May 2021 - Citizenship Applications

[katana.b]

Where are you located and where's your office? How quickly did your application go into the Closed status?

We're in Toronto, our office is Scarborough (according to the oath form), and our application went into Closed 2 days after our oath

I called them today - they mentioned my certificate was mailed out on the 12th - a day after the ceremony.

 

[park1996]

dont forget to "not believe" jagmeet Singh in elections once you get citizenship

Already signed up for Liberal volunteer newsletter. I also wrote an open letter that I'm sending to everyone I know in NDP

 

[powermike999]

Location-Winnipeg
Family -4
Submitted -August 24, 2021
Citizenship test - April 27
Background check passed - May 27
Processing office - Manitoba-Saskatchewan
Everything else is in processing

I need to travel but because I don't have a valid passport and my country's embassy is in Ottawa, I can't.

I don't know why this guys are so slow. I know lots of friends who submitted after me and they have all done their oath ceremonies.

It seems this Manitoba-Saskatchewan processing office is the slowest and worst.

 

[Shmak2017]

Update: Scheduled for Oath on 11 Aug 2022.
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Take the Oath of Citizenship
Citizenship ceremony
New update
Waiting on you
You've been scheduled to attend your citizenship ceremony on August 11, 2022.
Follow the instructions we sent to you for information on:

• how to attend the ceremony
• what documents you have to present

The notice you’ll receive is the official confirmation of the appointment. If you haven’t received the notice by the date of the scheduled appointment, contact us.

==============================================================

But the Citizenship ceremony: still shows Not started.

I am assuming I will get an email 1 week before correct?

What action I will have to take & documents?

 

[saroj83]

Location-Winnipeg
Family -4
Submitted -August 24, 2021
Citizenship test - April 27
Background check passed - May 27
Processing office - Manitoba-Saskatchewan
Everything else is in processing

I need to travel but because I don't have a valid passport and my country's embassy is in Ottawa, I can't.

I don't know why this guys are so slow. I know lots of friends who submitted after me and they have all done their oath ceremonies.

It seems this Manitoba-Saskatchewan processing office is the slowest and worst.

I have everything completed on May 04, 2022. Still waiting for the oath. Family of three and application submitted April 01, 2021. Hope Manitoba office wakes up.

 

[karkik]

Guys! Can anything be done to speed up the process ? no update since Feb 8th 2022 . ( Have ordered GCMS notes a week ago)
Type: Online application
Location: hamilton
Office: Scarborough
Application: Single
Application sent: May 29, 2021
AOR: Sept05 2021
Test Invite received : Feb2
Test Window: feb 4 - Feb24
Test completed: Feb 8
Background check, Language skills,Physical presence ,Prohibitions still In progress

 

[park1996]

Background passed today.

It seems like sending IRCC a very harsh-toned letter threatening legal action does work.

 

[mattjp1]

It seems this Manitoba-Saskatchewan processing office is the slowest and worst.

We can exchange if you want, I'll give you my spot at the Ottawa processing office.

 

[mattjp1]

Background passed today.

It seems like sending IRCC a very harsh-toned letter threatening legal action does work.

Interesting. How did you do that exactly if you don't mind sharing?

They state that the processing times is 27 months. So what legal action did you threaten to start?

 

[doctor_strange]

Update: Scheduled for Oath on Aug 3, 2022.

Type: Paper Application
Location: Burlington
Physical Presence Days: 1100
Application: Single
Application sent: May 14, 2021
Delivered: May 20, 2021
AOR: August 27, 2021
In Process ECAS: September 29, 2021
FP Requested: December 1, 2021. Received: January 4, 2022.
Background Check Completed: January 5, 2022.
Citizenship Test Invite: April 28, 2022. Test Window: May 6 - May 26, 2022. Completed: May 9, 2022.
Language Skills, Physical Presence, Prohibitions: Completed June 2, 2022
Desicion Made ECAS: June 2, 2022
Citizenship Ceremony Invite: July 18, 2022
Citizenship Ceremony Scheduled: Aug 3, 2022.

 

[Qaws]

I called them today - they mentioned my certificate was mailed out on the 12th - a day after the ceremony.

Hello, did you receive your certificate yet?

 

[park1996]

Interesting. How did you do that exactly if you don't mind sharing?

They state that the processing times is 27 months. So what legal action did you threaten to start?

Here is what I wrote:


It has been brought to my attention today that the original request for security screening from your agency to the CSIS was never received by the CSIS due to a system issue, and your agency only investigated and re-submitted such request after I inquired about it in the letter dated July xxth 2022 and provided the response from CSIS saying their personal information bank does not contain my information, 9 months after the original request has been sent. This is beyond unacceptable and cannot be further from your agency’s service standard. I believe had this issue been investigated and resolved sooner, my application would have been finalized. Therefore, I request that your agency and your partner agencies like CSIS compensate for the delays by expediting the remaining processing of my application to the maximum extent possible and schedule me for a citizenship ceremony at the earliest opportunity possible. If there are further delays in my application, I would have no choice but to seek compensation for the unfair treatment I received by your agency through judicial means.

Basically if the delay is due to some complications with my application, it is acceptable. But in my case it is a human error so it is their error and they should make amendments for it

 

[mattjp1]

Here is what I wrote:


It has been brought to my attention today that the original request for security screening from your agency to the CSIS was never received by the CSIS due to a system issue, and your agency only investigated and re-submitted such request after I inquired about it in the letter dated July xxth 2022 and provided the response from CSIS saying their personal information bank does not contain my information, 9 months after the original request has been sent. This is beyond unacceptable and cannot be further from your agency’s service standard. I believe had this issue been investigated and resolved sooner, my application would have been finalized. Therefore, I request that your agency and your partner agencies like CSIS compensate for the delays by expediting the remaining processing of my application to the maximum extent possible and schedule me for a citizenship ceremony at the earliest opportunity possible. If there are further delays in my application, I would have no choice but to seek compensation for the unfair treatment I received by your agency through judicial means.

Basically if the delay is due to some complications with my application, it is acceptable. But in my case it is a human error so it is their error and they should make amendments for it

I sympathize but given the fact some 2020 applicants are still waiting for no reason, I doubt we 2021 applicants can seek compensation even based on the fact that CIC might have done an error. They are still (unfortunately) within the 27 months processing timeline.

Good on you though - congrats on the the progress.

 

[trumprefugee]

Guys! Can anything be done to speed up the process ? no update since Feb 8th 2022 . ( Have ordered GCMS notes a week ago)
Type: Online application
Location: hamilton
Office: Scarborough
Application: Single
Application sent: May 29, 2021
AOR: Sept05 2021
Test Invite received : Feb2
Test Window: feb 4 - Feb24
Test completed: Feb 8
Background check, Language skills,Physical presence ,Prohibitions still In progress

I got DM about 2 weeks after ordering GCMS notes, so hopefully you will get to DM by next week! It does seem that ordering GCMS notes helps to get someone to look at our files.

 

[trumprefugee]

I sympathize but given the fact some 2020 applicants are still waiting for no reason, I doubt we 2021 applicants can seek compensation even based on the fact that CIC might have done an error. They are still (unfortunately) within the 27 months processing timeline.

Good on you though - congrats on the the progress.

Many 2020 applicants and even some 2019 applicants are still waiting, while January 2022 paper applicants are getting oath, and applications in recent months are getting AOR within days! Apparently IRCC is working on a last come, first served model. Really unfair. While I agree that any kind of legal action would be quickly dismissed for anyone who hasn't passed 27 months, I think it's still good for us 2021 applicants to express our displeasure at IRCC's delays on our applications when we have any reasonable basis to do so (like an error on IRCC's part).