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Request sent July 2022, GCMS notes received TODAY (21 Dec 2022), long after I got the citizenship and passport and forgot about the request. There was nothing interesting in the notes, I feel bad wasting their time now.

There were maybe 10-15 people outside the door, and the room inside was full of people with numbers waiting to get to a window.

Passport pick-up experience at the Ottawa office: had an appointment at 3pm; was there at 2:40 or so, with about 5 people in front of me. The line was already moving, and quickly. I was out of there in 10 minutes, and the pickup itself took about a minute. And that's the end of the process, it...

Picking it up on Friday the 14th, 3pm. They originally told me to pick up Monday the 17th, but I said I can't be off work at that time, so they offered Friday, which was appreciated.

My Ottawa passport office experience this morning: was there at 6:30am, about 20 people ahead of me. They let us inside at 7. Around 8 they triaged the line into three: one for super-urgent applications, another for those with travel within 10-business days (that was me), and a general one for...

No luck today-- I was hoping I could get a number there and come back in 4-5 hours or whatever the wait time, but there appears to be a line you have to be physically present in for a long time. Next day I have the time to do it is Monday; I'll probably go at 6am and just stand in line until I'm...

Last Thursday, Sept 22nd.

Got my certificate today, from Sept. 14th ceremony. Off to the passport office tomorrow!

That's great to hear, congrats! My application was only updated to "closed" yesterday (Thursday the 22nd). How long was it between application closed and receiving the certificate?

Updated timeline: applied online 2021-06-20 AOR 2021-09-21 test invite 2022-03-04 test 2022-03-30 passport page request 2022-06-09 language, prohibitions, phys pres set to "completed" 2022-07-06 oath invite 2022-08-19 oath 2022-09-14 Ottawa office, transferred to Niagara Falls

You just get the randomest questions at the US border; I think they're trying to keep the conversation going to see if anything about you seems suspicious or you're trying to lie or hide something. I'm a US citizen and I get asked all kinds of random stuff, like how I met the friend I just said...

The prince does not need to be sworn in, he is already King. Oaths have taken place already with allegiance to "King Charles III, his heirs and successors/Le roi Charles III, ses héritiers et successeurs". It's not a big deal (for oath purposes).

This is great to know. Did you fly or drive? Did they actually check your certificate?

Ha, just received my oath invite email and it's also Niagara Falls. Looks like we're in the same batch! UPDATE: I received two more identical notices within the next half hour

Applied June 20, 2021, test in March 2022, passport page request June 2022, everything set to "completed" July 6, oath update in the tracker August 19th. I'm in Ottawa but I'm not sure what my processing office is. The passport page request came from Hamilton. How do you know yours is Niagara...

Please update the spreadsheet: I've just been scheduled for the oath ceremony on Sept 14th. Woohoo!

Yes, specifically "USA Entry-Exit Record (I-94 - https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov/I94/#/history-search)". I do have a lot of travel between US and Canada but I thought they had those records anyway.

Thanks! I'm sort of reluctant to do something like this on my own initiative without them asking but ok, won't hurt for sure.

I got a request today for full passport copies and US entry/exit info (I-94). I'm a US citizen and don't have access to I-94 entry/exit information. This seems like a silly mistake on their part. What do you suggest I do? Submit a webform? Or just a "letter of explanation" or something along...

Pls update the spreadsheet: test invite March 2 test window March 4 - 24 BG completed March 3 test taken March 24 (I waited until the last day because I'm outside of Canada, and had emailed them THREE TIMES to tell them that I'm outside of Canada, but never heard back. So I just went ahead...