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August 2020 - Citizenship application

Gary_87

Champion Member
Jan 10, 2013
1,472
55
Victoria, BC
VISA ISSUED...
21-11-2016
LANDED..........
03-04-2017
Congrats! And its looking like Vancouver has started the ball rolling for Oath Ceremonies after a hiatus since X'mas!
Hopefully means movement for me too. Feels like Van forgot about me, but I'm sure everyone feels that way.
 

gaurang.parmar

Star Member
Jan 27, 2016
118
44
Visa Office......
NDVO
NOC Code......
2174
App. Filed.......
PNP: 4-Jan-2016 eAPR: 30-Jul-2016
Doc's Request.
PNP: 2-May-2016 eAPR: 03-Aug-2016
Nomination.....
20-May-2016
AOR Received.
30-Jul-2016
IELTS Request
Pre
Med's Request
Pre-APR
Med's Done....
Pre-APR
Passport Req..
1-Mar-2017
LANDED..........
01-06-2017
Finally it moved and below are my timeline of citizenship application (From Regina, Saskatchewan)

Application received: August 25, 2020
Application filed: Nov 27, 2020
Application Processing started: January 29th, 2021
Background verification complete: March 9th, 2021
Citizenship test invite: Jun 23, 2021
Citizenship test complete: Jul 13, 2021
Prohibitions complete: Feb 1, 2022
Physical presence complete: Feb 1, 2022
Language skills complete: Feb 1, 2022
Citizenship oath status in-progress: Feb 17, 2022
Scheduled for citizenship oath: Mar 16, 2022


Client Application Status: Decision Made

Thank you all for providing valuable input.
 

patienceandope

Star Member
Jan 13, 2021
66
9
Does anyone know the requirements to apply for passport in person? I heard you can only have in person an appointment if you have a flight in 25 days or less otherwise only mail option is available. Is that right?
 

royce110

Hero Member
Nov 25, 2015
904
333
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
Does anyone know the requirements to apply for passport in person? I heard you can only have in person an appointment if you have a flight in 25 days or less otherwise only mail option is available. Is that right?
Correct, you need to have proof of travel within 25 days in order to get a in person appointment. They will validate the proof when you go for the appointment.
 

VishalRathi

Hero Member
Oct 12, 2014
370
76
Delhi
Category........
Visa Office......
NDVO
NOC Code......
0112
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
26-09-2014
Nomination.....
08-01-2015
AOR Received.
02-02-2015
IELTS Request
Sent with the Application
File Transfer...
02-02-2015 to Warsaw, Poland
Med's Request
09-05-2015
Med's Done....
14-05-2015, Got TLU 5 months after Medicals, No Re-medicals though
Interview........
Waived.
Passport Req..
28-11-2015
VISA ISSUED...
4th Dec 2015
LANDED..........
23rd January 2016 at YVR (Vancouver)
Correct, you need to have proof of travel within 25 days in order to get a in person appointment. They will validate the proof when you go for the appointment.
How can you have a flight without a proper travel document?
Don’t they ask you for Passport number when you book?
 

royce110

Hero Member
Nov 25, 2015
904
333
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
How can you have a flight without a proper travel document?
Don’t they ask you for Passport number when you book?
Some websites do and others don't, Air Canada & Expedia for example doesn’t. But whereas some other carriers might ask for PP info. I had this same dilemma when I was travelling, however I am flying Swoop and they didn’t ask for PP info.
 
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Mexontario

Hero Member
Sep 9, 2020
529
311
Windsor, ON
Category........
FSW
Visa Office......
Ottawa
App. Filed.......
02-05-2014
Doc's Request.
23-06-2014
AOR Received.
04-06-2014
File Transfer...
23-06-2014
Med's Request
23-06-2014
Med's Done....
07-08-2014
Passport Req..
26-09-2014
VISA ISSUED...
18-11-2014
LANDED..........
04-04-2015
How can you have a flight without a proper travel document?
Don’t they ask you for Passport number when you book?
They only ask for Name as it appears on the passport and date of birth to make a reservation. The documents will be verified at the time of checkin, doesnt matter whether u filled them online or not.
 

CaBeaver

Champion Member
Dec 15, 2018
2,941
1,369
How can you have a flight without a proper travel document?
Don’t they ask you for Passport number when you book?
This whole thing is silly. They say we recommend not to finalize any travel plans before you get your passport, yet, they ask for a proof of travel for in-person appointment. They should just drop this requirement and give everyone the option for in-person applications by appointment. Even the appointment part should be dropped now the cases in hospitals are low. But for some reason federal services follow health measures when they have negative effect on the process, and they don't follow the health measures relaxation. Puzzling :confused: Cinemas, Malls, Stadiums, restaurants, bars ... etc are now all open, but not federal services
 

vvarma

Hero Member
Jul 18, 2015
479
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Some websites do and others don't, Air Canada & Expedia for example doesn’t. But whereas some other carriers might ask for PP info. I had this same dilemma when I was travelling, however I am flying Swoop and they didn’t ask for PP info.
+ Turkish Airlines
 

MarcX

Full Member
Nov 19, 2020
24
17
UP = Urgent Processing. Yes in my case it was 100% my MP who proactively engaged between me and the IRCC officer, and then later forwarded my UP application to IRCC.
how can I get an urgent process? how to get qualified?
 

VishalRathi

Hero Member
Oct 12, 2014
370
76
Delhi
Category........
Visa Office......
NDVO
NOC Code......
0112
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
26-09-2014
Nomination.....
08-01-2015
AOR Received.
02-02-2015
IELTS Request
Sent with the Application
File Transfer...
02-02-2015 to Warsaw, Poland
Med's Request
09-05-2015
Med's Done....
14-05-2015, Got TLU 5 months after Medicals, No Re-medicals though
Interview........
Waived.
Passport Req..
28-11-2015
VISA ISSUED...
4th Dec 2015
LANDED..........
23rd January 2016 at YVR (Vancouver)
Completes 3 weeks today since the Ceremony,
Still waiting for the citizenship certificate here.

I know normal processing time is 2-4 weeks, but I guess @royce110 mentioned that it reached them in a week, and my hopes have been high from day 3.

another week, some more wait.
 
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