2026 January - Citizenship Applicants

[haihttran]

Not necessary
My physical presence and language skills were completely on may 27 and prohibitions on june 9

Thanks for sharing your details. Hopefully, I expect it could be as fast as yours!

 

[poekong]

LLP completed today, just left with Ceremony!

 

[vignesh93]

Any idea how long will it take to be able to download Citizenship certificate from portal if we opt for one despite having an in-person ceremony?

 

[russ6970]

LLP completed today, just left with Ceremony!

Congrats. Its getting closer

 

[adha]

Hi. Applicant from Vancouver. My LPP got completed on June 26th. Any idea how long is Vancouver taking for Oath ceremony? Mine says Not Started. I've travels planned in August.

 

[saranya21]

My status has been updated and Citizenship oath scheduled for Aug 5. I havnt recieved any email confirmation. Its just says waiting on you on the tracker. It was updated on 27th June. How long will it take to get an email?

 

[Xalil]

Type - Online application
Location - Montreal , QC
Physical Presence Days - 1096days
Application - Single-Adult
Application sent - January 16,2026
Delivered - January 16, 2026
AOR - march 27, 2026
Finger print requested - march 30,2026
Finger print sent to RCMP - march 31,2026
Tracker Created - april 01,2026
Background verification -completed april 14,2026
Physical presence - may 27 ,2026
Prohibitions - june 5 ,2026
Language Skills - may 27 ,2026
Citizenship Test - invite received may 12,2026 [may 15 -june 13 (2026)]
Test taken: may 15,2026
test completed -may 21,2026 updated in the tracker may 23,2026
Citizenship ceremony -en progress (june 26,2026 updated in the tracker jun 30,2026)
ceremony date - july 17,2026 in person
(Oath invitation email received june 30,2026)

 

[russ6970]

I was hoping I would get an update before Canada Day, but unfortunately not. Looks like people living in the bigger places are getting updates.

 

[vignesh93]

Finally!! the update is here: Oath Ceremony scheduled on 30th Jun 2026 (in tracker), Now waiting for the GOLDEN EMAIL !!

Tip: I checked the tracker around 12.10 AM, 3.30 AM EST and had no updates. But around 6.30 AM EST had this below update today. Based on 2-3 recent updates, I could say that the citizenship tracker gets updated mostly around 5-6 AM EST. This might help many

Type: Online application
Location: Mississauga, ON
Physical Presence Days: 1109 days
Application: Family of 2
Application sent: January 11, 2026
Delivered: January 11, 2026
AOR: March 20, 2026
Tracker Created: March 24, 2026 (no email received, tried it manually in the ircc tracker website)
Background verification: March 24, 2026 (completed in tracker, updated on tracker- 26th Mar 2026)
Finger print requested: NA
Finger print sent to RCMP: NA
Citizenship Test Invite - April 28, 2026 Invite Received for Test (testing window from May 1- May 30,2026)
Citizenship Test Taken - May 02, 2026
Test Results Updated -May 07, 2026 (updated on tracker -May 09, 2026)
Physical presence - Jun 16, 2026 (updated on tracker -Jun 18, 2026)
Prohibitions - Jun 16, 2026 (updated on tracker -Jun 18, 2026)
Language Skills-Jun 16, 2026 (updated on tracker -Jun 18, 2026)
Citizenship ceremony- Scheduled on 30th Jun 2026 (updated on tracker -Jun 18, 2026)

In-person ceremony completed! Received Citizenship certificate on the spot! The journey with IRCC comes to an end after 6 years of struggles and pain! Thank you everyone!

 

[haihttran]

I was hoping I would get an update before Canada Day, but unfortunately not. Looks like people living in the bigger places are getting updates.

I feel you, my buddy! But there's nothing that we can do at this stage. Let's wait and see patiently, my friend, as any journey must have an end!!

 

[Gaga007]

Subject: Waiting for second test invite
Hello All,

I took my citizenship test on May 18 however their website/sw glitched, and it did not ask for my ID before starting the test, then after one month of wait they asked for a PDF of the ID which I sent immediately and later on they invalidated my results (which I pass 19/20) saying we could not verify you and will be sending you another invite soon, it has been 3 weeks since I got that reply. How long does the second test invite take to arrive? Anybody else in the same boat?
Applied Jan 23, 2026. IRCC says do not call us, we cannot do anything!

 

[haihttran]

Subject: Waiting for second test invite
Hello All,

I took my citizenship test on May 18 however their website/sw glitched, and it did not ask for my ID before starting the test, then after one month of wait they asked for a PDF of the ID which I sent immediately and later on they invalidated my results (which I pass 19/20) saying we could not verify you and will be sending you another invite soon, it has been 3 weeks since I got that reply. How long does the second test invite take to arrive? Anybody else in the same boat?
Applied Jan 23, 2026. IRCC says do not call us, we cannot do anything!

My spouse got an ADR from IRCC after her test, saying they could not verify her ID during the test video as it appeared to be blurry and asked her to submit photo ID again. She submitted it, and they updated the test result to complete after 10 days. Hopefully, you will receive a second test invitation shortly!!

 

[Thursty9]

Everyone’s heard me vent before, but it’s so unfair I applied Jan 6 and still do not have oath invite though everything was completed early June. This despite very late applicants already having theirs and all I hear is « don’t compare timelines. ». Easier said than done. I’ve lived here 12 years, applied Jan 6, paid the same fee as everyone else. Some Feb applicants have theirs. Why do I keep getting passed over?

 

[Gaga007]

My spouse got an ADR from IRCC after her test, saying they could not verify her ID during the test video as it appeared to be blurry and asked her to submit photo ID again. She submitted it, and they updated the test result to complete after 10 days. Hopefully, you will receive a second test invitation shortly!!

thanks mate. Do you think once the test is passed the second time (hopefully they pass), the rest of the checks will pass relatively quickly (in a day or two) or will they also be taking proportionally long. So far, only Background has passed (in Mar) while I see others have been getting Oath invitations and a few even got their certificates.

 

[russ6970]

Everyone’s heard me vent before, but it’s so unfair I applied Jan 6 and still do not have oath invite though everything was completed early June. This despite very late applicants already having theirs and all I hear is « don’t compare timelines. ». Easier said than done. I’ve lived here 12 years, applied Jan 6, paid the same fee as everyone else. Some Feb applicants have theirs. Why do I keep getting passed over?

All I can say is, I applied on the same date as you and my LPP is still in progress, even though I don't need to do the language test or the citizenship test (55+), so you are well ahead of me. I have lived here 11 years and have to get security clearance for my job (which has been done multiple times), so these updates just seem to be random at the best of times.