Re: HELP! more than 2 years waiting for citizenship hearing

I may not be totally correct but as a suggestion, you must get some
legal advise with a firm that specializes in Citizenship matters.



Wish you goodluck

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Originally posted by Harry 

> I applied early 2001 for citizenship after mistakenly

> concluding that several around-Christmas and obviously temporary

> abscences would not be discounted. They were, and I ended up

> 90 days short of the required time (too exited about becoming a

> citizen). So my app. has been gathering dust at St. Clair East,

> two subway stations from where I live :( since Aug. 2001.

>

> In July'03 I managed to speak with a human at the call center

> and told me "you'll get a hearing date anytime now". That's

> turned out like when the girl tells you "I'll call you".

>

> My app. made it to the "hearing shelf" only until July'02 (I have

> a copy of my file obtained by priv. act info req.) So it's been

> on the hearing shelf for a year and a half.

>

> Any suggestions what to do? I could withdraw the app. and reapply,

> but that means one more year of waiting.

>

> Is there anything I can do? Is there any way to find out how longer

> it will take to get a citizenship hearing date in Toronto?

>

Thanks in advance! 


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