November 2024 - Citizenship Applications

[armoured]

Thank you for the details

Note the bit of information from another poster that the oath ceremony invitation says you may have to wait two days. I haven't seen that repeated elsewhere or heard of anyone with the issue - and I suspect it's no longer true, or only in rare cases. But still, just in case.

 

[Johny Bravo]

Same here. I am a Dec 2024 applicant, received the Fp request via email on Feb 19. There is no update since then on the tracker. I did give FP after 2 days, but no update so far.

What was the email address you received it from? The part after @ Im most interested in.

 

[DocumentJourney]

I would really like to know if anyone who was told by RCMP that February 21st was their mailing date for FPR has gotten Background marked complete. I have not. I would also like to know the VO. Mine is Vancouver (transferred from Calgary as confirmed by IRCC).

I have not either. I called the RCMP on the 24th to make sure that my fingerprint results were indeed mailed on the 21st with no issues and they confirmed that they left the RCMP. Next thing would be to call IRCC Vancouver and see if they actually physically received them from Canada Post.

 

[SBANTYMANY]

What was the email address you received it from? The part after @ Im most interested in.

Hi, this the email id I received FP request.
IRCC.DNVancouverCitizenship-CitoyenneteVancouverRN.IRCC@cic.gc.ca

What about yours?

 

[Johny Bravo]

Hi, this the email id I received FP request.
IRCC.DNVancouverCitizenship-CitoyenneteVancouverRN.IRCC@cic.gc.ca

What about yours?

I haven’t received any FP request but I want to keep my eye on it cause I passed my test and it was updated to “completed” about two week ago but my background and the rest is still in progress. I was wondering if it’s going to end up in a spam folder but I already received emails ending with …IRCC@cic.gc.ca before (test invite for example) and it came to my regular inbox no problem.

 

[USProgrammer]

I have not either. I called the RCMP on the 24th to make sure that my fingerprint results were indeed mailed on the 21st with no issues and they confirmed that they left the RCMP. Next thing would be to call IRCC Vancouver and see if they actually physically received them from Canada Post.

IRCC contact centre can't tell you if the fingerprints were received. They can only see criminality complete or not (which would probably result in Background being complete, if you're like me with security already complete). I already tried that, sadly.

It might be in GCMS, but presumably if they're just waiting on criminality, "Background" should go complete within a business day or so of them receiving and inputting it.

 

[armoured]

Hi, this the email id I received FP request.
IRCC.DNVancouverCitizenship-CitoyenneteVancouverRN.IRCC@cic.gc.ca

What about yours?

Note that @cic.gc.ca is the standard departmental email for IRCC (which used to be named CIC - I don't know why they've not changed the mail, except that it may be government policy to leave them (eg global / foreign affairs and I think all embassies etc are just international.gc.ca ).

So the base/default for email from IRCC is @cic.gc.ca, possibly some @international.gc.ca if staff are based abroad, and gc.ca for all government. If it's from one of those domains, and hasn't been spoofed (display name makes it look like @...gc.ca but the detailed address shows something else like @hotmail), it should be 'from government' and official.

Important: it should be SAFE to whitelist the @cic.gc.ca domain (tell your email client/system that emails from this domain are NOT spam).

Another telltale sign of government: if it's from some 'official' account (not a person in government but a 'function' or office), they will almost always have redundant French and English - or as in above DNVancouverCitizenship-CitoyenneteVancounverRN. And yes, they often repeat stuff even if it's the same in both languages.

Or as people I know in Ottawa joke about it: "Police-d'Ottawa-Police syndrome." (As if anyone would get confused if they left out one of those two 'polices'.)

 

[Johny Bravo]

Note that @cic.gc.ca is the standard departmental email for IRCC (which used to be named CIC - I don't know why they've not changed the mail, except that it may be government policy to leave them (eg global / foreign affairs and I think all embassies etc are just international.gc.ca ).

So the base/default for email from IRCC is @cic.gc.ca, possibly some @international.gc.ca if staff are based abroad, and gc.ca for all government. If it's from one of those domains, and hasn't been spoofed (display name makes it look like @...gc.ca but the detailed address shows something else like @hotmail), it should be 'from government' and official.

Important: it should be SAFE to whitelist the @cic.gc.ca domain (tell your email client/system that emails from this domain are NOT spam).

Another telltale sign of government: if it's from some 'official' account (not a person in government but a 'function' or office), they will almost always have redundant French and English - or as in above DNVancouverCitizenship-CitoyenneteVancounverRN. And yes, they often repeat stuff even if it's the same in both languages.

Or as people I know in Ottawa joke about it: "Police-d'Ottawa-Police syndrome." (As if anyone would get confused if they left out one of those two 'polices'.)

But I guess whatever address it would come from, as long as I check the spam folder too, I won’t miss it

 

[Ghapharr]

No , I didn’t travel outside Canada during eligibility period .

This disproves my theory. Please do share an update when you have one. I'm also monitoring the tracker for update.

One more question please. Did you get an acknowledgement email after responding to the request? I didn't get any and that seems weird!

 

[Adi7]

This disproves my theory. Please do share an update when you have one. I'm also monitoring the tracker for update.

One more question please. Did you get an acknowledgement email after responding to the request? I didn't get any and that seems weird!

I have sent citizenship office all copies of my both passports pages last week and did get the reply email back that they have received the document ,

apart from this ,they even invited for an online interview with citizenship official on March 12 to verify my passport and other documents.

 

[Ghapharr]

I have sent citizenship office all copies of my both passports pages last week and did get the reply email back that they have received the document ,

apart from this ,they even invited for an online interview with citizenship official on March 12 to verify my passport and other documents.

Interesting! I got the request from "
DN PNT CIT Passport / PASSEPORT CIT PTN RN (IRCC) • IRCC.DNPNTCITPassport-PASSEPORTCITPTNRN.IRCC@cic.gc.ca" and responded via the same email address. Did you get yours from same email address? Did you get a reply same day you responded?

I pray and hope your interview goes well. I think it's a just a measure of quality assurance.

 

[aman0312]

We both took the test today and passed.

application submitted - nov 26th
AOR Dec 6th
Test invite: feb 6th thru March 8th
Test taken: March 3
Finger print requested: close to feb 12
Finger print provided: same weekend
Nothing is completed yet. Now it’s time to wait and watch.
all the best you all

 

[JEI-CAN]

Update:

Type: Online application
Location: Ottawa
Physical Presence Days: 1098
Application: Family (1 adult 1 minor):
Application sent: 25 November
Delivered: 25 November
AOR: 4 December
Background Completed: 23 January 2025
Test Invitation 24 January, test time window 31 January - 2 March 2025
Test taken 1 February 2025 - passed (19/20)
Test marked as Completed 6 February 2025
LPP marked as Completed 28 February 2025 (portal updated 4 March 2025)
Citizenship ceremony not started

 

[USProgrammer]

Background marked complete in tracker today (Mar 4). Shows date completed Feb 28.

I was in FPR cohort that got stuck at RCMP from at least Feb 7 to Feb 21. I have a November AOR, but October application date, so my main data is in that October thread. Just sharing here due to the FPR cohort I'm sure many are stuck in.

 

[flores]

hi may i know what does it mean by FPR cohort?