October 2025 - Citizenship Applications

[PRANIT01]

Anyone from calgary waiting for oath.
Lpp completed on Mar 5
Test taken Feb 16
Test updated mar 5

 

[vc546]

Hello folks! It's been very silent lately! Any updates? Specially for Waterloo/ Kitchener mid-feb LPP completed. Any news to share?

Location: Kitchener, ON

Application submitted: September 15, 2025
AOR: November 25, 2025
Background check complete: November 27, 2025
Test in progress: Jan 16, 2026 (test window: Jan 23 - Feb 21)
Test taken: February 20, 2026
Test completed on portal: February 23, 2026
LPP completed: March 7, 2026
Citizenship ceremony (in progress): April 7, 2026 (updated on April 9)
Oath scheduled: May 11, 2026 (waiting for email to see if it's in person or virtual)

Looks like Kitchener has scheduled 9 ceremonies between April 13–19 (per https://secure.cic.gc.ca/ceremonyceremonie/en/Home) —finally picking up the pace!
Just sharing here since I know a few people in this thread from KW have been waiting for their oath invites.

 

[WONDER999]

Anyone else from K/W who their LPP completed from mid-Feb 2025, waiting for oath (not started)? Any updates?

 

[al05]

No updates since LPP completed (March 10), I check every day, ceremony not started. I am glad that at least one person from KW got an invitation, hope we get it soon as well. It has taken too long.

btw, I have just checked the link above, there are many in-person ceremonies in Kitchener in April. Therefore, a lack of in-person ceremonies is definitely not the reason why we are waiting.

 

[WONDER999]

No updates since LPP completed (March 10), I check every day, ceremony not started. I am glad that at least one person from KW got an invitation, hope we get it soon as well. It has taken too long.

btw, I have just checked the link above, there are many in-person ceremonies in Kitchener in April. Therefore, a lack of in-person ceremonies is definitely not the reason why we are waiting.

When exactly you applied?

 

[al05]

When exactly you applied?

Office: Sydney, NS
Citizenship application:
Application submitted: October 12, 2025
AOR Received: January 9, 2026
Background Verification: January 13, 2026
Tracker Created: January 13, 2026
Tracker Email: January 19, 2026
Citizenship Test Invitation Email: February 16, 2026 (test window February 20 - March 21)
Citizenship Test Passed: February 20, 2026 (status updated to completed on March 2, in tracker - on March 4)
LPP Completed: March 10 2026 (updated in tracker on March 12 2026; for a kid - in progress).
Citizenship Ceremony: Not started

 

[WONDER999]

Office: Sydney, NS
Citizenship application:
Application submitted: October 12, 2025
AOR Received: January 9, 2026
Background Verification: January 13, 2026
Tracker Created: January 13, 2026
Tracker Email: January 19, 2026
Citizenship Test Invitation Email: February 16, 2026 (test window February 20 - March 21)
Citizenship Test Passed: February 20, 2026 (status updated to completed on March 2, in tracker - on March 4)
LPP Completed: March 10 2026 (updated in tracker on March 12 2026; for a kid - in progress).
Citizenship Ceremony: Not started

Please update us if you get any news, even ghost updates. Thanks

 

[al05]

Please update us if you get any news, even ghost updates. Thanks

Of course!

 

[sodapop123]

Had my oath ceremony earlier this week !
Applied for my passport as well.

Good luck to those from the 'October 2025 crew', who are waiting on any remaining steps to be completed / their oath ceremony !


Final Timeline :

Application submitted: October 27th, 2025
AOR Received: January 22nd, 2026
Background Completed : February 2nd, 2026
Test Email Invitation: March 2nd, 2026
Test Taken: March 6th, 2026
Test Completed: March 8th, 2026
LPP Completed: March 16th, 2026
Oath Ceremony Scheduled: March 18th 2026
Ceremony Email invite: March 25th, 2026
Citizenship Ceremony: April 8th, 2026

 

[WONDER999]

Had my oath ceremony earlier this week !
Applied for my passport as well.

Good luck to those from the 'October 2025 crew', who are waiting on any remaining steps to be completed / their oath ceremony !


Final Timeline :

Application submitted: October 27th, 2025
AOR Received: January 22nd, 2026
Background Completed : February 2nd, 2026
Test Email Invitation: March 2nd, 2026
Test Taken: March 6th, 2026
Test Completed: March 8th, 2026
LPP Completed: March 16th, 2026
Oath Ceremony Scheduled: March 18th 2026
Ceremony Email invite: March 25th, 2026
Citizenship Ceremony: April 8th, 2026

Congrats! Which city?

 

[Jalili]

Hi guys,
I’ve noticed that in most cases, LPP (Language, Physical Presence, and Prohibitions) seems to be updated all at once. But in my case, Language and Physical Presence are marked as “completed,” while Prohibitions is still “in progress.”
Is this normal, or is it unusual?
Thank you so much!

 

[sodapop123]

Congrats! Which city?

Toronto

 

[luanchung]

Update:

LPP updated to COMPLETED on tracker today

Applied on Oct 23rd
AOR: Jan 22nd
Background verification: Completed Feb 2nd, 2026 (updated in tracker on Feb 4th)
Test invited: Feb 23rd, 2026
Test passed: March 1st (team 2)
Test completed: March 9th (Updated on tracker on March 11th)
LPP: Completed Match 17th, 2026 (Updated on tracker on March 19th)
Citizenship Ceremony: Not started

Update:

Oath date appears on tracker today.

Applied on Oct 23rd
Location: Edmonton
AOR: Jan 22nd
Background verification: Completed Feb 2nd, 2026 (updated in tracker on Feb 4th)
Test invited: Feb 23rd, 2026
Test passed: March 1st (team 2)
Test completed: March 9th (Updated on tracker on March 11th)
LPP: Completed Match 17th, 2026 (Updated on tracker on March 19th)
Citizenship Ceremony: In Progress - Scheduled for May 26th, 2026.

 

[vinjsqjc]

My family and I completed the oath ceremony on Mar 21st 2026 (virtual). Everyone is assigned a seat number (Infomration is present in the invitation). Whole family can join in one device. Once the meeting started, I was automatically moved to a one-one session to an officer to verify all the family's PR cards, Paper or ecertificate option and to cut the PR cards. Once done, I was automatically moved to the meeting where they played a couple of videos, oath and national anthem. It was over in exactly one hour. Applicants aged 14 and above need to sign the oath form and send the scanned copy to an email which they have given in the invite. I sent it as soon as the ceremony is complete. I opted for the e-certificate. I received the ecertificate download instructions email on Mar 22 2026 and I was able to download them successfully. Proud to be a Canadian.

I applied for passports for my family and me at a Service Canada location with passport service on 26 Mar 2026 in person. Available appointments were at least a month out. So I opted for the walk-in service. Reached the location at the office opening time; In and out within an hour. I received all the passports today which is 13 Apr 2026. Application process and documentation are very simple and straight forward. Thank you for all your support here and good luck to everyone waiting (Oct AOR). You are almost at the end of the line.

 

[olubammy]

I applied for passports for my family and me at a Service Canada location with passport service on 26 Mar 2026 in person. Available appointments were at least a month out. So I opted for the walk-in service. Reached the location at the office opening time; In and out within an hour. I received all the passports today which is 13 Apr 2026. Application process and documentation are very simple and straight forward. Thank you for all your support here and good luck to everyone waiting (Oct AOR). You are almost at the end of the line.

Hello, pls can you tell me what the required documents are? Can one apply for the family even when they are not with you?