Application Process Samples [2003 - 2018]

[Katielily]

Recruiting Centre: Halifax
Regular/Reserve: Regular
Officer/NCM: Officer (DEO)
Trade Choice 1: Logisitics
Trade Choice 2: Maritime Surface and Sub-Surface Officer
First Applied: Oct 24, 2015
First Contacted: Nov 5, 2015
CFAT: Nov 23, 2015
MARS MOST: Jan 14, 2016
Interview & Medical: Feb 11, 2016
Supplementary Medical Forms Submitted: Feb 11, 2016
Passed Medical: May 18, 2016
Merit Listed: late May/early June 2016
Position Offered: September 8, 2016 (LogO)
Enrolment/Swearing In: January 10, 2017
BMOQ: January 16, 2017

 

[fruitflavor]

Recruiting Center: CFRC Winnipeg
Regular/Reserve: Reserves
Officer/NCM: RESO
Trade Choice 1: Signals Officer
Trade Choice 2:
Trade Choice 3:
Application Date: October 2015
First Contact: October 2015
Aptitude Test: Late2013/Early 2014
PT Test: Late Oct 2015
Reliability/ Enhanced Reliability: enhanced reliability competed.references have been called. FBI record check in progress since mid Jan 2016, received Late April 2016. apparently need higher clearance again for signals officer so back in the process it goes 
Medical:
Interview: Late may 2016
Merit Listed:
Position Offered:
Enrollment/Swear in:
Basic Training:

11 months and counting. Apparently still in background check. Might have to do PT test again.

 

[Baker89]

Recruiting Centre: Oshawa
Component: Regular, NCM
Trade Choice 1: Armoured Soldier
Trade Choice 2: Combat Engineer
Trade Choice 3: x
Application Date: 2 sept 2016
First Contact: ?
CFAT: ?
Medical: ?
Interview: ?
Physical: ?
Position Offered: ?
Basic: ?

On the website armoured soldier is currently in demand and hiring I thought I would've heard from them a lot sooner. Still waiting for them to send me another email telling me to contact my local recruiting office, or should I be contacting them after waiting for this long?

 

[mariomike]

Still waiting for them to send me another email telling me to contact my local recruiting office, or should I be contacting them after waiting for this long?

From Ask a CAF Recruiter Sticky,

I submitted my application. Whats Next?
https://army.ca/forums/threads/118929.0.html

After submitting your application:

        You should receive an email within 5-7 business days after the submission of your online application, giving you further direction on the next steps to take in the application process.

  To ensure that you receive correspondence between yourself and Canadian Armed Forces Recruiting the following is recommended:

•  Adding the email address "@forces.gc.ca" to your Safe Senders list in your email account is recommended, as there have been instances where email communications between Recruiting Detachments and applicants are filtered out and end up in the junk/spam mail folder.
•  Check your junk/spam email folder in case Forces emails continue to be filtered out.
•  Check up on the status of your application every 30 days with the Recruiting Detachment processing your application.
•  Ensure that you are checking the email account that you provided on your application.
___________________________________________________________________

If you have applied and have not yet received an email within 10 business days of submitting your online application, or if you would like to know the status of your application, it is recommended that you do the following:

•  Visit the link to our Forces site, ( http://www.forces.ca/en/page/contactus-73 ) and submit a status update request for your application.
•  If you know your application number, include it in the email.
•  If you do not know your application number, ensure you include your first name, last name, date of birth and the postal code of your home address. This will ensure that the recruiter who receives your email can locate your application and provide you with a status update.
 

 

[Fluff]

Recruiting Centre: Edmonton
Regular/ Reserve: Regular
Officer/NCM: DEO
Trade Choice 1: Engineer Officer
Trade Choice 2: EME Officer
Trade Choice 3: Signals Officer
Applied: 27 June 2015
CFAT: 02 Sept. 2015
Pre-Assessment Interview: 22 Sept. 2015
Only Signals approved
Medical: 02 Nov. 2015 (Declared Fit July 2016)
Interview: 02 Nov. 2015
Background Checks: 09 Aug. 2016
Final Processing: 22 Aug. 2016
Merit Listed: 13 Sept. 2016 (Confirmed)
Received Offer: 19 Sept. 2016
BMOQ: 16 Jan. 2017

Got the phone call today, it will be an anxious ~4 month wait but I'd rather too much time to prep than not enough.

 

[DAA]

Recruiting Centre: Oshawa
Component: Regular, NCM
Trade Choice 1: Armoured Soldier
Trade Choice 2: Combat Engineer
Trade Choice 3: x
Application Date: 2 sept 2016
First Contact: ?
CFAT: ?
Medical: ?
Interview: ?
Physical: ?
Position Offered: ?
Basic: ?

On the website armoured soldier is currently in demand and hiring I thought I would've heard from them a lot sooner. Still waiting for them to send me another email telling me to contact my local recruiting office, or should I be contacting them after waiting for this long?

If you are applying for the Regular Force, you should have been contacted within a week of submitting your online application.  If you are applying for the Reserve Force, then they usually recommend that you contact a Reserve Force Unit in your local area prior to submitting an online application.

Check your SPAM/Junk eMail Folders "online" through your email provider, as a response from CAF Recruiting may have been filtered out at that level and never reached you.

Worse case scenario, contact Recruiting Customer Service and ask about the status of your online application but be sure to include your Full Name, Address and Date of Birth.  They will usually respond back to you within 48 hours.

Customer Service  -  http://www.forces.ca/en/page/contactus-73
*** - use the email link under the heading "I need assistance with my application."

 

[AbdullahD]

Recruting Center: Vancouver
Component: Reg Force
Trade Choice 1: MSEOP
Trade Choice 2: --
Trade Choice 3: --
Application Date: 09/22/2016
First Contact: TBA
Tests:
CFAT- completed, 2006.
Medical- TBA
Physical- TBA
Interview- TBA
Position Offered: TBA
Basic Training Begins: TBA

Ya know, I am 30 and I did not think I would have the trepidation submitting the application that I did. Having roughly 15 years of job experience and all.. but the 8 jobs in 5 years thing, looks bad to me lol (I tend to hold multiple jobs at once, been working 50+ hours a week for 6+ years, wife is excited for 40 hrs a week lol).

Anyways for better or worse, it is started guys. God bless ya all and DAA thanks for dealing with my message, you really dont bite

Abdullab

 

[JaiWill]

Recruiting Center: Ottawa
Regular/Reserve: Regular
Officer/NCM: Officer
Trade Choice 1: Pilot
Trade Choice 2: Intelligence Officer
Trade Choice 3: Aerospace Control Officer
Application Date: July 21st, 2015
First Contact: July 30th, 2015
CFAT: August 14th, 2015
ASC Phase 1: May 2nd & 3rd, 2016
Medical: June 8th, 2016
Interview: June 8th, 2016
ASC Phase 2: October 6th, 2016
Merit listed: TBD
Position Offered: TBD
Enrollment: TBD
BMOQ: TBD

 

[JDW]

So very happy! I have applied to the CF right out of high school and I have received THE call this week 
Here's my process.:

Recruiting Centre: Barrie
Regular/Reserve: Regular
Officer/NCM: Officer
Trade Choice 1: CEOTP Pilot
Trade Choice 2:
Trade Choice 3:
First Applied: Dec, 2015
First Contacted: 1 - 2 weeks after application
CFAT: Feb 22, 2016
Medical: Mar 15, 2016 FAILED
Interview: Mar 17, 2016
Supplementary Medical Forms Submitted: May - June, 2016 PASSED
ASC: Jul 6 - 8, 2016
Aircrew Medical: Jul 21, 2016
Merit Listed: Sept 7, 2016 (confirmed by phone)
Position Offered: Sept 20, 2016
Enrolment/Swearing In: Oct 12, 2016
BMOQ: Oct 24, 2016

 

[Alexis]

Recruiting Center: Montreal

Regular/Reserve: Regular

Officer/NCM: NCM

Trade Choice 1: Med Tech

Application Date: Oct. 22nd 2015

First Contact: Oct. 23rd 2015

CFAT/TSD/PI: Nov. 19th 2015 (passed)

Background check: May 10th 2016 (Cleared)

Interview: May 31st 2016 (passed)

Medical: June 6th 2016 (passed)

Pre-security clearance (not born in Canada): Ottawa said not needed

PLAR started: July 27th 2016

PLAR completed: Aug 17th 2016

Merit listed: Aug 30th 2016

Position Offered: Sep 12th 2016

Swear in: Oct 25th 2016

BMQ: Nov 7th 2016  :Bday Dancer:


Good luck guys! mine took a year from the day I applied to my swearing in!

 

[DAA]

So very happy! I have applied to the CF right out of high school and I have received THE call this week 
Here's my process.:

Recruiting Centre: Barrie
Regular/Reserve: Regular
Officer/NCM: Officer
Trade Choice 1: CEOTP Pilot
Trade Choice 2:
Trade Choice 3:
First Applied: Dec, 2015
First Contacted: 1 - 2 weeks after application
CFAT: Feb 22, 2016
Medical: Mar 15, 2016 FAILED
Interview: Mar 17, 2016
Supplementary Medical Forms Submitted: May - June, 2016 PASSED
ASC: Jul 6 - 8, 2016
Aircrew Medical: Jul 21, 2016
Merit Listed: Sept 7, 2016 (confirmed by phone)
Position Offered: Sept 20, 2016
Enrolment/Swearing In: Oct 12, 2016
BMOQ: Oct 24, 2016

I guess your previous question has now been answered.    :nod:

http://army.ca/forums/threads/105937/post-1454333.html#msg1454333

Congrats and good luck on your future career with the CAF!   

 

[MacleodEE]

Recruiting Center: CFRC- Fredericton
Regular/Reserve: Regular (Airforce)
Officer/NCM: NCM
Trade Choice 1: ACS Tech
Application Date: April 2014
First Contact: April 2014
Aptitude Test: May 2014
Medical: May 2014 - Cleared June 2015
Interview: October 15th, 2015
Merit Listed: October 30th 2015 ish
Position Offered: ACS
Enrollment/Swear in: Sept 22th 2016
Basic: October 10th 2016

 

[Banksmj01]

It has been a very long time coming, but as they say good things come to those who wait, I got my call. Never been as nervous and as excited in my whole life. 

Recruiting Center: Charlottetown, PE.
Regular/ Reserve: Regular
Officer/NCM: NCM
Trade Choice 1: Infantry Soldier
Trade Choice 2: Armoured Soldier
Trade Choice 3: Combat Engineer

Online Application: [February 26th 2014]
First Contact: [March 5th 2014]
CFAT: [March 18th 2014] Passed
Medical: [July 29th 2014]  Failed
Interview: [July 29th 2014] Passed

** Additional medical information sent 12 months later and found acceptable. Recieved letter stating I now meet CEMS (File Reopened).

Background Check: [Dec 8th 2015]
ERS Check: [Dec 8th 2015] Passed
Medical 2: [May 25th 2016] Passed (V4 combat arms DQ)
Interview 2: [June 29th 2016]

Switched Trades
Trade Choice 1: ACISS
Trade Choice 2: Veh Tech

Merit Listed: [September 19th 2016]
Position offered: [September 28th 2016 ACISS]
Swearing in:  [October 24th 2016]
BMQ Start Date: [November 5th 2016]

 

[Riffraff]

Recruiting Centre: Calgary
Regular/ Reserve: Regular
Officer/NCM: NCM
Trade Choice 1: Combat Engineer
Trade Choice 2: ACISS
Trade Choice 3: Infantry Soldier
Application Date: June 6, 2016
First Contact: June 7, 2016
CFAT: June 23, 2016 Passed
Medical exam: September 21, 2016
Interview: September 21, 2016
Position Offered: Combat Engineer, September 29, 2016
Swearing in: October 25, 2016
BMQ: November 7, 2016

 

[Ocean33]

thanks everyone for posting your processes
I am waiting on medical, and getting ducks in a row.
Hoping the new year brings good news!
Good luck all

 

[SandwichBoy]

Recruiting Center: CFRC Montreal
Regular/Reserve: Regular
Officer/NCM: NCM
Trade Choice 1: Infantry
Trade Choice 2:
Trade Choice 3:
Application Date: 22 April 2016
First Contact: May 2016
Aptitude Test: Already done with a previous application
Medical: Aug 2016
Interview: Aug 2016
Merit Listed: Sept 2016
Position Offered: 3 October 2016
Enrollment/Swear in: 8 Nov 2016
Basic Training: 14 Nov 2016

 

[Ocean33]

thank you everyone for posting your progress
still getting my ducks in a row
good luck all

 

[Morgan822]

After a year long process my dream is finally here. I get sworn in in November 3rd and commence BMQ November 14th.

 

[ms_ink]

Recuiting Center: Sudbury Ont
Regular/Reserve: Regular
Officer/NCM:NCM
Trade choice: MSE OP
Application Date: mid June 2016
First Contact: July 2016
Aptitude Testing: August 2016
Medical:Oct 2016
Interview: Oct 2016
Merit Listed: Oct 2016
Position Offered: TBD
Enrolment/Swear in: TBD
Basic Training: TBD

Hey All! I've been browsing these forums for a few months now- definitely has been helpful & answered many questions for me. Decided today to actually sign up, seeing as am I am on the last stretch of the application process.

Super nervous as I have never wanted something so bad in my life.

Here's hoping I have something that stands out above the rest!

Best of luck to everyone 

 

[AllisonLeigh93]

Recruiting Centre: Charlottetown
Regular/ Reserve: Regular
Officer/NCM: NCM
Trade Choice: Infantry soldier
Application Date: August 25, 2016
First Contact: August 30, 2016
CFAT: September 7, 2016 Passed
Medical exam and Interview: October 5, 2016
Merit Listed: TBD
Position Offered: TBD
Swearing in: TBD
BMQ: TBD