It is but because I need to travel approx. 6 weeks after the ceremony, I'm trying to avoid any unnecessary delays, even if they end up costing me a little more.
Normally I wouldn't be too fussed but it's just a timing thing on this occasion really.
January 2025 - Citizenship Applications
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Normally I wouldn't be too fussed but it's just a timing thing on this occasion really.
I totally understand how it feels, specially I felt more frustrated when my friend who applied one month before me (Dec 2024 applicant) became a citizen last monday and picked up his passport yesterday afternoon but still I am waiting for LPP...
It is just a waiting game at this moment, and if your file is at Vancouver office, then... you know how it is...
Just distract yourself from this application and do something fun. It is spring time and weather is amazing, get out and go fishing, hiking, etc.
Yup, Niagara office takes a while that way. Can’t really complain though from AOR to Oath is 6 months so still well below the processing time.
I'm launching a tech startup, so I got LOTS going on.
I'm just generally impatient!
I can't wait to FINALLY be done with all this. We arrived here as TFWs in 2012. Landed on June 21. Would be really nice if we have citizenship done before our 13 year anniversary!
I feel you. I just want to be done. I think this process is going to get a lot worse before it gets better. We might be the “lucky ones” If we look at number of new PRs.
2017: ~290,000
2018: ~320,000
2019: ~340,000
2020: ~180,000
2021: ~410,000
2022: ~440,000
2023: ~470,000
2024: ~480,000
Assuming most people apply for citizenship in 3ish years, IRCC has more applications coming in the following months than they have seen in a while.
True that and especially since most immigration in recent years has come from one or two countries who value a Canadian passport as a strong factor in their reasons to move here. Citizenship application ratios may be higher over the next few years than they have been in the past.
Received oath invitation today!Been a while since I posted here, my LPP was completed May 8th but I saw it on tracker today on May 11th… moreover a ghost update on May 10th.. let’s see, here’s the timeline:
Type: Online application
Location: Quebec
Physical Presence Days: 1693
Application: Single
Application sent: 20-Jan-2025
AOR: 03-Feb-2025
In progress on tracker: 06-Feb-2025
Background complete: 21-Feb-2025
Test in progress: 21-Feb-2025
Test invite email: 26-Feb-2025
Test window: 14-Mar-2025 to 12-Apr-2025
Test given: 15-Mar-2025
Test updated on tracker: 26-Mar-2025
LPP completed: 08-May-2025
Type: Online application
Location: Quebec
Physical Presence Days: 1693
Application: Single
Application sent: 20-Jan-2025
AOR: 03-Feb-2025
In progress on tracker: 06-Feb-2025
Background complete: 21-Feb-2025
Test in progress: 21-Feb-2025
Test invite email: 26-Feb-2025
Test window: 14-Mar-2025 to 12-Apr-2025
Test given: 15-Mar-2025
Test updated on tracker: 26-Mar-2025
LPP completed: 08-May-2025
Oath invite: 15th May 2025
Oath date: 29th May 2025
Wishing all the best to all those waiting
Finally got my Oath date app submitted from Brampton processing office was Vancouver
Submitted: 16/01/2025
AOR: 29/01/2025
Linked to Tracker: 31/01/2025
Background Complete: 24/02/2025
Test Invite: 21/02/2025
Test Complete: 07/03/2025
LPP: 14/05/2025
Oath In Progress: 14/05/2025
Oath Ceremony: 30/05/2025
Submitted: 16/01/2025
AOR: 29/01/2025
Linked to Tracker: 31/01/2025
Background Complete: 24/02/2025
Test Invite: 21/02/2025
Test Complete: 07/03/2025
LPP: 14/05/2025
Oath In Progress: 14/05/2025
Oath Ceremony: 30/05/2025
It seems like quite a few of us have been selected for oath ceremonies at the end of May. Are those most likely to be virtual ceremonies?
The only in-person oath ceremonies in the GTA seem to be at the Scarborough location these days and it looks like they're less frequent than those in KW and Ottawa.
The only in-person oath ceremonies in the GTA seem to be at the Scarborough location these days and it looks like they're less frequent than those in KW and Ottawa.