Yes. The oath (at least in my case) was handled by Halifax office though officers came from both offices. And it seems Atlantic Canada applications are processed on a regional basis rather than by province.
December 2019 - Citizenship Application
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I didn't track that change on my status I'm guessing it changed right after I received an email from CIC. as per tracking it's around 23 days.
Hi,
Please add my information to the spreadsheet, thank you.
Citizenship timeline (single applicant):
Location: Halifax, NS
Application delivered: December 03, 2019
AOR: February 21, 2020
In Process ECAS: February 26, 2020
Fingerprint request: N/A
Test invite: N/A
Please add my information to the spreadsheet, thank you.
Citizenship timeline (single applicant):
Location: Halifax, NS
Application delivered: December 03, 2019
AOR: February 21, 2020
In Process ECAS: February 26, 2020
Fingerprint request: N/A
Test invite: N/A
Same. Still waiting for an Oath invitation despite my ECAS updated to Decision Made.
Edit: Called IRCC today and the lady was telling me to keep waiting (as expected) as the case depends on the agent, but at least she told me that my documents are all in and nothing is missing. Just feels like the MTL office is super slow on oath invitations.
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There seems to be a huge backlog of people waiting on virtual oath ceremony.
I believe there is no reason to delay oath ceremonies as they are all virtual, more or less like the online knowledge test.
As per reports, after the new covid variants IRCC limited number of online citizenship ceremonies.
Found this statistics on a recent article:
In the first 11 months of last year (2020) 107,119 people became Canadian citizens, down 54.1 per cent from the number of new Canadian citizens for the comparable period the previous year (2019)
In 2019, the number of newcomers who took the citizenship oath was 250,367.
But the COVID-19 global pandemic put the skids to citizenship ceremonies early last year, with the number of new Canadian citizens per month dropping from 27,008 in February that year to only 14 in April and 61 in May.
The launch of virtual citizenship ceremonies in July caused those numbers to climb back up.
In July, official statistics show 7,013 took the citizenship oath, and that rose gradually during the next two months to a high of 13,819 in September.
Then, the number of new Canadian citizens per month sagged again as the second wave of the pandemic hit in earnest. Despite that harsher second wave, 9,194 people became Canadian citizens in October and another 3,365 in November.
I believe there is no reason to delay oath ceremonies as they are all virtual, more or less like the online knowledge test.
As per reports, after the new covid variants IRCC limited number of online citizenship ceremonies.
Found this statistics on a recent article:
In the first 11 months of last year (2020) 107,119 people became Canadian citizens, down 54.1 per cent from the number of new Canadian citizens for the comparable period the previous year (2019)
In 2019, the number of newcomers who took the citizenship oath was 250,367.
But the COVID-19 global pandemic put the skids to citizenship ceremonies early last year, with the number of new Canadian citizens per month dropping from 27,008 in February that year to only 14 in April and 61 in May.
The launch of virtual citizenship ceremonies in July caused those numbers to climb back up.
In July, official statistics show 7,013 took the citizenship oath, and that rose gradually during the next two months to a high of 13,819 in September.
Then, the number of new Canadian citizens per month sagged again as the second wave of the pandemic hit in earnest. Despite that harsher second wave, 9,194 people became Canadian citizens in October and another 3,365 in November.
sairam99
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- Jun 9, 2010
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- Category........
- Visa Office......
- Newdelhi
- Job Offer........
- Pre-Assessed..
- App. Filed.......
- 2ND WEEK OF APRIL 2010
- Doc's Request.
- 2ND WEEK OF JULY 2010
- AOR Received.
- LAST WEEK OF OCTOBER 2010
- Med's Request
- 1ST WEEK OF MARCH 2013
- Med's Done....
- 3RD WEEK OF MARCH 2013
- VISA ISSUED...
- LAST WEEK OF APRIL 2013
- LANDED..........
- JULY 2013
I have received a test invite today at 10:03 MST. Admin, please update the tracker at row 58.
my timelines:
Application Reached: 12th, December 2019.
AOR: 17th February 2020
In-process: 10th March 2020
Test Invite: 17th February 2021.
TEST START DATE: 2021-02-22 (yyyy/mm/dd) at 12:00 AMEastern Standard Time
TEST END DATE: 2021-03-14 (yyyy/mm/dd) at 10:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
my timelines:
Application Reached: 12th, December 2019.
AOR: 17th February 2020
In-process: 10th March 2020
Test Invite: 17th February 2021.
TEST START DATE: 2021-02-22 (yyyy/mm/dd) at 12:00 AMEastern Standard Time
TEST END DATE: 2021-03-14 (yyyy/mm/dd) at 10:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
All,
Me and my wife have both received a test invite today at 1:40 pm EST.
My timelines:
Application Reached: 31, December 2019.
AOR: 27th February 2020
In-process: 10th March 2020
Test Invite: 17th February 2021.
TEST START DATE: 2021-02-19
TEST END DATE: 2021-03-11
Me and my wife have both received a test invite today at 1:40 pm EST.
My timelines:
Application Reached: 31, December 2019.
AOR: 27th February 2020
In-process: 10th March 2020
Test Invite: 17th February 2021.
TEST START DATE: 2021-02-19
TEST END DATE: 2021-03-11
sairam99
Star Member
- Jun 9, 2010
- 34
- Category........
- Visa Office......
- Newdelhi
- Job Offer........
- Pre-Assessed..
- App. Filed.......
- 2ND WEEK OF APRIL 2010
- Doc's Request.
- 2ND WEEK OF JULY 2010
- AOR Received.
- LAST WEEK OF OCTOBER 2010
- Med's Request
- 1ST WEEK OF MARCH 2013
- Med's Done....
- 3RD WEEK OF MARCH 2013
- VISA ISSUED...
- LAST WEEK OF APRIL 2013
- LANDED..........
- JULY 2013
