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If I am not mistaken, the new CIC rule released earlier this year requires "Intent to Reside". If you are trying to get Canadian Citizenship in order to leave and work in the middle east, then I fear you will get RQ'd or our application will get rejected. Especially if you already told CIC...

After taking Oath, if you log in to ecas to check the status, you will see that it says "GO GET A LIFE!"

Most people who applied towards the end of 2014 and their applications were considered routine all had similar timeline, including myself. It is definitely an improvement from past years where CIC had created a huge backlog and routine applicants were having to wait years for the citizenship...

Yes you can vote. Go to the Elections Canada website for information on what documents are required for voting: http://www.elections.ca/home.aspx. You can also find where your voting station will be. I am taking my oath on Oct 19th, and voting the very same day.

If you missed your first test, then CIC will automatically schedule you in for a second test (even if you did not send them a letter). ECAS may or may not get updated, however you should receive a letter in the mail. You can also call the CIC call center just to find out if a 2nd test date has...

Here is my opinion: -You should take all the original documents which you submitted with your citizenship application (e.g. PR card, Record of Landing, valid and expired passports, etc...). The office may check some or may not check any. In my case the office only checked my passports. -You...

Don't worry. Generally when someones ECAS is changed to Decision Made it is good news. I am 99.999% sure your application did not get rejected.

Thanks for the info guys. I called Elections Canada and they confirmed that I can vote the same day I take my oath of citizenship (Oct 19th). This is good news for me as I really want to vote!

Well, it sounds to me like you have not taken your oath yet, and when you do take your oath you want to apply for the Canadian passport right away. Well if this is the case then you currently do not have a "valid Canadian travel document", therefore the rule you are screaming about does not...

Hello, I have my oath date on October 19th which coincides with voting day. Does anyone know if I can go vote after I take my oath? Will I receive a citizenship certificate right after my oath? Thanks.

Hi Everyone, After a couple months of inactivity I have come back to this forum. My original oath date was scheduled for August 4th, however I had a business trip planned to from Aug 3-8. I wrote a letter to CIC on July 25th stating that I would like to request my Oath date be rescheduled due...

GUYS!! This just got added to my ecas today, I am yet to receive the actual letter: "We sent you a notice on July 14, 2015 to appear and take the oath of citizenship at the citizenship ceremony to be held on August 4, 2015 at 8:30 AM. The notice you will receive will be your official...

My ecas status changed to Decision Made today, this may mean that I will get my oath invite soon. There appears to be a 2 week period from date letter is issued to actual oath date. I will be traveling to US for work for the week of Aug 3rd, so I really hope my oath does not fall during that...

It has almost been 4 months since I had my test on March 19th. I am still waiting for oath invite. I was told by the interviewing officer it would take 2-4 months, but from some prior posts here it seems it can take up to 6 months now! Anyways, we just have to keep waiting......

As other mentioned, they will not return your application since they already sent you the Acknowledgement of Receipt (AOR) email. If they require further information, they will request you for it, bu they will not return the application.

The new rule applies to everyone applying for Citizenship as of June 11, 2015; regardless of when you came to Canada or when you became a Permanent Resident. This probably messes up your plans for applying for Citizenship, unfortunately such is the new rule.

If you read through the different discussions, you will see that this is a very common thing that a lot of people have experienced in the last 1-2 weeks (including my self). CIC had some technical issues recently and was working on their IT, which may have resulted in this mass removal of the...

This is an unfortunate case and a waste of 5 years waiting for citizenship. Without knowing the full context of your case it is not possible for any one of us to judge or criticize the outcome of your case....it is just speculations. My suggestion is that you send in a brand new applications...

In my opinion, a great way to prepare for the test is as follows in order starting from step 1): Step 1) Attempt several of the online tests. This gives you an idea of the type of questions that will appear in the actual test. 2) Start reading/studying the Discover Canada guide. While you are...

There are many people with the same timeline as you who are still waiting for oath date, just read the previous posts in this forum. If you are travelling for more than 2 weeks, you must inform CIC about it (there was an earlier post about this today, read the previous posts).