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November 2021 - Citizenship applications

le_eddz

Star Member
May 25, 2018
151
119
Signed the petition

I still haven’t received any update since AOR on Feb 2nd. Not even a test invitation. I’m gonna start forgetting everything I’ve been studying for in the last few months.

I guess that’s normal for me, being Lebanese and all. They took a long time for my PR bg check, but I don’t know why they’re taking long now. I only went to my home country twice. One of those times was cause IRCC asked me to provide fingerprints for my PR application, and they told me that it can only be done outside of Canada. I literally travelled all the way to my home country for 2 days just to complete my fingerprints for PR. Second time was to visit my family and that was in December 2019. Haven’t left Canada since.

I’m sure that if I send an email to IRCC, I either won’t get a reply or will get the automated template reply after 1 month. Should I try calling? Are GCMS notes worth requesting if I haven’t even gotten my test invitation yet?
 

Boubiyette

Full Member
Mar 29, 2015
22
7
Signed the petition

I still haven’t received any update since AOR on Feb 2nd. Not even a test invitation. I’m gonna start forgetting everything I’ve been studying for in the last few months.

I guess that’s normal for me, being Lebanese and all. They took a long time for my PR bg check, but I don’t know why they’re taking long now. I only went to my home country twice. One of those times was cause IRCC asked me to provide fingerprints for my PR application, and they told me that it can only be done outside of Canada. I literally travelled all the way to my home country for 2 days just to complete my fingerprints for PR. Second time was to visit my family and that was in December 2019. Haven’t left Canada since.

I’m sure that if I send an email to IRCC, I either won’t get a reply or will get the automated template reply after 1 month. Should I try calling? Are GCMS notes worth requesting if I haven’t even gotten my test invitation yet?
Do not worry, BG check come in 4-5 months after AOR, just wait another month :)
 

atzquebec

Hero Member
Aug 6, 2015
429
94
Visa Office......
Abu Dhabi
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
Med's Done....
01-08-2015
Passport Req..
01-09-2015
VISA ISSUED...
01-10-2015
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April 21 2016
My timeline:

AOR - Jan 20, 2022
BG: March 2, 2022
Test Invite: April 15, 2022
Test completed: May 2, 2022
Paper Application
 

joellobo1

Newbie
Aug 1, 2015
5
0
Hello,

My wife and I did our citizenship test on April 29th 2022 & we both passed. My citizenship test status changed to "Completed" on May 3rd but my wife's test status is still showing "in progress" despite getting 20/20 . Would anyone advise as to how long does it take usually for status to change from in progress to complete for Citizenship test and are there anyone who is in similar situation where members from same household have got their citizenship test status updated on different days/dates ? Thanks
 

LoreAR

Full Member
May 4, 2022
47
45
Signed the petition

I still haven’t received any update since AOR on Feb 2nd. Not even a test invitation. I’m gonna start forgetting everything I’ve been studying for in the last few months.

I guess that’s normal for me, being Lebanese and all. They took a long time for my PR bg check, but I don’t know why they’re taking long now. I only went to my home country twice. One of those times was cause IRCC asked me to provide fingerprints for my PR application, and they told me that it can only be done outside of Canada. I literally travelled all the way to my home country for 2 days just to complete my fingerprints for PR. Second time was to visit my family and that was in December 2019. Haven’t left Canada since.

I’m sure that if I send an email to IRCC, I either won’t get a reply or will get the automated template reply after 1 month. Should I try calling? Are GCMS notes worth requesting if I haven’t even gotten my test invitation yet?
Yes, get the GCMS notes, it seems that they give you a better sense of what is happening with your file.
 

LoreAR

Full Member
May 4, 2022
47
45
I just checked my tracker, and the date was updated to yesterday, but nothing has changed. Is that a ghost update?
 

pedromw

Full Member
Dec 20, 2021
41
38
I just checked my tracker, and the date was updated to yesterday, but nothing has changed. Is that a ghost update?
I think it's a ghost update
It means something is happening in the next coming 2 weeks maybe a Fingerprint request, an Interview or an Oath letter.
I see on the sheet that your AOR was in December while most of us got it in Jan/Feb. Did you apply as urgent processing ?
 

Jadjood

Star Member
Jul 2, 2019
111
107
Hello,

I applied for my two children as minors (paper application)
The time line as follows
Application sent on Novembre 15th
Received on Novembre 19th
AOR on January 17th 2022
Location:Calgary, Alberta
Physical presence: 12??

my question is the following,

I checked their application status this morning and I found un update dated yesterday May 9th
They mentioned that they sent me a letter or email requesting more information.

I checked my email and also my spam folder nothing was received.

do I have to worry? Do they send letters instead of emails?

what should I do if I don’t receive anything In the coming days.

please share with me your thoughts.

thanks
 

LoreAR

Full Member
May 4, 2022
47
45
I think it's a ghost update
It means something is happening in the next coming 2 weeks maybe a Fingerprint request, an Interview or an Oath letter.
I see on the sheet that your AOR was in December while most of us got it in Jan/Feb. Did you apply as urgent processing ?
Cool, thank you for the information. No, I did not for urgent processing.
 
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Alok06

Full Member
Apr 14, 2018
36
25
I think web form response time is 50-55 days . My March 18 web form was received on May 9 . i got email saying the document was forwarded to the responsible office and application tracker got updated also today .. now 'waiting on you' is gone and last updated is May 10 all substatus is 'In Progress' . It was In progress since the day i got AOR . Not sure if the processing will start from today or they were working on my file ..
 

S2023

Newbie
May 11, 2022
1
0
Application submitted: Nov 25,2021
Location: Scarborough
Just got a call from Scarborough office that they are going to prioritize my application and have asked me to come for in-person interview and exam Next week.
So happy and lucky
Congrats! Just wondering did you applied for urgent processing ?