November 2022 - Citizenship Applications

[SAKARUN]

Hi, is the Oath Ceremony still being conducted online or has it been resumed to in-person event?

 

[Durango_xx]

nothing yet. I guess it will be sometime in April .

An update on our applications. I checked ECAS on the 11 March and it showed that our applications were received on the 31st Jan 2023. We received AORs for all 4 applicants (2 adults + 2 Children) on the 13 March 2023. I was able to link our applications on the status tracker this morning and Language skills, Background Verification, Physical Presence and Prohibitions show as 'In Progress'. Not able to make sense of the dates though as the Application History, shows a date of 7 March 2023 - Application filed We have received your application and have begun to process your application, which is earlier than the AOR date.

 

[Roger_notta]

Hi, is the Oath Ceremony still being conducted online or has it been resumed to in-person event?

Most are online. Some are in person

 

[roxana2525]

I received my test invitation but I haven't gotten an email for finger print, are those supposed to be in the same email or will I get it after the test?

 

[roxana2525]

Did you also receive the finger print email?

 

[kbi911]

What is bg? It’s your past. What you did where you lived. Some people information can be verified faster than others some people not. You can not predict how fast or slow yours will be done. It all depends on how quickly your information can be verified.

Got it, thank you. it is like they did already when there was PR done and since than no leaving Canada since then so not sure. but i understand what you are saying.

 

[IceD.]

Updates visible today Mar 15.

Physical Presence: Completed Mar 13
Language Skills: Completed Mar 13
Prohibitions: Completed Mar 13
Citizenship Ceremony: Not Started

 

[fpalazzo]

Did you also receive the finger print email?

From what I see on other applicants, if you got your background completed and test invite, you will not be required finger prints, since they are intended to be used for background check itself.

 

[roxana2525]

oh interesting didn't see that, thank u.

 

[Kaxabera1]

Not yet.

I received it yesterday so probably you will get email soon, cheers

 

[Eve2019]

New update: Take the citizenship test, test window March 17 - April 7.

Type: Paper application
Location: Vancouver, BC
Physical Presence Days: 1130
Application: Family(2)
Application sent: Nov 15th 2022
Delivered: Nov 21st, 2022
AOR: Jan 19th, 2023
ECAS in process: March 2nd, 2023
GU#1: March 7th, 2023
GU#2: March 8th, 2023
Citizenship test in progress: March 15th, 2023

 

[angel1719]

If you haven't received a letter from IRCC to submit fingerprints to clear Criminality check, I am afraid, you can't submit your FP to the RCMP or an agence accrédite. This part of the application (BG check) can't be expedited. The fastest way to find out where you are stuck is to call IRCC to find out which part of your BG is pending (Criminality or Security). Once you call them and they tell you they sent you a letter that you never received, you can ask them to resend... You can also find this out by ordering GCMS notes from CBSA and that should take about 30 days

Thank you so much for a detailed response.

So I was able to get hold of a person on IRCC call center finally today and they mentioned to me that my Security is passed but Criminality is pending. They also mentioned that my FP letter should be sent this week but as soon as my call ended within next 2 min I got the FP email. haha

 

[Hamidfm92]

I got an email for fingerprinting. Does anyone know where to get it done in Brampton or Kitchener? I checked peel regional police and their website says they do not do fingerprinting for non-criminal matters.

 

[shiremag]

I got an email for fingerprinting. Does anyone know where to get it done in Brampton or Kitchener? I checked peel regional police and their website says they do not do fingerprinting for non-criminal matters.

https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/private-fingerprinting-companies-accredited-by-the-RCMP

 

[angel1719]

I got an email for fingerprinting. Does anyone know where to get it done in Brampton or Kitchener? I checked peel regional police and their website says they do not do fingerprinting for non-criminal matters.

These are your options for Kitchener:

1) DriverCheck Clinics 31 McBrine Drive, Unit 8 Kitchener ON N0B 1E0
2) Fast Fingerprint Services Inc. 1770 King Street East, Unit 3 Kitchener ON N2G 2P1
3) Frontier One Inc. 871 Victoria St. N., Unit 210 Kitchener ON N2B 3S4
4) Kitchener Fingerprinting Services 314 Frederick Street Kitchener ON N2H 2N7