May 2025 - Citizenship Applications

[soniclife]

Congrats, can you post a full timeline?

My spouse ( somehow our apps didnt get linked as group)
Physical Presence Days: ~1100
Application: 1 Adult
Application sent: May 17th 2025
AOR: June 25th, 2025
Tracker email :Jul 3rd ( but was able to create account Jun 28th)
Background Complete: Jul 4th
Test Invite : Aug 5 2025
Test Taken: Aug 10,2025
Test Completed in Tracker : Aug 11 2025
Language : Sep 11 ( updated on Sep 13)
Physical Presence: Sep 11
Prohibitions: Sep 11
Oath Confirmed: Sep 17
Oath :Oct 6th

Me and My kids timeline
Physical Presence Days: ~1100
Application: 1 Adult + 2 kids ( my spouse application dates got deviated)
Application sent: May 17th 2025
AOR: June 25th, 2025
Tracker email :Jul 3rd ( but was able to create account Jun 28th)
Background Complete: Jul 4th
Test Invite : Aug 5 2025
Test Taken: Aug 10,2025
Test Completed in Tracker : Aug 11 2025
Language : Sep 2
Physical Presence: Sep 2
Prohibitions: Sep 2
LPP Updated date: Sep 4th
Oath confirmed : Sep 9th
Oath date: Oct 1st

 

[shipping]

Applied May 25, 2025, AOR June 25. Still no test invitation, status just says “In progress.” Others who applied later already got test invites. Is this normal, or should I do something?

Call em, take gcms note …

 

[gc1735]

Ghost Update today (October 3, 2025)

 

[dzx]

Got my GCMS notes

CIT CSIS Screening started (edit: “received”) Aug 28

Status for screening says “received” so I guess my file will be stuck forever

Very weird stuff, will apply for CSIS notes too

Update: seems like “received” means they have already received results from CSIS? If that’s the case then they are just incompetent…

 

[olenyok]

Mine's not in the tracker, even though I posted here, but anyway, here's an update:
Type: Online
Location: Surrey, BC
Physical Presence: 1096
Application: 1 adult
Application submitted: 29 May, 2025
AOR: 30 Jun, 2025
BG complete: 30 Aug, 2025
Test invite: 29 Sep, 2025
Test: 3 Oct, 2025

 

[medy134]

Call em, take gcms note …

Thanks for your advice. I called IRCC, and they told me my application is at the Vancouver office. I mentioned that many people who applied after me have already completed their applications, but they said citizenship applications are not processed on a first-come, first-served basis and that it can take more than a year. I’m wondering how ordering GCMS notes could help in this situation. Please advise. Thanks.

 

[d-pen]

Thanks for your advice. I called IRCC, and they told me my application is at the Vancouver office. I mentioned that many people who applied after me have already completed their applications, but they said citizenship applications are not processed on a first-come, first-served basis and that it can take more than a year. I’m wondering how ordering GCMS notes could help in this situation. Please advise. Thanks.

Patience is really the only thing that helps. They are right, every applicant’s situation is different, and file processing does not follow a first come first served order. GCMS notes do not speed things up, but they do provide detailed insight into the status of your file. The good part is that they only cost $5 and are easy to request. The downside is that GCMS notes will not actually influence your case and usually take about a month to arrive. Give it a try.

 

[d-pen]

Got my GCMS notes

CIT CSIS Screening started Aug 28

Status for screening says “received” so I guess my file will be stuck forever

Very weird stuff, will apply for CSIS notes too

Update: seems like “received” means they have already received results from CSIS? If that’s the case then they are just incompetent…

Incompetent indeed. The system is far from efficient, and unfortunately, it’s the applicants who end up paying the price with endless waiting.

 

[dzx]

Patience is really the only thing that helps. They are right, every applicant’s situation is different, and file processing does not follow a first come first served order. GCMS notes do not speed things up, but they do provide detailed insight into the status of your file. The good part is that they only cost $5 and are easy to request. The downside is that GCMS notes will not actually influence your case and usually take about a month to arrive. Give it a try.

If you request through privacy act, it costs 0, and requesting through CBSA is faster, frequently resulting in more complete information too.

 

[aaron_matthew]

Ghost Update today (October 3, 2025)

Same here. Ghost update. Hoping something shows in the next few days.

 

[cmech5942]

If you request through privacy act, it costs 0, and requesting through CBSA is faster, frequently resulting in more complete information too.

Is the process different for obtaining GCMS from CBSA as opposed to IRCC?

 

[dzx]

Is the process different for obtaining GCMS from CBSA as opposed to IRCC?

They are essentially the same just choose different agency

 

[medy134]

Patience is really the only thing that helps. They are right, every applicant’s situation is different, and file processing does not follow a first come first served order. GCMS notes do not speed things up, but they do provide detailed insight into the status of your file. The good part is that they only cost $5 and are easy to request. The downside is that GCMS notes will not actually influence your case and usually take about a month to arrive. Give it a try.

Thank you

 

[calebk1994]

Official timeline for Citizenship grant applications has been adjusted to 13 months, I think it matches the extra month to 2 months delay we have been seeing compared to applicants in Feb or March.

 

[shipping]

Type: Online application
Location: Vancouver
Physical Presence Days: 1105
Application: 1 Adult
Location: Vancouver
Office Sydney
Application signed n sent: May 21
AOR: Jul 04
FP request n done Jul 10
Tracker updated Aug 13
Background verification completed.
(Back to Vietnam for 2 months)

Test invitations today Sept 8th 2025
Language skills: progress
Physical presence: progress
Citizenship test: progress
Prohibitions: progress
Test done: 18/20 sept 21
Test updated Oct 1

Only LPP left by Now for me.
When expectedly Can I have the passport buddies?