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my application situation was somewhat close to yours: 1/ i have Dual-Citizenship. 2/ i haven't lived in Canada continuously for the 10 years prior to my application. 3/ i had a direct family member (my oldest brother) living abroad. and according to the CF guidelines, each and any one of these...

your application maybe "slowed-down" for numerous reasons, but i don't think being female or having certain ideology have to do with that. best thing to do is -if you think someone is treating you negatively or don't like you, in military or anywhere else in life- take what you need from them...

how hard the exam is? how smart are you? As far as i know -as far as i understood from the recruiting officer when i was applying-, its not a matter of what "grade" you achieve, its more of meeting your certain trade's minimum requirement, and how you rank overall compared to others applying...

this can really take anywhere from weeks to years. Are you applying for Regular or Reserve Forces? in my case, my whole application process took almost 3 years (Jan 2014 - Nov 2016). did the medical, interview and CFAT within 3 months of applying, then waited 2.5 years until i was in.  and...

AFAIK, you have to finish BMQ, BMQ-L (SQ), and DP1 and have 1-2 years of on job experience before you can advance to any specialty training course in any trade. However, to correct you on the "a lot of people tend to shy away from jobs like EOD" is totally the opposite of truth, EOD is one of...

Certificate of Citizenship, Citizenship Card, or Canadian Passport all would suffice. you must have one of those if you were born outside of Canada, or else you're not a Canadian citizen. i was asked for those by my unit after enrollment ceremony, not at BMQ

i have personally dealt with 2 or 3 recruiters at the local unit i'm applying for (36 CER) and when the application was forwarded to the Recruiting Centre, i have dealt with more than 6 different recruiters with varying ranks over the past 2.5 years (my application was a bit length because i was...

To original poster "AhmedX" Judging by your forst name, you probably grew up in the same region i did, and english is also my second language. by no mean i think my english is perfect, but since first day i stepped a foot in Canada i have always been determined to enhance my language skill...

I finally got the call today!!!! After almost 3 years in process (2 years, 10 months exactly) My local unit's recruting Cpl. Called in today and im getting sworn in next Tuesday, Recruiting Centre: Halifax Regular/Reserve: Reserve Officer/NCM: NCM Trade Choice 1: Combat Engineer Trade Choice...

Recruiting Centre: Army Reserve Rec. Halifax Regular/Reserve: Reserve Officer/NCM: NCM Trade Choice 1: Combat Engineer Trade Choice 2: ACISS Trade Choice 3: Med Tech Application Date: Jan31 2014 Documents Received: Feb26 2014 First Contact: Mar11 2014 CFAT: Mar12 2014 -passed 1st Medical: Mar24...

not to sound pessimistic, but consider yourself for a lengthy application process due to indepth security check if: 1/you have dual citizenship, 2/haven't lived continuously in Canada for the past 10 years, 3/have direct relatives living abroad. i'm in the same case, i applied in January 2014...

its been 21 months since i started my application!!! at first was going pretty fast, finished interview, medical, CFAT and fitness in less than 2 months, then absolutely nothing for the past 18 months,  ??? been hearing the same thing over and over: "waiting for the Security Check" -i check with...

i've been visiting the local Reserve recruiting centre once a month or so and i've been hearing the same thing since April 2014; that they're still conducting my background check (security clearance 60E) because i was born outside of Canada ....but i'm still waiting  :salute:

overly long? my application has taken over 18 months so far and i'm still waiting  :facepalm:

its been over 18 months since i first submitted my application, but i'm still waiting and not losing hope  :salute: had to re-do the fitness test because its been over a year since i did my first fitness test, so it expired Recruiting Centre: Army Reserve Recruiting - Halifax Regular/Reserve...