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    Normal Processing Times from Calgary office?

    Took my oath of citizenship yesterday in Calgary. The ceremony was scheduled for 8am, I arrived 8:10am, there was a short line but pretty much everyone had already checked in. The ceremony started around 8:35am with 90 people from 20 something countries. They verified invitation letter, had me...
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    Normal Processing Times from Calgary office?

    I guess I found the answer myself; for ceremonies in the search result it says "Yes" for the field "Open to the public" of all ceremonies in Calgary.
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    Normal Processing Times from Calgary office?

    The citizenship ceremony search page indicates: Are Calgary oath ceremonies open to the public? Specifically, I would like to know if I can have guests attend the ceremony with me.
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    Normal Processing Times from Calgary office?

    My ecas status was updated and line 5 was added to it today: 1. We received your application for Canadian citizenship (grant of citizenship) on July 17, 2014. 2. We sent you correspondence acknowledging receipt of your application(s), and a study book called Discover Canada on July 17, 2014. 3...
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    Normal Processing Times from Calgary office?

    My ECAS history so far: We received your application for Canadian citizenship (grant of citizenship) on July 17, 2014. We sent you correspondence acknowledging receipt of your application(s), and a study book called Discover Canada on July 17, 2014. We started processing your application on...
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    Citizenship interview without original passport

    I called CIC and the operator said she does not know if I can take the test or not, I should go and talk to officials on the test date, they will decide about my situation.
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    Citizenship interview without original passport

    I document this here just in case it might be useful to someone in the future. I called NVC and talked to an operator; he said once a case is being processed in an embassy or consulate abroad there nothing we can do about it. So, he could not be of any help. Then I called Montreal consulate...
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    Citizenship interview without original passport

    No need to worry if your interview has been in late June. The glitch seems to only affect those cases that were interviewed prior to June 12.
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    Citizenship interview without original passport

    Do you have an update on your friend's situation? I have a similar situation, my passport is being held in the US consulate as of May 2015 for visa issuance and they are not responding to my requests to send back my passport (a computer glitch has hit the US consulate systems worldwide on June...
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    Normal Processing Times from Calgary office?

    No, mine has no mention of oath on it. I guess in your sister's case her documents have already been assessed. However, in my case the decision to invite me to the oath ceremony is contingent on assessment of my documents and/or an interview.
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    Normal Processing Times from Calgary office?

    I received Notice to Appear - To Write A Citizenship Test And/Or for Verification of Identity/Documents in the mail today. Test date: July 15, 2015 (ecas does not show this event yet) 1. We received your application for Canadian citizenship (grant of citizenship) on July 17, 2014. 2. We sent...
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    Normal Processing Times from Calgary office?

    Here is my CIC status: 1. We received your application for Canadian citizenship (grant of citizenship) on July 17, 2014. 2. We sent you a letter acknowledging receipt of your application(s), and a study book called Discover Canada on July 17, 2014. Please consider delays in mail delivery before...