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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:
I didn't expect that, seeing as I wasn't doing training, but I didn't argue 
I was planning on posting some pics, but turn out my dad doesn't know how to turn my flash on on my digital camera, and the pics didn't turn out. Oh well.
