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

Search results

  1. m34

    September 2024 Citizenship Applications

    It’s surprising that a basic step like verifying physical presence can cause such significant delays. Had this been handled properly, your application could likely have been finalized within five months or less. When submitting the application, don’t we authorize IRCC to access our CBSA travel...
  2. m34

    September 2024 Citizenship Applications

    Congrats! But I am curious to know what happened in your case between September 2024 and December 2025 - total silence - they asked for your fingerprints 15 months later. Did you do anything to get your file moving?
  3. m34

    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/check-processing-times.html
  4. m34

    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    I try to share this every month to keep discussion alive (and maybe hopes). I never knew I would be talking about this after 6 months of dead silence in my application! Monthly IRCC statistics have just been released. The number of outstanding applications increased from 297K to 305.4K (i think...
  5. m34

    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Yes, that’s my assumption as well, and I’ve seen other cases that seem to support it. A friend of mine in Toronto applied in January 2025, and her file is still stuck at bg and prohibitions. Her husband and children, however, applied separately in October 2024 and became citizens in February...
  6. m34

    Citizenship Application Delayed Over 2 Years

    I spoke with IRCC a couple of months back regarding the possibility of separating files, but it appears they require a strong justification—such as a job-related obligation, academic requirement, or another convincing reason, otherwise the request is likely to be declined. I ended up not going...
  7. m34

    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    I didnt know that IRCC would group people in batches based on their test invites? Does it make sense? I was in the window preceeding that (May 16 - June 14) and still stuck.
  8. m34

    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    The only thing I can see over here on this page that IRCC asks people to inform them if they plan to leave more than 2 weeks. Now, is this only to manage oath invites or so (i dont know) - but it is indeed mentioned over here...
  9. m34

    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    I can confirm this. I submitted a webform about a month ago and received a response very quickly indicating that everything was in order and the application was still in process. My sense is that unless the webform brings in any material change to your file, the response is essentially the same...
  10. m34

    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    That is great news! Congrats. You are almost there.
  11. m34

    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Yes, March '25 applicant. Wife stuck in Background & Prohibition, I am stuck in prohibition only. Almost 6 months with no updates.
  12. m34

    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    So let me take a wild guess. Even if you pass the 13 months and your application is still pending (hopefully not), they will tell you "we contacted IRCC but this is outside of their hands as its with a third party"
  13. m34

    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Were you given the feedback immediately or did the MP at least try to contact IRCC? Realistically we passed our real average processing time (8 months when we applied).
  14. m34

    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Hey Congratulations. Good news for March folks stuck there and indeed for Montrealers. Can you reshare yor complete timeline? Thx
  15. m34

    May 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Some members reported that ceremony officials will tell you that you can use your citizenship certificate a couple of business days after you receive it, for the purpose of applying to a passport. You may still try to do so on the same day but dont be surprised if passport office tells you that...
  16. m34

    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Monthly IRCC statistics have just been released. The number of outstanding applications increased from 290.7K to 297K. For March applicants, the number of files ahead of us dropped from 78.8K to 72K—a reduction of 6.8K cases, or roughly 9% of the previously outstanding applications before ours...
  17. m34

    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    While there’s no defined timeline for background check completion, the pattern seems to fall into two extremes: either it’s done within about 3 months if you are lucky, or it gets prolonged for 24–36 months. There rarely seems to be a middle ground. That said, someone mentioned yesterday that...
  18. m34

    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Montreal?
  19. m34

    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Can you remind me if you were asked for fp?
  20. m34

    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    @wertymin24 oh wow! There is at least 5 people on this thread who are in that situation! Same here. We confirmed that they have the results and that the file is in Vancouver. Again, not sure if there is a way for us to get our files to move as they might just pending because of an...