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)
Update:
The Oath: 3 June 2025
Passport received 6 June 2025.
Mission completed! I got the Citizenship! I hope good luck to everyone. This forum has been a great resource of all kind of information. Here is couple of advice I could give myself if I could go back in time 7 years:
- When PR, do your days as soon as possible. For many people, it is possible, that something happens and you have leave Canada for long time. This happened to me too, and I ended up into situation I wasn't able to travel outside Canada at all.
- When applying PR or Citizenship, check your application again and again before submitting, and ask someone to do additional check. Any mistake will likely add couple of months for processing time.
- Be realistic about job market in Canada. You need to be really highly skilled professional to get a good job easily.
- Consider areas where living costs are lower than in big cities
- Start working with your healthcare in day one when you arrive in Canada. Understanding the system takes likely more time what you think.
- Start working with local connections also in day one. For me, it was joining a local gym, where I met people I still hang out with.
- Find some voluntary work too.