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April 2018 - Citizenship Applicant

Uranus

Star Member
Aug 28, 2015
145
37
Hi All,

Wanted to share my Oath experience with you all.. Finally I am a Canadian.. Horrrrray... :)

- Reached the Mississauga center at 8:50 AM
- Stood in line - when my turn came - they took away my PR card - checked my invitation letter and asked me to take my seat
- My number was 88 - there were 100 candidates in total
- Clerk came and explained the ceremony process
- Said we can apply for passport after two business days - so Thursday
- Judge (funny guy) came and we all stood up.
- He cracked few jokes and briefed us again about the process.
- We all stood up for the Oath (goosebumps.. may be couple of tears too)
- We took the Oath - one clerk walked around and made sure everyone present was saying the Oath
- Row by row, we stood in line to sign a document to confirm
- Stood in another Q to get the certificate from the judge
- Went back to my seat - when all were done - we stood again for the anthem
- Judge left - came back to take pictures with all
- Left the hall at 10:50 AM

It was very straight forward and well organised event.. they allow guests to be present in the hall... You can take pictures/video of the whole event except Oath and Anthem. I was in an out in 2 hours... The only thing I didn't like was there were couple of babies who were crying/cranky and the clerk was rude to their parents and asked them to leave the hall.

I wish everyone in this forum good luck and speedy process. Also, thank you to all the members who have helped during this long and tiring journey. It's kind of assuring when other people post messages saying they got it through and also little calming when you know/read that you are not the only one and other people are with you in this journey.

O Canada.... :)
Thanks for sharing ! I’m taking oath tomorrow, hooray!
 

singhamr

Full Member
Feb 24, 2017
20
3
Brampton applicant, finally got the test invite for June 20 in Mississauga.

App.Type: Single
Physical Presence Days: 1209
Application Sent: April 19th 2018
Application Received: April 26, 2018
AOR: June 26, 2018
In Process: July 20, 2018
Finger print request: October 05, 2018
Test Invite: May 28, 2019
Test date: June 20, 2019 (Mississauga)
Decision Made ECAS:
Oath Letter:
Oath Date:
 

JPBless

Hero Member
May 14, 2018
206
75
Brampton applicant, finally got the test invite for June 20 in Mississauga.

App.Type: Single
Physical Presence Days: 1209
Application Sent: April 19th 2018
Application Received: April 26, 2018
AOR: June 26, 2018
In Process: July 20, 2018
Finger print request: October 05, 2018
Test Invite: May 28, 2019
Test date: June 20, 2019 (Mississauga)
Decision Made ECAS:
Oath Letter:
Oath Date:
Congratulations!!!
 

Jarait

Star Member
Apr 9, 2018
95
42
Passed my test yesterday in Scarborough, today ECAS says 'Decision made'. Waiting for the Oath invite.
 
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Uranus

Star Member
Aug 28, 2015
145
37
Help! Anyone can confirm if we could use COUSIN as a reference person for passport application ??

Thank you so much.
 

hj123

Star Member
Oct 14, 2013
67
37
Finally, after a wait of almost one year, I got my test invite. Admin here please update the SS for April 2018 - Row 155. Test invite was received yesterday May 30th. Test is on 27th June
 

ovais

Champion Member
Sep 12, 2011
1,832
78
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Karachi
Category........
Visa Office......
london
NOC Code......
3113
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
25-08-2011
AOR Received.
PER 16-11-2011
Med's Request
12-12-12
Med's Done....
20-12-12
Passport Req..
PPR1 03-04-13 DM 22-04-13 PPR2 02-05-2013
VISA ISSUED...
14-05-13
LANDED..........
November 1, 2013
Help! Anyone can confirm if we could use COUSIN as a reference person for passport application ??

Thank you so much.
Yes.
 

Oboy

Star Member
Aug 8, 2013
103
13
Category........
Visa Office......
Accra
NOC Code......
2147
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
02-07-2013
Doc's Request.
10-09-2014
IELTS Request
Sent with Applicatiom
Med's Request
10-09-2014
Med's Done....
15-09-2014
Passport Req..
27-10-2014
We wrote test and passed yesterday, checked ECAS this morning and status has changed to Decision Made. Our case officer ( a nice and very friendly man) told us he has granted us our citizenship after the interview and we should expect our oath email so the status change was expected. We are grateful to he almighty for how far he has brought us.

Admin please update our status

To all those waiting all the very best. I believe the flood gates will open this month for sure since they have began working on long standing cases like ours.
 
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Ravinder singh

Full Member
Mar 18, 2014
22
1
hello guys
i m on my way to fill up the application. one question about it is that how the one or two day trip trips to states will be counted, like i have no problem in manually counting the stamps made on passports. but is there any other option we can choose, the reason why i ask because figure out on cbsa travel history link that there is a question i think 14 in application we can choose IRCC to collect info on our behalf from CBSA
any member please guide me in this process. which option you think is the best one as i live in surrey and lots of time we travel for a day across the border.
thanks in advance
 

sunnybh

Hero Member
Dec 11, 2017
483
87
hello guys
i m on my way to fill up the application. one question about it is that how the one or two day trip trips to states will be counted, like i have no problem in manually counting the stamps made on passports. but is there any other option we can choose, the reason why i ask because figure out on cbsa travel history link that there is a question i think 14 in application we can choose IRCC to collect info on our behalf from CBSA
any member please guide me in this process. which option you think is the best one as i live in surrey and lots of time we travel for a day across the border.
thanks in advance
You have to list all trips in the calculator to check and prove the residency obligation. It is clearly mentioned in the instructions of the calculator. IRCC takes your consent to counter check the records with CBSA.
 

pritrut

Member
Jun 18, 2012
12
4
Hello All,

I have a citizenship test in mississauga on 25 june.
Can someone can help me please with the preparation and all the tools which i should be using??
Thanks in advance and good luck to all.
 

Jarait

Star Member
Apr 9, 2018
95
42
Hello All,

I have a citizenship test in mississauga on 25 june.
Can someone can help me please with the preparation and all the tools which i should be using??
Thanks in advance and good luck to all.
Just read 'Discover Canada' few times and go thru online practice tests and you should be good.
 
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