Citizenship approved in December 2025 but no oath invite yet. Applied in July 2025 and approaching 9 months of mark (and 3+ months since LPP).

[RohanKumar007]

Hi All,

I am from Montreal with Vancouver primary office. My citizenship application was approved (LPP) complete in December 2025. I saw many people who applied in July 2025 and had Vancouver as primary office seeing delays post LPP (Calgary, Ottawa, Kitchner) months post LPP and spanning application to oath of 8 to 10 months.

I saw many Montreal applicants with Vancouver office from July 1st week to mid receive oath invite during Feb start and end, but none recently. Saw some Vancouver location people under Vancouver office who applied in July end and August 1st week receive invite last week. So was hoping I might get something this week (as there might be more ceremonies in citizenship week) but unfortunately dont seem to be the case.

I was reading sometimes due to system glitch files are not assigned to officers, and for months post LPP files are not touched till deadline is hit. But it appears highly unlikely so many files or batch would be under such glitch. So just wondering others experience on this. Any input would be helpful.

Thanks

 

[armoured]

Hi All,

I am from Montreal with Vancouver primary office. My citizenship application was approved (LPP) complete in December 2025. I saw many people who applied in July 2025 and had Vancouver as primary office seeing delays post LPP (Calgary, Ottawa, Kitchner) months post LPP and spanning application to oath of 8 to 10 months.

I saw many Montreal applicants with Vancouver office from July 1st week to mid receive oath invite during Feb start and end, but none recently. Saw some Vancouver location people under Vancouver office who applied in July end and August 1st week receive invite last week. So was hoping I might get something this week (as there might be more ceremonies in citizenship week) but unfortunately dont seem to be the case.

I was reading sometimes due to system glitch files are not assigned to officers, and for months post LPP files are not touched till deadline is hit. But it appears highly unlikely so many files or batch would be under such glitch. So just wondering others experience on this. Any input would be helpful.

Thanks

Personally I think the 'Vancouver office' thing is a complete red herring and nothing to do with it - just that Vancouver is or seems to be the office for security clearance/criminal clearances (most anyway), and most files seem to get 'assigned' there for a while.

 

[RohanKumar007]

Personally I think the 'Vancouver office' thing is a complete red herring and nothing to do with it - just that Vancouver is or seems to be the office for security clearance/criminal clearances (most anyway), and most files seem to get 'assigned' there for a while.

Do you think contacting MP would help? I know they cannot help with cases where background or criminal checks are pending. But this seems to be a case of office simply sitting on an approved file for months. I have heard Vancuover at times is notorious for holding files for month.

Someone even suggested requested GCMS notes might trigger activity leading to possibly oath invite?

 

[armoured]

Do you think contacting MP would help? I know they cannot help with cases where background or criminal checks are pending. But this seems to be a case of office simply sitting on an approved file for months. I have heard Vancuover at times is notorious for holding files for month.

Someone even suggested requested GCMS notes might trigger activity leading to possibly oath invite?

Bluntly, probably not. You applied in June. It's still well within normal timeframes, even from when they were shorter.

Again, "I have heard Vancuover at times is notorious for holding files for month." If all files that are delayed are at a stage where they go through Vancouver - because of function, not some random allocation thing - then they're held up because of the function.

But sure, try GCMS notes. And try your MP if you like. Probably won't find anything out or make any difference, but why not?