January 2021 - Citizenship Applicants

[Leogirl22]

I'd say Just send all, so you're done. And they don't end up asking for it after a few months. Unless you travel after submitting your application and they wanna see those particular stamps. Apparently Sometimes they ask for all pages, sometimes they don't.. so send it just in case.

Thank you so much

 

[marika89]

Decision made on November 16th. Everything marked as complete, but Oath still in process.
Unfortunately I'm abroad atm so I'll need to ask them to postpone the oath once the invitation comes. Luckily I'm not in rush to get the citizenship, my pr is valid until end of next year.
Does anyone have experience about postponing the oath?
(Vancouver office.)

 

[Alkoya75]

Decision made on November 16th. Everything marked as complete, but Oath still in process.
Unfortunately I'm abroad atm so I'll need to ask them to postpone the oath once the invitation comes. Luckily I'm not in rush to get the citizenship, my pr is valid until end of next year.
Does anyone have experience about postponing the oath?
(Vancouver office.)

first ask if possible for you to do your while you are outside the country. if not if i were you, i will come back to Canada to get it done and go back to wherever i am because ive seen people that postpone and did not get another date for 2 years

 

[thatguyoverthere]

first ask if possible for you to do your while you are outside the country. if not if i were you, i will come back to Canada to get it done and go back to wherever i am because ive seen people that postpone and did not get another date for 2 years

You CANNOT do your Oath outside of the country.

 

[marika89]

You CANNOT do your Oath outside of the country.

That's what I have understood also. But I have also heard there has been few who have requested it and possibly done the oath from abroad? I don't know for sure and don't trust just what someone has written online. BUT, just like everyone said before that it's not possible take the test abroad, well it is now so I keep my hopes up. Everything might change in the near future still.
Unfortunately I have a little baby with me, and I won't be traveling with him or leaving him without me yet, so I have to postpone the oath if it's soon.

 

[dvdmerwe]

Adding my details:

Location: Guelph, ON
Application Type: Solo
Physical Presence Days: 1,109
App Sent Date: Jan 11th, 2021
App Delivered Date: Jan 14th, 2021
AOR: Mar 15th, 2021
Background Complete: May 3rd, 2021
In Progress: May 4th, 2021

 

[thatguyoverthere]

That's what I have understood also. But I have also heard there has been few who have requested it and possibly done the oath from abroad? I don't know for sure and don't trust just what someone has written online. BUT, just like everyone said before that it's not possible take the test abroad, well it is now so I keep my hopes up. Everything might change in the near future still.
Unfortunately I have a little baby with me, and I won't be traveling with him or leaving him without me yet, so I have to postpone the oath if it's soon.

I see what you’re saying, but taking the test is completely different from taking the Citizenship Oath. You need to take the oath while you’re on Canadian soil, be it virtually or physically. Just like how you cannot “land” as a PR until you’re physically in the country (even though the landing process is all done through portal now).

 

[cookiechan]

Can you please update the tracker on my case? Thanks!
In progress date - July 29,2021. Test invite letter date - Nov 17, 2021.

 

[rememberme]

Adding my details:

Location: Calgary
Application Type: Solo
Physical Presence Days: 1,096
App Sent Date: Dec 7th, 2020
App Received Date: Dec 16th, 2020
AOR: Feb 25th, 2021
Background Complete: Apr 26th, 2021
In Progress: Since Apr 29th, 2021

Can you please update the tracker with my case? Thanks!

 

[ks231]

App Sent: Jan 9, 2021
AOR: March 07, 2021
Background completed: April 28,2021
citizenship test completed: August 03, 2021
Prohibitions, Physical presence and completed: Nov 06, 2021
Citizenship ceremony: Not Started

 

[Member123]

Hi guys, just finished my oath taking today. Yay! Finally, a canadian citizen! Just gotta wait for my certificate and apply for passport.

Here's my timeline:
Single applicant- paper based application
Not urgent
location- toronto
Delivered-jan28,2021
AOR-mar24,2021
In Process-may27,2021
Background check completed- may31,2021
In progress- citizenship test-(aug6-26)-aug2,2021
Citizenship test taken-aug.6- 18 of 20
Citizenship test updated to completed-aug10,2021
Email for passport photocopies-oct4,2021
Sent passport pages photocopies-October5,2021
Status all completed except for oath-Oct22,2021
Oath taking update-oct 25,2021
Oath taking schedule on Nov 19,2021
Oath taking done nov. 19, 2021

 

[aroundtheworld_]

May 14th BG completed, ghost update May 17th, nothing since then.
Yesterday I used this link: https://secure.cic.gc.ca/ClientContact/en/Application/Form/69 to fill out a request, the automated answer says they will reply within 3 days so I ll let you know what happens if/when they do.

Have you heard back from them?
I filled up that form last week too, but nothing yet. And I’m in the same boat as you!

 

[dangga00]

Hi!
I know you asked for a like and not a comment but i could not like because my situation is not 100% like the one you describe. Me and my husband did have a citizenship test back in September and i've written here about it, but unfortunately people who Do have edit access on the Excel sheet didn't update it with my information yet. I totally get that it's a volunteer based project so i'm not complaining here
But the dates were like so (bolded is the updated info):

Location: Toronto, ON
Application Type: Family (2)
Physical Presence Days: 1,118
5 Year Eligibility: Jan 2nd, 2016 - Jan 1st, 2021
App Sent Date: Jan 2nd, 2021
App Delivered Date: Jan 11th, 2021
AOR Date: March 10th, 2021
In-process Date: April 23rd, 2021
Background verification complete (wife) - April 27th, 2021
Fingerprints required (husband): June 28th, 2021
Fingerprints received (husband): August 15th, 2021
Background verification complete (husband) - August 16th, 2021
Citizenship Test Invite - September 10th to September 30th
Test given - September 28th, 2021 , passed it 19/20 (both)
Test section updated to completed - September 29th, 2021

Thank you for sharing your data point.
In our case, application was delivered Jan 22, 2021 (paper), AOR date: Mar 18, 2021 (received by email).
How did you get your "in-process date" below, was it by email?
When I go to my online account, I just see:
Language skills: In progress
Physical presence: In progress
Citizenship test: Not started
Background verification: Completed
Prohibitions: In progress
Citizenship ceremony: Not started

I am not sure where this application is at in the process / what the next step is.

Thank you so much in advance.

PS I was not aware it's possible to apply for citizenship ONLINE, dang! I love everything online and would have completely done it, instead I submitted my application by paper!

 

[prt22]

PS I was not aware it's possible to apply for citizenship ONLINE, dang! I love everything online and would have completely done it, instead I submitted my application by paper!

In Dec 20/Jan 21, only selected people were shown the link to apply online on IRCC website. You also had to be a single applicant. It was pretty random as it was still a pilot project. Some people applied through that link cause they were randomly selected and that link was also posted here on the forum so anyone could apply by clicking on it (if u had access to the link, u could apply.. there wasn't any selection process, it was purely random).

Some people who applied in first couple of days of start of project got their citizenship approved in few weeks. Most others who applied online had a more similar timeline like paper based applications.

 

[LemmeKnowIfYouKnow]

Hi guys, just finished my oath taking today. Yay! Finally, a canadian citizen! Just gotta wait for my certificate and apply for passport.

Here's my timeline:
Single applicant- paper based application
Not urgent
location- toronto
Delivered-jan28,2021
AOR-mar24,2021
In Process-may27,2021
Background check completed- may31,2021
In progress- citizenship test-(aug6-26)-aug2,2021
Citizenship test taken-aug.6- 18 of 20
Citizenship test updated to completed-aug10,2021
Email for passport photocopies-oct4,2021
Sent passport pages photocopies-October5,2021
Status all completed except for oath-Oct22,2021
Oath taking update-oct 25,2021
Oath taking schedule on Nov 19,2021
Oath taking done nov. 19, 2021

Congratulation! Wow well under 10 months! I think this is one of the fastest processing so far.. just wanted to ask what was your nationality before?