February 2025 - Citizenship Applications

[Beelady]

I'm not sure how the Vancouver office is progressing. Mine is AOR as of Feb 21, and I've received no updates after test completion on March 16. The support center keeps saying it's still well under timeline. Although, others having the same office and later AORs got LPP and some even got Oath.

Hi.. I’m in the same situation. Vancouver is my primary office. I got AOR on Feb 12, test completed on Mar 14 and last update on the tracker which shows test completed was on March 18. After that no movement. I called IRCC and they told me that the average processing time is 10 months and that my application is still processing. My friend who is Irish submitted his application one day after me already did his oath ceremony last Friday. My background check or LPP… nothing is completed. It’s so stressful and frustrating

 

[armoured]

Hi.. I’m in the same situation. Vancouver is my primary office. I got AOR on Feb 12, test completed on Mar 14 and last update on the tracker which shows test completed was on March 18. After that no movement. I called IRCC and they told me that the average processing time is 10 months and that my application is still processing. My friend who is Irish submitted his application one day after me already did his oath ceremony last Friday. My background check or LPP… nothing is completed. It’s so stressful and frustrating

You're stressing for no reason. Look at the tracker. Ballpark a dozen february applicants have oath dates (incl in future) out of 112 or so. You know from IRCC practices not all files proceed at same pace.

 

[LordOfTheGrill]

Type: Online application
Location: Vancouver
Physical Presence Days: 1205
Application: Single
Application sent: Feb 6, 2025
Delivered: Feb 6, 2025
AOR: Feb 20, 2025
Background completed: March 10, 2025
Citizenship Test Invite : March 11, 2025
Citizenship Test dates: March 13- April 12, 2025
Citizenship Test taken : March 17
Raised forum for any update on application : May 28, 2025


Finally.......................

Language: July 07, 2025
Prohibition: July 07, 2025
Background check updated on tracker : July 07, 2025
Oath invite on tracker : July 09, 2025
Oath Email : July 10, 2025
Oath: July 25, 2025

All The Best to Everyone

 

[CANPR003]

Hi.. I’m in the same situation. Vancouver is my primary office. I got AOR on Feb 12, test completed on Mar 14 and last update on the tracker which shows test completed was on March 18. After that no movement. I called IRCC and they told me that the average processing time is 10 months and that my application is still processing. My friend who is Irish submitted his application one day after me already did his oath ceremony last Friday. My background check or LPP… nothing is completed. It’s so stressful and frustrating

Type: Online application
Location: Vancouver
Physical Presence Days: 1205
Application: Single
Application sent: Feb 6, 2025
Delivered: Feb 6, 2025
AOR: Feb 20, 2025
Background completed: March 10, 2025
Citizenship Test Invite : March 11, 2025
Citizenship Test dates: March 13- April 12, 2025
Citizenship Test taken : March 17
Raised forum for any update on application : May 28, 2025


Finally.......................

Language: July 07, 2025
Prohibition: July 07, 2025
Background check updated on tracker : July 07, 2025
Oath invite on tracker : July 09, 2025
Oath Email : July 10, 2025
Oath: July 25, 2025

All The Best to Everyone

Congratulations!!

 

[rs89977]

Noting, those applied as Single - getting faster processing; Family profiles are slow moving. Am I only observing or others also feeling same ?

 

[armoured]

Noting, those applied as Single - getting faster processing; Family profiles are slow moving. Am I only observing or others also feeling same ?

A family application can only move and complete as fast as the slowest family member's file.

So yes - they will all be slower, mathematically. (Except for rare cases where both are exactly as quick as each other.)

 

[deshu]

Tracker update came on July 10, 2025 with July 8 as LPP completed date. (Edit: corrected the date...)

Type: Online application
Location: Sydney CPC (AOR) -> Vancouver (Test)
Physical Presence Days: 1827
Application: Single (1 Adult)
Application sent: February 11, 2025
Delivered: February 11, 2025
AOR: February 27, 2025
App linked to Tracker: March 01, 2025
Tracker invitation received: March 05, 2025
GU : March 07, 2025
Background verification completed: March 13, 2025 / Tracker: March 15, 2025
Test invitation email received: March 12, 2025
Test Window: March 18-April 17, 2025
Test marked as "scheduled": March 18, 2025 / Tracker: March 19, 2025
Test passed: March 18, 2025
Test marked as "completed": May 13, 2025 / Tracker: May 15, 2025
Language completed: July 8, 2025 / Tracker: July 10, 2025
Physical presence completed: July 8, 2025 / Tracker: July 10, 2025
Prohibitions completed: July 8, 2025 / Tracker: July 10, 2025

Congrats friends who got next steps, and fingers crossed for everyone (including me) waiting so partiently...

 

[Neyoyo]

A family application can only move and complete as fast as the slowest family member's file.

So yes - they will all be slower, mathematically. (Except for rare cases where both are exactly as quick as each other.)

You are right. I was comparing with some people with similar time-lines who have got their LPP. My spouse had to prepare and write her test later than mine (to avoid distraction as she was preparing for another exam)and got her test completed on tracker about 2 weeks ago.

My guess is if we had written and passed around same time, we might have had LPP by now. We got BG completed same day.

Though no two cases are the same, it does appear that speed of completion of tasks on individual files on family applications do affect processing speed.

 

[imbatman]

Single applications are faster
Family applications are bit slower
Then comes all the applications from Vancouver (slowest)

 

[rs89977]

You are right. I was comparing with some people with similar time-lines who have got their LPP. My spouse had to prepare and write her test later than mine (to avoid distraction as she was preparing for another exam)and got her test completed on tracker about 2 weeks ago.

My guess is if we had written and passed around same time, we might have had LPP by now. We got BG completed same day.

Though no two cases are the same, it does appear that speed of completion of tasks on individual files on family applications do affect processing speed.

In my case, both passed exam and got marked completed on same day! Her background was completed first (before exam) and mine completed after exam. Since then no progress et-al.

 

[CANPR003]

Single applications are faster
Family applications are bit slower
Then comes all the applications from Vancouver (slowest)

correct!

 

[CANPR003]

Is there anyone who used webform just to know the status of the application? If yes, did it help in any way?

 

[Tpatel007]

Hi all, I have my test and background check completed on April 7th and since that there is no update, and My AOR is on Feb 28th and since then no update yet and my office was surrey for test invite

 

[inderpreet_kaur]

Is there anyone who used webform just to know the status of the application? If yes, did it help in any way?

I used webform last Monday to ask about status. Received standard reply on Friday that application is in process. We are working on it. Check processing times on IRCC website. That's all I received.

 

[armoured]

Is there anyone who used webform just to know the status of the application? If yes, did it help in any way?

For any within the normal timeframe with nothing unusual showing, will (almost) always be the standard response.

I'd say don't bother.