+1(514) 937-9445 or Toll-free (Canada & US) +1 (888) 947-9445

Search results

  1. James Lyrie-Stewart

    January 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    In case this helps someone, I fed ChatGPT 15+ Dec and Jan application timelines I found online were LPP is completed, and this is what it told me: LPP completions ranged from day 86 to day 164 from submission. Most landed between day 100–140. This helped curb my impatience because I'm only at...
  2. James Lyrie-Stewart

    January 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Are you not able to just travel with your current passport in October if needed? I totally get you though; I've seen a couple of Feb applicants who already got an oath date, but different offices just move at different paces; mine's at Vancouver so I'm in the long haul unfortunately.
  3. James Lyrie-Stewart

    January 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Just called IRCC to see if I can get some info on my application after 2.5 months of no updates since citizenship was marked completed on March 18. Here's what I learned: My primary and secondary offices. My AOR was from Sydney, but my primary office is Vancouver () and secondary office is...
  4. James Lyrie-Stewart

    January 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Good to know the agents can give you some insights beyond the tracker! Did you have to wait long and what did you ask exactly?
  5. James Lyrie-Stewart

    January 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Of course not every case is the same, which is why I used wording like “at least for most applicants.” Sorry to hear about your medical conditions, but are you not able to travel at all with your current passport?
  6. James Lyrie-Stewart

    January 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    I keep reminding myself that citizenship grant is probably very low priority for IRCC. To be fair, at least for most applicants, whether you get citizenship or not probably won't impact your life much in Canada since you are already a PR. Even if you need to travel, you can always use your...
  7. James Lyrie-Stewart

    January 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    I understand the wait for PR can be extremely anxiety-inducing because your status as a temporary resident might expire soon, but I'm just curious why you think you would go through breakdowns waiting for your citizenship grant? If you are already a PR, your status will no longer expire like pre-PR.
  8. James Lyrie-Stewart

    January 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    I’m pretty sure we are still technically within the normal processing timeline, just on the slower end. There will always be applications that get processed faster than yours, but it doesn’t necessarily mean yours is actually delayed. I’ve been seeing November and December applicants getting...
  9. James Lyrie-Stewart

    January 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Thank you! This is really helpful. I got AOR on Feb 14 and still waiting for LPP. Was starting to get impatient, but your timeline shows me that my application is still well within the normal timeframe, and LPP will most likely be completed in the upcoming week or so.
  10. James Lyrie-Stewart

    January 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Yup, it's absolutely a privilege to be able to become a Canadian citizen by naturalization—the fact that Canada makes it so easy to do that once you got PR is itself a privilege PRs in Canada has and should be grateful for. Not every country makes it so easy for, or even allow you to become a...
  11. James Lyrie-Stewart

    January 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Congrats! Mind sharing your timeline?
  12. James Lyrie-Stewart

    January 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Congrats! When did you submit your application?
  13. James Lyrie-Stewart

    January 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Sharing a timeline I just saw from a January applicant on R eddit for reference: “Jan 3, 2025: Application submitted (Vancouver office) Jan 21, 2025: AOR Feb 20, 2025: Scheduled for citizenship test, to be taken 21 March - 19 April (Montreal office) Feb 21, 2025: Background verification...
  14. James Lyrie-Stewart

    January 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Background verification was completed the same day I got invited for the citizenship test, on March 4th.
  15. James Lyrie-Stewart

    January 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    I think a lot of January applicants still are. My last update was March 18 when citizenship test was marked as completed and I've been waiting for LPP to be done since.
  16. James Lyrie-Stewart

    January 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    The instructions are on the “Read me” tab in the spreadsheet. You can submit your data by emailing your timeline to CACitizenship@gmail.com. You will be given editing access once your submission has been added so you can make updates to your timeline. This was what I did.
  17. James Lyrie-Stewart

    January 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Awesome! When was your AOR?
  18. James Lyrie-Stewart

    January 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Thanks! How long did it take for you to receive GCMS notes after requesting?
  19. James Lyrie-Stewart

    January 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Did you call IRCC to find out if your application is routine or non-routine?