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Well, after around 4 months, I'm finally being sworn in. I went to CFRC Hamilton around the end of August and got a pep talk, info on the trades I was in, the usual stuff, the next week I took a trip to the armouries and got all the paperwork, and completed it in about 2 weeks. The first roadblock in my process was that my birth certificate had went missing, so when I went to my unit (RHLI) to get all my paperwork sorted out, they could only take an old photocopy of it, and informed me that I would have to get a new birth certificate before I could be enrolled.
I did my CFAT and physical in the beginning of October, and my medical and interview on the same day the next week. Well, the medical was the biggest holdup. I had to get a form signed by my orthodontist because I had braces, no big deal, I think I got the form signed that day or the next. The big problem was that I was on Accutane, an acne medication that was working very well for me, cleared all of it right up. The medical examiner said that if I was applying for a reg force trade, that I would be turned down instantly, but seeing that I was applying for the reserves, I shouldn't have a problem. He gave me a form for my doctor to fill out saying that I could perform all the duties required of me, which I could. I returned the form to the recruiting center the next day, and they said they would ship out my package to the medical review board, and that I should hear from them in a month.
I got a letter in the mail a month after that, saying that I was unfit for enrollment because of the meds. I immediatley stopped the medication, went back to my doctor and paid another $20 to get a statement saying that I was off the meds and full capable. I took the forms back to the recruiting center that week, and I was told that they would ship it out as high priority, and that it should only take a week or two to hear back from them.
Two weeks later, I got a letter saying that my medical had gone through, and that I was fit for enrollment. Yay. I got my new birth certificate a few weeks ago, and took a photocopy down to the recruiting center, and also had to initial another reliability check form, I don't know what happened to the first one, but I was told it went through the first time, oh well.
Anyway, I get home from school today, and am informed that the recruiting officer of the RHLI had called, and that I was ready to be sworn in. I'm going down to the armouries at 7:00 tomorrow evening, and as far as I know, the next weekend BMQ is starting on Jan. 20th, but it's not confirmed.
Anyway, that's my story. I can't wait to get the recruiting process behind me and start training. :warstory:
I did my CFAT and physical in the beginning of October, and my medical and interview on the same day the next week. Well, the medical was the biggest holdup. I had to get a form signed by my orthodontist because I had braces, no big deal, I think I got the form signed that day or the next. The big problem was that I was on Accutane, an acne medication that was working very well for me, cleared all of it right up. The medical examiner said that if I was applying for a reg force trade, that I would be turned down instantly, but seeing that I was applying for the reserves, I shouldn't have a problem. He gave me a form for my doctor to fill out saying that I could perform all the duties required of me, which I could. I returned the form to the recruiting center the next day, and they said they would ship out my package to the medical review board, and that I should hear from them in a month.
I got a letter in the mail a month after that, saying that I was unfit for enrollment because of the meds. I immediatley stopped the medication, went back to my doctor and paid another $20 to get a statement saying that I was off the meds and full capable. I took the forms back to the recruiting center that week, and I was told that they would ship it out as high priority, and that it should only take a week or two to hear back from them.
Two weeks later, I got a letter saying that my medical had gone through, and that I was fit for enrollment. Yay. I got my new birth certificate a few weeks ago, and took a photocopy down to the recruiting center, and also had to initial another reliability check form, I don't know what happened to the first one, but I was told it went through the first time, oh well.
Anyway, I get home from school today, and am informed that the recruiting officer of the RHLI had called, and that I was ready to be sworn in. I'm going down to the armouries at 7:00 tomorrow evening, and as far as I know, the next weekend BMQ is starting on Jan. 20th, but it's not confirmed.
Anyway, that's my story. I can't wait to get the recruiting process behind me and start training. :warstory:
