What happens if I fail the test?
If you fail, you will be invited to attend an interview with a citizenship judge.The judge will ask you the same kind of questions as you have already tried answering in the test, so you will have to prepare anyway. Some judges are more lenient than others. Read the following excerpt from “Profile: Sigmund Reiser, Citizenship Judge” from cbc.ca:
“People who fail the test are directed to Reiser for an interview. The discussion can last from 15 to 45 minutes, depending on the situation. If it’s a matter of asking some similar test questions, the process is quick but sometimes Reiser needs to test a person’s ability to communicate in English. He holds between 12 to 20 interviews a day.
“If they can converse with me, more or less – and they don’t have to be grammatically perfect – I will pass them. I just need to know if they understand me or if they understand what they’re talking about.”
But your judge might have a different “policy”. if you fail the interview, you can appeal to the federal court or start the procedure from the very beginning. You will receive a cheque for $100 (refund of the Right of Citizenship fee), and of course, you will not be granted citizenship.
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connie said,
February 5, 2007 @ 12:18 pm
I was told when I completed my test that we were not going to find oout if we passed for another 3 months, I found that a lttle strange. A friend of mine found out if she passed or not right the same day.
Maria Beatriz Anderson said,
January 15, 2008 @ 2:58 pm
In fact, that it’s true..or I should say it happended to me.
I had my canadian citizenship on January 7th, 2008, in Regina, SK. Before I (we, the group) start the test, the Officer told us: ” when you finish the test, please wait outside so you don’t disturb whoever didn’t finish the test yet, and then when everybody is done with the test, I’ll go outside and I will inform you if you passed the test”..and in fact, when everybody was done, she came outside and said: CONGRATULATIONS!!!…You passed the test…(except for 1 person..pretty sad) and then she said: ” now you just wait for a letter inviting you for the citizenship ceremony, which It will be between the en of January or anytime before April/2008″