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Submitted online on May 15, 2022 AOR on May 19, 2022 Additional information requested on November 16, 2022 Fingerprints requested on November 29, 2022 Fingerprints taken at private company on December 15, 2022 Fingerprints received by RCMP on December 16, 2022 Fingerprints processed by IRCC on...

My mother got her Oath date: March 14, 2023. This is finally coming to an end. Prohibitions, Physical Presence completed February 6. Oath started on February 7 We have been given only the date, March 14, but no time, and no Zoom link yet. Language skills is still showing In progress despite...

Did they require that you submit your permanent resident card? If so, was it by mail or other means?

I suggest that you try downloading TextNow, pick a Canadian number and try calling right when the call center opens. The system likely doesn't know if you are inside or outside of Canada.

On my mother's profile, only Background verification is completed. I have no idea why the Citizenship Test and Language Skills are not "Waived" (the law says that persons over 55 do not need to write the Citizenship Test, nor do they need to meet requirements for Language Skills). So, right...

Some updates: January 8, 2023 - Fingerprint Results Received January 9, 2023 - Background Verification Completed

Sometimes, the IRCC portal doesn't get updated for months, and I think that is unacceptable. My mother was requested to provide additional information. In an email that IRCC sent to me on November 16, 2022, they requested I did not understand what that means. So, I gave them 3 things...

Question: when you guys get test invites, does this include an interview? My mom is test exempt, so what happens in these cases? My mom's account shows everything (Language skills, physical presence, prohibitions and background check) as being "in progress" and the test, ceremony as being "not...

You can request IRCC to provide you with GCMS notes by filing an ATIP request. https://atip-aiprp.apps.gc.ca/atip/welcome.do If you do the request, you need to wait 30 calendar days or so before they will email you back.

My mother is waiting for her background check to be completed after sending in her fingerprints as per IRCC request. The fingerprints were received by the RCMP on December 16 after being sent in from an accredited company on December 15. I wonder how long this takes. I suppose that since she has...

I think you need to contact the company. My mother went to an accredited company as well and it was updated on IRCC the next day. Anyway, I seriously wonder how the citizenship interview will work. My mom knows so little English, she doesn't even know how to spell her own name (because the way...

I hope so. She applied on May 15 and has travel plans to Japan in July of 2023. Visa requirements imposed by Japan on Chinese and Canadian citizens are substantially different. Chinese citizens need a visa to go to Japan (and substantial documentation to get a visa) vs. Canadian citizens not...

I wonder what criteria IRCC uses to determine that someone needs to submit fingerprints. My mother has been in Canada for 10 years and has never been arrested for or convicted of any crime. She was never under a removal order or anything of that nature. Although I must admit that her name is...

UPDATES: Request for identity documents: November 16, 2022 (I sent the email attaching her passport, health card and permanent resident card and a correctly signed Use of a Representative form). The form is required because my mother does not speak English and I have to represent her when...

This website cannot be used to check citizenship applications as far as I understand. You must go to this website https://cst-ssc.apps.cic.gc.ca/en/login to create an account after receiving an AOR and then log into that account. My mother's account is stuck after the online application...

It does seem like paper-based applications get processed much faster than online ones. This is very counterintuitive because we usually think that since online applications are received instantly and assigned to someone upon receipt, while paper based applications need to be mailed, opened and...

No updates, I have no idea why. She has so many days of physical residence (she was only absent for 33 days in 2019 and that is it) and is working all along even in the pandemic. I suspect the only thing strange about her application is the fact that her passport expired on 2021-07-20 and...

I became a Canadian citizen a long time ago, but my mother applied in May, 2022 Location: Markham Physical Days: 1792 Method: Online Applicants: Single, 1 applicant Application sent: May 15, 2022 Delivered: May 20, 2022 (Acknowledgement of Receipt) She is over 55 and is exempt from English...

Taken oath at Mississauga office, officially a Canadian citizen.