CFrances%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml - App Rec'd Jun 2/09; Started Processing Feb 27/10; Trans. to Calgary Mar 23/10; FP to RCMP Mar 31/10; Test - Nov 23/10; Oath - Nov 23/10.