April 2020 - Citizenship Applicants

[shoberane27]

Sent our application and it was already received.


Location: Saskatoon, SK
Application Sent: April 11
Application Received: April 20
Type of application: Family (2)
Physical presence: 1792 and 1680

Kindly add it to the spreadsheet. Thank you so much.

 

[aditvasu]

hi, i have confusion. we have used our aunty address as permanent address and rented a different place for initial two years. now when i give history of last 5 years , which address do i mention as permanent address or the rented place?

You have to show each & every address you lived, it is always better.

 

[mohamed.aboughaly]

Just Sent Citizenship Application

Date Send by Regular Mail: 11 April 2020
Application Delivered: 17 April 2020
Waiting AOR...

 

[alpha2012tr]

I took mine in London Drugs in Vancouver with no issues.

Unfortunately VC is far far away from me

thanks anyway for the info

 

[CA416]

Hello Guys, first of off, I hope everybody is doing ok and staying safe at home.

I am also planning to send my citizenship application in April.

Unfortunately, I could not take my photos. All photo places are closed including Costco, Shoppers, etc.

I am livinig in Toronto, ON.

Do you have any advice? How can I get my photos? I know photos have to be fresh, not older than 6 months.

That is why I have to take new ones.

Please let me know If you guys have a solution for it.

thanks,

I got mine done at a corner store. I saw an ad at a local ups store that does passport photo

 

[CA416]

Hi everyone, two questions:
1- Are there still photo studios open in Toronto that take citizenship photos?
2- Is there a problem if I didn't file taxes for 2019? I suppose not but just making sure if it has an impact.

The website says "you must have filed income taxes for any three taxation years that are fully or partially within the five years before you apply"

Is this period "2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019" or "2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020"?

I got mine taken at a cornerstore

 

[mohamed.aboughaly]

Location: Oshawa, Ontario
Application Sent: April 11
Application Received: April 17
Type of application: Single (1)
Physical presence: 1100

Kindly add it to the spreadsheet. Thank you so much.

 

[excitedme]

Just talked with staples customer service on the phone, their stores are closed for any customers only online shopping available. thanks.

That’s unfortunate. We took ours there a week ago. Maybe only certain stores.

 

[srusht]

hi everyone i have sent my application a few days ago and was delivered today what to expect now? do anyone knows the procedures

 

[rubz9911]

hi everyone i have sent my application a few days ago and was delivered today what to expect now? do anyone knows the procedures

I guess expect not to hear anything atleast for 4 months lol

 

[sachinsoman1988]

I guess expect not to hear anything atleast for 4 months lol

Correct. Half of Jan-2020 folks are still waiting in April-2020 for AOR. Without COVID, it used to be 60 days to receive AOR from the time they received the package. Its safe to assume that time to receive AOR for April-2020 would be more than 120 days/4 months. We would be lucky if we hear something in 120 days.

 

[complicated research]

couple citizenship application; delivered on April 20, 2020.

Is there a tracker for this thread?

 

[rubz9911]

Correct. Half of Jan-2020 folks are still waiting in April-2020 for AOR. Without COVID, it used to be 60 days to receive AOR from the time they received the package. Its safe to assume that time to receive AOR for April-2020 would be more than 120 days/4 months. We would be lucky if we hear something in 120 days.

True!
Problem is not just a covid-19 delays they have increased numbers of delays since last few years, IRCC office in Sydney, NS still have a same number of staff working as it was 5 years ago. Increased numbers of applicants didnt increase the capacity of the system. Even applying for renew of PR cards applications take super long means like no prioroties in their work. I know some people who were applicants of citizenship 5 years ago they received their AOR within a week of application delivered to the office and started processing and in most cases they were able to take their oath within 6 months of application. Anyways times are different nowadays but IRCC still supposed to keep up with increased numbers otherwise more poeple are going to be left behind without travel documents such as PR card and passport.

 

[Rsrv]

Hi, I was planning to send out my application this week. So I called this place at the Passport Office (Service Canada building) in Scarborough, ON to get my photos taken today. The lady there said they were closed and suggested that I wait out till May 15 because photos with the current date might cause an issue with the officials as we have been asked to stay put. It does make sense considering photo centres are not essential services. Any thoughts?

 

[Sque]

IRCC is still accepting new citizenship applications. They will expect the complete application package which includes photos with the required specifications. I dont think it's going to matter when (before or after covid-19 lockdown, as long as within 6 months of signing application), where or how photos were taken. Just my thoughts.