Application Process Samples [2003 - 2018]

[MissionOthersSelf]

Recruiting Centre: CFRC Ottawa
Regular/ Reserve: Regular
Officer/NCM: Officer
Trade Choice 1: Maritime Surface and Subsurface (MARS) Officer - DEO
Trade Choice 2: Infantry Officer - DEO
Applied: 20 April 2014
CFRC Contact: 24 April 2014
CFAT Written: 15 May 2014
File on Temporary Hold (Intake Management Letter): 22 August 2014
File Closed (Intake Management Letter): 10 October 2014
File Re-Opened: 10 March 2015
Medical: 29 June 2015
Interview: 29 June 2015
Maritime Officer Suitability Test (MOST): 23 July 2015
Background Check: August-September 2015
Merit Listed: September 2015
Update Medical: 05 July 2016
Update Interview: 13 July 2016
Position offered: 22 July 2016: Maritime Surface and Subsurface (MARS) Officer - DEO
Swearing in: 30 August 2016
BMOQ: 05 September 2016


Many thanks to all the recruiters and other members here, who have provided a great amount of useful information over the course of my 2.3 years-long application process. To those that are currently in the application process or encounter challenges along the way, the best advice I can provide is: persevere with your goal even during periods of uncertainty (ref my 10 October 2014 - 10 March 2015 period in limbo). Stay current with your file by checking your status with recruiters occasionally, and remember to adopt the "hurry up and wait" attitude during the long periods between steps in the application process. It takes time to progress through each step so just follow instructions as provided by the Recruiting Centre and the staff there will look after you!

 

[Fitzzie]

After nearly a 3 year process of going back and forth with the recruiters, I will second what a lot of people on here say and have said: stick to your goals, stay on top of your application, and do your research. They will rarely contact you to tell you they've received any documentation or that they're missing it, or that the forms they gave you to fill out actually expired 3 months ago and there's a newer version you must now fill out (true story).

The centre in Toronto does not answer their phones, and emailing them is not easy probably due to the numbers of applicants that go through the centre. My medical was about to expire (it's only good for 1 year) and the only way I knew that I needed to renew it was through these forums. If you're an officer applicant, specifically DEO, pay attention to the BMOQ selection dates that are posted throughout these forums and make sure your file is ready for those dates. If you miss them or your file is not current, you will end up waiting 6 months for the next selection. For those that are merit listed and waiting: you've hit the hardest part. Keep up your PT, keep living your life and who knows, maybe a call will come your way.

Best of luck to everybody,

Recruiting Centre: Toronto
Regular/ Reserve: Regular
Officer/NCM: Officer
Trade Choice 1: Pilot - DEO
Trade Choice 2: AEC - DEO
Trade Choice 3: Infantry Officer - DEO
Applied: November, 2013
CFRC Contact: December 2013
CFAT Written: 03 July 2014
Medical: 02 March 2015
Interview: 17 March 2015
Aircrew Selection: 29 October 2015
Merit Listed: 02 November 2015 - INF O.
Update Medical: February 2016
Position offered: 11 July 2016 - Infantry Officer DEO
Swearing in: 24 August 2016
BMOQ: 05 September 2016

 

[raoufhakam]

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 2014
Interview: Mar24 2014
1st  Fitness Test: Mar25 2014 -passed
2nd Fitness Test: Aug06 2015 -passed
Security Clearance Interview: Oct21 2015
2nd Medical: Jul26 2016
Position offered: ???
Sworn in: ???
BMQ: ???

got an email couple of weeks ago from recruiter with a date for Medical & Interview again tomorrow (passed them earlier in March 2014), so hopefully that means my application is moving forward ! its been exactly 30 months since I applied, but I'm still sticking to my goal, never been discouraged and hoping for the best.

Wish me luck !

 

[DYMO]

Hi all,

BMOQ starts mid-January. I'm hoping for a warm winter!  :snowman: :cold:

Regular/Reserve: Regular
Officer/NCM: Direct Entry Officer
Trade Choice 1: Intelligence Officer
Trade Choice 2: Public Affairs Officer
Trade Choice 3:
Application Date: 03 Jan 2014
CFAT: 25 Jan 2016 - passed
Interview: 16 May 2016
Medical : 17 May 2016
Background completed: Sometime in May
Written Communication Proficiency Test (WCPT): 7 July 2016 - Passed
Merit Listed: 7 July 2016
Position offered: 25 July 2016 (PAO)
Sworn in: 11 Jan 2017
BMOQ: 16 Jan 2017

 

[BlueAngels14]

Just received word yesterday that my medical has finally been cleared after a long three months wait ;D and CFRC Hamilton is just awaiting return of my file from Ottawa. According to the Captain, my file is currently in the final processing stage and once the final quality check is completed I will be placed in the Ready for Merit List stage.

 

[bscriber]

Had the day off yesterday so stopped into the Kingston CFRC office to check on my file.  I've cleared the medical, just waiting on the final stages of my reliability screening to be done, then I can be merit listed!  Hoping to get in for October 24th.  ;D

 

[Kanoga]

Recruiting Centre: CFRC Victoria
Regular/ Reserve: Regular
Officer/NCM: Officer
Trade Choice 1: Logistics Officer
Trade Choice 2: AEC
Trade Choice 3: ACSO
Applied: September 3rd 2014
CFAT: October 16th 2014( failed for AEC and ACSO)
LONG DELAY. Don't know why
CFAT REWRITE: June 22 2015 ( pass for AEC/ACSO)
ASC: November 28th 2015 ( fail)

New Trades
Trade Choice 1: MARS
Trade Choice 2: Artillery Officer
Trade Choice 3: Sigs Officer
MOST: January 11 2016 (pass)
Updated interview/medical: March 2016
Merit Listed: May 2016
Position Offered: July 21 2016
Maritime Surface and Subsurface (MARS) Officer - DEO
Swearing in: August 18 2016
BMOQ: September 5th 2016

 

[BlueAngels14]

Awesome! Congrats bscriber! I'm hoping to get into the October 24th serial as well, best of luck! [

 

[dbwlduf]

Recruiting Centre: North York
Regular/ Reserve: Regular
Officer/NCM: Officer
Trade Choice 1: Logistics Officer
Applied: 2016.04.
CFRC Contact: 2016.05.20
CFAT Written: 2016.06.14
Medical: 2016.07.26
Interview: 2016.08.03
Background Check: TBA
Merit Listed: TBA
Position offered: TBA
Swearing in: TBA
BMOQ: TBA

 

[shaybowling]

Hey guys,
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Recruiting Centre: Vancouver, BC
Regular/Reserve:  Regular
Officer/NCM:        Direct Entry Officer
Trade Choice 1:    Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Officer

Applied:    March 26, 2016
CFAT:        June 14, 2016
Interview:  June 14, 2016
Medical:    June 14, 2016

Background check: In progress

Merit listed:        TBA
Position offered: TBA
Sworn in:          TBA
BMOQ:              TBA
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I'm an out-of-Canada applicant, so they scheduled my CFAT, interview, and medical all on one day instead of having me go back and forth multiple times. I thought that was pretty nice of them. However, since I'm "OUTCAN" (which is the term the recruiting centre uses), I'm in for a super long wait time for the background check.

Here's to hoping!

 

[beirnini]

As another "OUTCAN" I thought I should provide my example for comparison

Recruiting Centre: Hamilton, then file moved to Toronto as "OUTCAN" Nov 2015
Regular/ Reserve: Regular
Officer/NCM: NCM
Trade Choice 1: Imagery Technician
Applied: July 2015
CFRC Contact: July 2015
CFAT Written: mid-Aug 2015
Medical: TBA
Interview: TBA
Background Check: TBA (personally confirmed personal and work references contacted by May 2016)
Merit Listed: TBA
Position offered: TBA
Swearing in: TBA
BMOQ: TBA


I'm older than most applicants and due to past experience have never given much credence to the idea that references are checked. Mine could've been contacted months earlier if I had taken that aspect of the application more seriously. Don't be foolish like this old dog: Make sure your reference contact information is up to date, and that they are aware they will be contacted.

 

[BlueAngels14]

Recruitment centre: CRFC Hamilton
Entry plan: Reg F DEO
Trade choice 1: Infantry
Trade choice 2: ACSO
Trade choice 3: Artillery
Applied: May 31st, 2015
Further processing: June 1st, 2015
CFRC Contact: June 2nd, 2015
CFAT: June 4th, 2015 - Passed
Interview: June 17th, 2015 - Passed
Medical: June 22nd, 2015 - V4 disqualified

New trade choice: MARS
MOST: July 3rd, 2015
Re-interview: March 7th, 2016 - Passed
Re-medical: April 7th, 2015 - Competed
Background Check: March 16th, 2016 - Completed
Medical: April 7th, 2016 - Completed
Requested Medical Info: April 15th, 2016 - Submitted
Cleared Medical: July 27th, 2016
Merit Listed: August, 2016 
Position offered:
Swearing in:
BMOQ:

 

[yourboat]

Finally got confirmation I have been Merit listed.

Recruiting Centre: London
Regular/ Reserve: Reg
Officer/NCM: DEO
Trade choice 1: MARS
Trade choice 2: Aerospace Control
Trade choice 3: Intelligence
Applied: 30 June 2015
CFRC Contact: 6 July 2015
CFAT written: 23 July 2015 --PASSED--
Medical: 15 Sept 2015
Interview: 15 Sept 2015 --PASSED--
Background Check: --COMPLETE--
MOST: 4 Nov2015 -- PASSED
Aircrew Selection: 9 Mar 2016 -- PASSED
Merit Listed: August 2016
Position offered: --
Swearing in: --
BMOQ: --

 

[MirrorsEdge]

When I look at people's things on here, it sometimes seems like there are huge gaps between things that should be small (like from initial application to CFAT, which for me took just over 3 weeks only because my high school was closed for the summer and I had to wait that time for a provincial office in the middle of nowhere to snail mail a single transcript).

What's the quickest any of you have ever heard of getting through the process to BMQ? I have a few friends that say theirs were really short (measured in 3-4 months from application to the time they set foot in Basic), so it seems weird that there are so many people whose process took close to a year or even more.

Recruiting Center: Winnipeg
Regular/Reserve: Regular
Officer/NCM: NCM
Trade Choice 1: Mat Tech
Trade Choice 2: Weapons Tech
Trade Choice 3: Refrigeration Tech
Application Date: July 15, 2016
First Contact: July 15, 2016
CFAT: Aug 8, 2016 (Passed)
PLAR Started: Aug 8, 2016
Medical: TBD
Interview: TBD
Background: TBD
Merit listed: TBD
Position Offered: TBD
Enrollment: TBD
BMOQ: TBD

 

[mariomike]

What's the quickest any of you have ever heard of getting through the process to BMQ?

This thread was created by an applicant so other applicants can see for themselves how long it takes.

Original Post:

I am sure that I am not the only one interested in this info as I see posts all the time asking "how long does it take?".

- limit posts in this thread to related content (please limit discussions to keep thread size down)

For discussion of how and why it takes as long as it does, see,

A Thread for those special people who don't know meaning of "Samples"
http://milnet.ca/forums/threads/115636.0.html

 

[ayman]

Recruiting Centre: Toronto
Regular/Reserve: Regular
Officer/NCM: NCM
Trade Choice 1: Military Police
Trade Choice 2: Ammunition tech
Online Application: June 21st 2016
First Contact:June 27th 2016
CFAT: July 5th 2016 PASSED
Medical: July 22nd 2016 PASSED
Interview: AUG 9TH 2016 PASSED 
MPAC:?
Merit Listed:?
Position offered: ?
Swearing in: ?
BMOQ: ?

 

[fruitflavor]

When I look at people's things on here, it sometimes seems like there are huge gaps between things that should be small (like from initial application to CFAT, which for me took just over 3 weeks only because my high school was closed for the summer and I had to wait that time for a provincial office in the middle of nowhere to snail mail a single transcript).

What's the quickest any of you have ever heard of getting through the process to BMQ? I have a few friends that say theirs were really short (measured in 3-4 months from application to the time they set foot in Basic), so it seems weird that there are so many people whose process took close to a year or even more.

Almost 10 months now for me out of same recruiting center. It all varies it seems. Some people had interview and med on same day while many were scheduled seperately.  good luck

 

[Alexis]

Recruiting Center: Montreal
Regular/Reserve: Regular
Officer/NCM: NCM
Trade Choice 1: Med Tech
Trade Choice 2: N/A
Trade Choice 3: N/A
Application Date: October 22nd 2015
First Contact: October 23rd 2015
CFAT/TSD/PI: November 19th 2015 (passed)
Medical: June 6th 2016 (passed)
Interview: May 31st 2016 (passed)
Background: May 10th 2016 (completed)
Pre-security clearance (was not born in canada): Ottawa said it was not needed  [lol:
PLAR started: July 27th 2016
Merit listed:  ???
Position Offered:  ???
Enrollment:  ???
BMQ:  ???


Just waiting on that PLAR  :boring: so close

 

[bscriber]

Recruiting Center: Kingston
Regular/Reserve: Regular
Officer/NCM:    DEO
Trade Choice 1: Aerospace Control Operator
Trade Choice 2: MARS Officer
Trade Choice 3: Intelligence Officer
Application Date: July 9, 2015
First Contact: July 10, 2015
CFAT: August 5, 2015 Passed
MOST: August 12, 2015 Passed
Medical : March 29, 2016
Interview completed: March 29, 2016
ACS: June 6-7, 2016 Passed
Background : --CLEARED--
Air Factor:
Merit listed:
Position Offered:
Enrollment :
Basic Training Begins:

Just waiting on my air factor.  Due to a bureaucratic blunder, it was missed during my medical.  However, Kingston CFRC has been very helpful and will do what they can to help expedite this last step

 

[KyWilhelm]

Recruiting Center: Calgary
Regular/Reserve: Regular
Officer/NCM: NCM
Trade Choice 1: Marine Engineer
Trade Choice 2: Hull Technician
Trade Choice 3: N/A
Application Date: November 4, 2015
First Contact: November 5, 2015
CFAT: December 10, 2015
Interview: January 12, 2016
Medical Exam: January 20, 2016
Background Check: March 7, 2016
Medical Approved: July 8, 2016
Merit listed: August 8 or 9, 2016
Position Offered: August 10, 2016
Enrollment: October 6, 2016
BMQ: October 17, 2016

My references were contacted in the last week of January. I was contacted by the recruiting centre in March and was told none of my references could be contacted and that they couldn't verify my previous employers. Luckily my references all had copies of what they had written and I keep all my t4's. I was able to have my references submit directly to the recruiting staff and email scanned copies of my t4's. A few days later I was notified that I had successfully completed the Background Check.

I enjoyed reading other people's samples so here is mine.

Cheers!