2025 JULY Citizenship applications

[denisfootix]

Hey guys just joining the thread, my tracker shows LPP completed since December 4th and no updates yet

 

[bsrketh]

August? Many October applicants have already got their oath dates.
And then there are people that applied in April still waiting for LPP (completely in IRCCs control).
We need/deserve a better system.

After experiencing both US and Canadian immigration, IRCC is right up there with one of the worst systems. My GCMS notes say they noticed discrepancies in my absences. I’ve only been out of the country twice, and both trips were for a few weeks at a time with no same day trips.

I can see in the notes that they pulled my entry and exit records, and the dates I provided in my application exactly match what they retrieved. Yet they still overrode the number of days I was outside the country for those two trips, bringing my total physical presence down to exactly 1095 days.

On top of that, their PDF physical presence calculator doesn’t match the application calculator, and neither of them matches what they have in their backend system.

 

[kreik]

After experiencing both US and Canadian immigration, IRCC is right up there with one of the worst systems. My GCMS notes say they noticed discrepancies in my absences. I’ve only been out of the country twice, and both trips were for a few weeks at a time with no same day trips.

I can see in the notes that they pulled my entry and exit records, and the dates I provided in my application exactly match what they retrieved. Yet they still overrode the number of days I was outside the country for those two trips, bringing my total physical presence down to exactly 1095 days.

On top of that, their PDF physical presence calculator doesn’t match the application calculator, and neither of them matches what they have in their backend system.

That's why a lot of people would recommend a buffer of at least 5-10 days before application, since we are not sure how they would compute and verify the physical presence from their end.

 

[kreik]

That's exactly what they told me today when I called. That I still had 5 months and to be patient. How am I supposed to be patient when there are people in August who have already finished the process? I have plans to travel out of the country to visit my family, but I can't even book anything because I don't know when they will schedule me for the ceremony! I am also waiting since January 8th, but I am in Alberta.

I called IRCC this morning and actually got my ATIP notes today too (requested them Jan 29th). The agent was pretty vague since they mostly see what’s on the tracker along with other details like office processing the application, etc., but the GCMS notes had a lot of info. I basically just asked them to help me read it.

Turns out citizenship was already granted. I’m just on the waiting list for the oath now. The weird part is that Vancouver processed my file, but they sent it to the Surrey office for the ceremony. I don't even live in Surrey, so I'm not sure why, but I guess it is what it is.

The agent said scheduling depends entirely on the local office's slots. I’ve got a trip booked for next month that I might have to push back, but I’m still hoping for a lucky update. Honestly, I’m not feeling super optimistic because I haven’t seen any Surrey oath dates lately, mostly just Vancouver.