2026 January - Citizenship Applicants

[adha]

How long is it taking in Vancouver to go from LPP complete to Oath? If there's any recent Vancouver people who got Oath please share your timelines.

 

[russ6970]

Ordered my GCMS notes to see what's going on with my app. Well at least I will see what office it is at.

 

[haihttran]

Ordered my GCMS notes to see what's going on with my app. Well at least I will see what office it is at.

Well, I did the same thing yesterday. At least we could know a thing or two about our applications.

I have the feeling that January 2026 applications are much slower than those submitted in February and March 2026.

 

[russ6970]

Well, I did the same thing yesterday. At least we could know a thing or two about our applications.

I have the feeling that January 2026 applications are much slower than those submitted in February and March 2026.

Certainly seems that way, looking at some of the posts on here

 

[parmm]

Hi All,
I am also January 2026 file submission.
My timelines are as follows
1. Apr 10, 2026 – Application filed. IRCC received it and began processing.
2. Apr 23, 2026 – Background verification updated to Completed.
3. May 8, 2026 – Citizenship test updated to In progress.
4. May 15, 2026 – Scheduled for the online citizenship test, with a window of May 15 to June 13, 2026.
5. Jun 1, 2026 – Citizenship test updated to Completed.

Current status of each item:

• Language skills – In progress

• Physical presence – In progress

• Citizenship test – Completed

• Background verification – Completed

• Prohibitions – In progress

• Citizenship ceremony – Not started

Finally got the ceremony date.. All done, Thanks Guys.. and wish you all best of luck..

 

[aba21]

Ordered my GCMS notes to see what's going on with my app. Well at least I will see what office it is at.

Hey @russ6970

I am in a similar timeline as you are also over 55 so no Exam and Language requirements.

Have also considered ordering GCMS, but afraid weather that could have any negative impact in terms of progress of overall application.

 

[russ6970]

Hey @russ6970

I am in a similar timeline as you are also over 55 so no Exam and Language requirements.

Have also considered ordering GCMS, but afraid weather that could have any negative impact in terms of progress of overall application.

I don't think it has any bearing on the application, apart from getting information tbh. Kinda hoping it has the opposite effect and kick the application into life again, but doubt it. Have done it when I applied for PR as well.

 

[aba21]

I don't think it has any bearing on the application, apart from getting information tbh. Kinda hoping it has the opposite effect and kick the application into life again, but doubt it. Have done it when I applied for PR as well.

@russ6970
I am also considering applying.
Just to confirm: It is applied under ATIP and called "Application Summary - An electronic overview of the application's current status, including processing notes"
I didn't see the word GCMS mentioned anywhere.

 

[russ6970]

I ordered from ATIP the first times but not this time. gcsm-notes.ca

 

[aba21]

I ordered from ATIP the first times but not this time. gcsm-notes.ca

Fair. gcsm-notes.ca appears to be a third-party company. Is there any benefits of going through them and not directly to IRCC ?

 

[russ6970]

Fair. gcsm-notes.ca appears to be a third-party company. Is there any benefits of going through them and not directly to IRCC ?

On hindsight I should have looked to see if it was a trusted website, but didnt. It gets a medium score on scam detector. If I would have seen that first, I wouldnt have used it.

 

[chenkmuruki]

Type: Online
Location: Langley, BC
Physical Presence Days: 1115 days
Application: Family of 2
Application sent: January 30, 2026
AOR: April 20, 2026

Citizenship test taken: June 4, 2026
Citizenship test completed: June 10, 2026
Language skills: July 14, 2026
Physical presence: July 14, 2026
Prohibitions: July 14, 2026

 

[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!

STILL NO UPDATES, have not got the invite so far. I now feel the pain of the others, I really hope their customer service could have been a bit better. Keen to know if there was/is somebody in the same boat.

 

[anees661]

Type: Online application
Location: Edmonton ,AL
Physical Presence Days: 1108 days
Application: Single-Adult
Application sent: January 02, 2026
Delivered: January 02, 2026
AOR:March 10
Finger print requested:March 17th
Finger print sent to RCMP:March 17th
Tracker Created:couldn't able create
Background verification -
Physical presence -
Prohibitions -
Language Skills
Citizenship Test -May 10th taken
Citizenship ceremony 17August

 

[russ6970]

Type: Online application
Location: Edmonton ,AL
Physical Presence Days: 1108 days
Application: Single-Adult
Application sent: January 02, 2026
Delivered: January 02, 2026
AOR:March 10
Finger print requested:March 17th
Finger print sent to RCMP:March 17th
Tracker Created:couldn't able create
Background verification -
Physical presence -
Prohibitions -
Language Skills
Citizenship Test -May 10th taken
Citizenship ceremony 17August

Congrats. So, your background & LPP never changed from In Progress at all?