Is this even possible?

[Da_man]

My uncle wants to join the army as an officer, and he did his CFAT test already. But hes saying that he needs to get some papers because he is a landed immigrant. Sounds legit to me. But hes saying that there is a 30 days limit to get these papers, otherwise they cancel his application. Hes saying he needs 45 days to get these papers.

Why would they set a time limit to get that kind of papers? I want to know if this is true, because i think hes just looking for a lame excuse to avoid the physically demanding training without actualy "quitting".

 

[brneil]

If someone knows otherwise correct me but I believe that in order to be an officer an individual must hold canadian citizenship not landed immigrant status.

 

[combat_medic]

I think you‘re right. As far as I know, you must have full citizenship to be an officer. There are only a few NCM trades that are even open to landed immigrants.

 

[Da_man]

even if he has been here for 19 years?

 

[dave_conolly]

Landed immigrants may be in the reserves.

"To be eligible you should have at least grade 10 or Secondary III (Quebec) and be a Canadian citizen (Landed Immigrants may apply to the Reserves)"

Source: http://www.recruiting.forces.gc.ca/html/careers/commitment_options/ncm.html

 

[Ex Ranger Instructor]

Yes, but the original post specified that he would be joining as an officer, which is not an option given to landed immigrants. Further, as was stated already, not all NCM trades are open to landed immigrants; specifically, those that require security clearances, etc will be denied to such pers.

 

[dave_conolly]

Thats exactly why I said reserves not regular.... Tell the guy to get his citizenship, thats what I did.

 

[koach]

The regulations for joining the reserves has recently changed. Unless the applicant currently holds extensive qualifications related to the trade and a waiver is granted, you must be a Canadian citizen.

 

[GrahamD]

Is he sure that they told him he has only 30 days to collect the papers?

Or is it possible they asked for "a reply" within 30 days indicating his intent?

On a seperate issue, they gave me 30 days to respond to their letter, but allowed me as much time as neccessary to gather the required documents.
It may be all in the wording, I thought the exact same thing when I first scanned the letter they sent me.
I thought "there‘s no way I can get all that stuff in 30 days" (actually 25 days by the time the letter reached me)

He may just need to send or drop off a letter stating he intends to submit those papers ASAP.

I‘d look into it. They seem to be very patient about waiting for documents (in my experience) so it seems odd they would put such a hard and fast deadline on him like that.