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[saou17]

IRCC.DNNGFCitizenshipe-Apps-DemandesenligneCitoyenneteNGFRN.IR@cic.gc.ca

Congratulations on the oath date (I could see on your signature here that it's Sept 14). I am really happy for you. Please keep us posted when you do the oath.

 

[kaspersky1]

Wow, so now we have evidence that the application is not necessarily approved even when everything except oath has moved to Completed. I always suspected that is why I was waiting so long to get oath scheduled. Although I'm not sure why they say oath invite 3-4 months after approval when virtually everyone else gets oath invite within 3-4 WEEKS if not days after DM.

Have you ordered GCMS notes? I'm also curious to know what kind of review would still be done after everything except oath has moved to Completed, as that had always been assumed to indicate DM.

Yeah I agree, I am not sure what else they are reviewing since every thing is completed on my application with exception to oath ceremony. I haven’t ordered GCMS notes yet… but I may do that in the next couple of weeks if I don’t get any movement.

On the Oath scheduled- I agree, it seems excessive to say that it will be 3-4 months after DM, however it just seems a standard response.

 

[trumprefugee]

Congratulations on the oath date (I could see on your signature here that it's Sept 14). I am really happy for you. Please keep us posted when you do the oath.

Thanks! That wait from (supposed) DM to oath invitation sure was stressful. Hope things will go more smoothly from here and will certainly keep everyone posted.

 

[rajahoomi]

So they have a large volume of applications in the queue awaiting ceremony ... it does seem that there have been fewer oaths in Niagara Falls since like June. Maybe that's why they have created a backlog. Some mid-2021 applicants have been getting oath on time with Niagara Falls, but I have also noticed that a lot of the people who got oath with Niagara Falls recently were 2020 and 2019 applicants processed in other offices who had been waiting forever for every single step and only got transferred to Niagara Falls for oath. Maybe the agents were vacationing? Hope they really are working as fast as they can to catch up now.

These are all plausible theories... But the thing is last week two people with the exact timeline as me got their oath invites from the Niagara Falls (like we all got everything complete on August 3rd). Mine is online theirs are paper based...
I'm suspicious they somehow have a priority to clear up paper applicants...
Or now I think maybe my file is not Decision Made yet... What does it mean to be in a queue for oath? Maybe some other officer reviews everything for a last time and if thumbs up they invite you to the next available ceremony.

 

[trumprefugee]

These are all plausible theories... But the thing is last week two people with the exact timeline as me got their oath invites from the Niagara Falls (like we all got everything complete on August 3rd). Mine is online theirs are paper based...
I'm suspicious they somehow have a priority to clear up paper applicants...
Or now I think maybe my file is not Decision Made yet... What does it mean to be in a queue for oath? Maybe some other officer reviews everything for a last time and if thumbs up they invite you to the next available ceremony.

I'm pretty sure that "queue for oath" means your application has been approved and you're in line to be scheduled for oath. As opposed to receiving the response that @kaspersky1 received about the application being "reviewed" and their being "unable to tell you a timeline for your application to be approved." Although when I first emailed them in July, a bit more than one month after everything had moved to Completed, they responded "Your application is currently in queue to receive a notification to appear for ceremony in the coming months."

My GCMS notes that I had ordered in late May and received in late June did have a section where status was set to Approved and one of the agent's notes said "Citizenship is granted" - as of June 10! So I assumed that meant that my application had been approved as of June 10 ... so also curious if not everyone's GCMS notes say that even if they see everything except oath set to Completed in the tracker?

 

[trumprefugee]

These are all plausible theories... But the thing is last week two people with the exact timeline as me got their oath invites from the Niagara Falls (like we all got everything complete on August 3rd). Mine is online theirs are paper based...
I'm suspicious they somehow have a priority to clear up paper applicants...

And yes, I am seeing evidence everywhere that paper applications are being processed faster than online! Mine was also online, which explains the overall slowness, but even for online applications, it is rare to be waiting so long between DM and oath invite.

Sad thing for me is most of my cohort of friends who applied for PR around the same time applied for citizenship on paper earlier this year and already took oath earlier this month - only 4-6 months after they had applied! My PR application was among the first in the group to be approved and I was among the first to land ... maybe my punishment was to have the longest citizenship processing time I'm just ready to move on and have this done with!

 

[kaspersky1]

I'm pretty sure that "queue for oath" means your application has been approved and you're in line to be scheduled for oath. As opposed to receiving the response that @kaspersky1 received about the application being "reviewed" and their being "unable to tell you a timeline for your application to be approved." Although when I first emailed them in July, a bit more than one month after everything had moved to Completed, they responded "Your application is currently in queue to receive a notification to appear for ceremony in the coming months."

My GCMS notes that I had ordered in late May and received in late June did have a section where status was set to Approved and one of the agent's notes said "Citizenship is granted" - as of June 10! So I assumed that meant that my application had been approved as of June 10 ... so also curious if not everyone's GCMS notes say that even if they see everything except oath set to Completed in the tracker?

Are you only able to order GCMS notes from within canada? I am currently outside Canada, however still maintain PR eligibility

 

[trumprefugee]

Are you only able to order GCMS notes from within canada? I am currently outside Canada, however still maintain PR eligibility

Yes. Ask to have them sent to you electronically. They will be emailed as a PDF attachment about a month after you order them.
https://atip-aiprp.apps.gc.ca/atip/welcome.do

 

[kaspersky1]

Yes. Ask to have them sent to you electronically. They will be emailed as a PDF attachment about a month after you order them.
https://atip-aiprp.apps.gc.ca/atip/welcome.do

Ah ok. I am outside of Canada. So won’t be able to order then.

 

[rajahoomi]

And yes, I am seeing evidence everywhere that paper applications are being processed faster than online! Mine was also online, which explains the overall slowness, but even for online applications, it is rare to be waiting so long between DM and oath invite.

Sad thing for me is most of my cohort of friends who applied for PR around the same time applied for citizenship on paper earlier this year and already took oath earlier this month - only 4-6 months after they had applied! My PR application was among the first in the group to be approved and I was among the first to land ... maybe my punishment was to have the longest citizenship processing time I'm just ready to move on and have this done with!

Okay so I spoke to an agent and he said: "your citizenship has been GRANTED!"
I was like whattttt? He said you are technically a citizen only need to take the Oath and get your certificate and you just need to wait for us to invite you for the ceremony (such a typical sentence eh?).
So I guess there is no review anymore after all sections are set to completed!
Woohoo I am a citizen but I am stuck in Canada since I don't have my certificate...

 

[trumprefugee]

Ah ok. I am outside of Canada. So won’t be able to order then.

Sorry I misread your question. As a PR, you can order GCMS notes no matter where you are, so you should go ahead and order them

 

[rajahoomi]

How often do you guys check your tracker? I am getting a tracker checking OCD... Check it 5 times a day ughhhhhhhh I hate that...

 

[trumprefugee]

How often do you guys check your tracker? I am getting a tracker checking OCD... Check it 5 times a day ughhhhhhhh I hate that...

For 2 months after test and then after everything except oath had moved to Completed, I was checking once a day every weekday. But each time after 2 months I was too frustrated and depressed and cut back to once or twice a week as I was sick of seeing no updates and feeling like smashing my screen.

 

[saou17]

How often do you guys check your tracker? I am getting a tracker checking OCD... Check it 5 times a day ughhhhhhhh I hate that...

Once a day is enough, before sleeping. I get disappointed too.

 

[np1610]

Done with Ceremony (24 August).
Are we getting response email after sending signed canada citizenship oath form ??

please help if someone know next expected step(s).

email sent on : IRCC.DNCitNGFScheduling01-ConvocationNGFCitRN.IRCC@cic.gc.ca