AUGUST 2025 - CITIZENSHIP APPLICATIONS

[Drakkar]

I guess this is it:
Language skills: completed Jan 10th, 2026
Physical presence: completed Jan 10th, 2026
Citizenship test: completed Dec 30th, 2025

I took the test on 19th Dec, 2025
Wife on 20th Dec, 2025

Background verification: completed Oct 8th, 2025
Prohibitions: completed Jan 10th, 2026

exactly the same progress for my wife.

 

[Fancy01]

I received test invite yesterday, January 12 and this morning my background verification was updated. However, the tracker showed that the background verification was completed on November 4.

 

[User4859]

I just logged in today, and my BG check was marked complete on 8th January. Updated in tracker 10 Jan.

You’re only a few days behind my schedule so it’s entirely possible that your BG check could be a couple more weeks. Wouldn’t stress too much.

Given the “official” processing time from start to finish is 13 months currently, we’re still very much in the normal time frame. Unless your application blows out longer than that they won’t really prioritize any applications.

Happy to confirm that my BG check has now been marked off as completed! It was updated this morning when I logged in.

My updated status is set out below.

Submitted: August 25, 2025
AOR: October 30, 2025
Background Complete: January 9, 2025
Citizenship Test Invite: January 5, 2026
Citizenship Test Done: Not yet
Citizenship Test Marked Completed on Tracker: Not yet
Language Skills: In Progress
Physical Presence: In Progress
Prohibitions: In Progress
Citizenship Ceremony: Not started

 

[sseda]

I guess this is it:
Language skills: completed Jan 10th, 2026
Physical presence: completed Jan 10th, 2026
Citizenship test: completed Dec 30th, 2025

I took the test on 19th Dec, 2025
Wife on 20th Dec, 2025

Background verification: completed Oct 8th, 2025
Prohibitions: completed Jan 10th, 2026

exactly the same progress for my wife.

Sounds great, congratulations! I have very similar dates with you. I took the test Dec 25, marked completed Jan 10 though. I hope I get my LPP completions in 10 days, that would be great for me!

 

[Cruise-king]

Guys I received email for my citizenship test on 30th December 2025 and was asked to take the test between January 2 and February 1st , and I took my test on 3rd January and passed . I just created my Tracker account today and my Citizenship test on the Tracker still showing “ WAITING ON YOU”. Pls is this normal? Thanks


NB - It says status updated : December 26, 2025

 

[shyam763]

Citizenship Application Timeline

Submitted: 6 August 2025
AOR: 1 October 2025
Background Complete: 03 October 2025

Case Processing Centre - Sydney

haven’t received my citizenship test invite yet. I see that many people who received their AOR in October have already gotten their test invitations.

Is anyone else still waiting for a test invite who got their AOR in October?
I’ve been checking the tracker almost every hour for the past four weeks, hoping for some good news.

Any suggestions? Do I just need to wait longer?

Anyone who got AOR in the first week of October still waiting for a test invite?

 

[ccaallvviinn]

Test marked complete today in tracker. Test date Jan 3, 2026. Team 2.

 

[sean468]

Guys I received email for my citizenship test on 30th December 2025 and was asked to take the test between January 2 and February 1st , and I took my test on 3rd January and passed . I just created my Tracker account today and my Citizenship test on the Tracker still showing “ WAITING ON YOU”. Pls is this normal? Thanks


NB - It says status updated : December 26, 2025

I'm still waiting for my test to be completed in the tracker. I did it on Jan 02. Waiting on Test Team 2 to mark it complete.

 

[HeyHoy]

Anyone who got AOR in the first week of October still waiting for a test invite?

I got it on Oct 29 (application was submitted on Aug29) and still waiting for test invitation.

 

[Ad78]

Just received my oath letter a few minutes ago. The ceremony will be online. There is some information missing from my row on the Google sheet tracker. Could someone please have the missing information added there? The rest of the info is in my signature and already added to the Google sheet.

Application type: Single
PhP Days: 1098
IP: 3 October 2025
DM Date ECAS: 5 January 2026 (I am assuming this is the date when one gets the update on the IRCC tracker that one's Citizenship oath status has been updated to In progress; am I right?)
Oath letter date: 14 January, 2026
Oath ceremony: 23 January 2026 (Virtual ceremony)