October 11th 2017 - Citizenship Applicants under 3/5 rule

[rajmalhotra7]

Summary of October 2017 applicants (Date Delivered)

Date	#Total	#AOR	#IP	#Test Invite	%Test Invite	#Test Held	#DM	%DM	#Oath Invite	%Oath Invite	#Oath Held
02-Oct-17	5	5	5	4	80.0%	4	4	80.0%	3	60.0%	3
03-Oct-17	3	3	3	3	100.0%	3	3	100.0%	3	100.0%	3
05-Oct-17	4	4	4	4	100.0%	4	4	100.0%	3	75.0%	3
06-Oct-17	7	7	7	7	100.0%	7	6	85.7%	5	71.4%	5
10-Oct-17	8	8	8	7	87.5%	7	7	87.5%	6	75.0%	6
12-Oct-17	30	30	29	20	66.7%	20	19	63.3%	18	60.0%	15
13-Oct-17	115	113	107	90	78.3%	87	79	68.7%	71	61.7%	68
16-Oct-17	353	347	324	280	79.3%	274	234	66.3%	218	61.8%	207
17-Oct-17	62	60	53	40	64.5%	40	37	59.7%	33	53.2%	32
18-Oct-17	87	87	85	69	79.3%	68	60	69.0%	52	59.8%	50
19-Oct-17	140	136	127	103	73.6%	98	86	61.4%	75	53.6%	70
20-Oct-17	83	83	76	67	80.7%	64	58	69.9%	52	62.7%	47
23-Oct-17	57	56	53	42	73.7%	39	34	59.6%	30	52.6%	27
24-Oct-17	11	10	10	9	81.8%	9	6	54.5%	6	54.5%	4
25-Oct-17	28	27	26	19	67.9%	18	12	42.9%	9	32.1%	9
26-Oct-17	41	39	38	30	73.2%	29	20	48.8%	18	43.9%	18
27-Oct-17	29	28	26	23	79.3%	22	19	65.5%	15	51.7%	13
30-Oct-17	32	30	29	25	78.1%	24	20	62.5%	17	53.1%	16
31-Oct-17	16	15	15	11	68.8%	10	9	56.3%	8	50.0%	8
Total	1111	1088	1025	853	76.8%	827	717	64.5%	642	57.8%	604

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Summary of October 2017 applicants (Visa Office)

Visa Office	#Total	#AOR	#IP	#Test Invite	%Test Invite	#Test Held	#DM	%DM	#Oath Invite	%Oath Invite	#Oath Held
Blank	12	10	4	1	8.3%	1	1	8.3%	-	-	-
Calgary	122	118	109	98	80.3%	97	85	69.7%	82	67.2%	80
Edmonton	75	71	66	60	80.0%	59	49	65.3%	41	54.7%	39
Fredericton	5	5	5	4	80.0%	4	3	60.0%	2	40.0%	2
Halifax	8	8	8	6	75.0%	6	6	75.0%	5	62.5%	5
Hamilton	35	33	33	27	77.1%	27	25	71.4%	22	62.9%	20
Kitchener	37	37	37	28	75.7%	28	20	54.1%	18	48.6%	18
London	11	11	11	9	81.8%	8	7	63.6%	5	45.5%	5
Mississauga	128	126	119	76	59.4%	74	66	51.6%	65	50.8%	63
Montreal	148	146	139	116	78.4%	113	101	68.2%	96	64.9%	93
Niagara Falls	4	4	4	4	100.0%	4	3	75.0%	3	75.0%	3
Ottawa	87	86	82	79	90.8%	79	68	78.2%	65	74.7%	64
Regina	14	14	14	12	85.7%	12	10	71.4%	8	57.1%	8
Saskatoon	27	27	23	18	66.7%	18	17	63.0%	15	55.6%	15
Scarborough	195	195	194	182	93.3%	166	144	73.8%	116	59.5%	94
St. John's	6	6	6	5	83.3%	5	3	50.0%	3	50.0%	3
Surrey	13	13	13	12	92.3%	12	12	92.3%	9	69.2%	8
Toronto	41	36	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vancouver	112	111	105	92	82.1%	91	77	68.8%	71	63.4%	70
Windsor	10	10	9	7	70.0%	7	6	60.0%	5	50.0%	5
Winnipeg	21	21	21	17	81.0%	16	14	66.7%	11	52.4%	9
Total	1111	1088	1025	853	76.8%	827	717	64.5%	642	57.8%	604
GTA*	364	357	336	258	70.9%	240	210	57.7%	181	49.7%	157

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Monthly/Weekly Summary of October 2017 applicants

Month/Week of	#AOR	#IP	#Test Invite	#Test Held	#DM	#Oath Invite	#Oath Held
October, 2017	46	-	-	-	-	-	-
November, 2017	668	164	-	-	-	-	-
December, 2017	282	473	41	-	-	-	-
January, 2018	63	310	254	85	40	7	1
February, 2018	25	61	206	240	156	56	17
March, 2018	3	13	116	216	188	123	70
April, 2018	-	2	100	106	108	121	120
May, 2018	1	1	50	90	101	107	128
June, 2018	-	1	24	37	55	100	74
July, 2018	-	-	37	20	44	77	129
Aug 01 - Aug 05	-	-	4	2	3	14	12
Aug 06- Aug 12	-	-	6	13	8	12	15
Aug 13- Aug 19	-	-	10	8	9	22	21
Aug 20- Aug 26	-	-	5	10	5	3	17
Total	1088	1025	853	827	717	642	604

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* GTA: Total of Mississauga, Scarborough & Toronto

 

[razerblade]

End of the line for me today with a beautiful oath ceremony presided over by Judge Rochelle Ivri at IRCC - Mississauga. There were a 100 people in the room from 26 different countries, who all became Canadian citizens today. Feels great to be part of a Country with such diversity and strong, accommodating core values. For instance, I was recently reading an article on the news about how a couple in the Swiss were denied Citizenship because they refused to shake some officials hand due to their faith. That does not happen in Canada. We were advised to just place our hands on our hearts if we did not wish to shake hands for whatever reason, medical or religious.

All the best to those that are still waiting! Hoping for a speedy processing going forward.

On a side note, I believe the diversity (100 people from 26 different countries) at the ceremony could be the reason why some of the applicants get their oath invites sooner than others.

 

[HLR]

HLR:

Can you correct the DM dates for myself and Sooperdice? You wrote year 0208 instead of 2018.
We are at line 644 and 645 in case you wondered where is it.

Someone already fixed it, thanks for pointing out the mistake.

 

[SpiceIsland]

End of the line for me today with a beautiful oath ceremony presided over by Judge Rochelle Ivri at IRCC - Mississauga. There were a 100 people in the room from 26 different countries, who all became Canadian citizens today. Feels great to be part of a Country with such diversity and strong, accommodating core values. For instance, I was recently reading an article on the news about how a couple in the Swiss were denied Citizenship because they refused to shake some officials hand due to their faith. That does not happen in Canada. We were advised to just place our hands on our hearts if we did not wish to shake hands for whatever reason, medical or religious.

All the best to those that are still waiting! Hoping for a speedy processing going forward.

On a side note, I believe the diversity (100 people from 26 different countries) at the ceremony could be the reason why some of the applicants get their oath invites sooner than others.

Congratulations! Don’t it feel wonderful to know you only have to check ECas one last time and its going to say complete.

 

[SunnyWays]

End of the line for me today with a beautiful oath ceremony presided over by Judge Rochelle Ivri at IRCC - Mississauga. There were a 100 people in the room from 26 different countries, who all became Canadian citizens today. Feels great to be part of a Country with such diversity and strong, accommodating core values. For instance, I was recently reading an article on the news about how a couple in the Swiss were denied Citizenship because they refused to shake some officials hand due to their faith. That does not happen in Canada. We were advised to just place our hands on our hearts if we did not wish to shake hands for whatever reason, medical or religious.

All the best to those that are still waiting! Hoping for a speedy processing going forward.

On a side note, I believe the diversity (100 people from 26 different countries) at the ceremony could be the reason why some of the applicants get their oath invites sooner than others.

razerblade, first of all Congratz on becoming Proud Canadian, I don't know you personally but reading your comments on this forum I have always respected you and you are very nice and helpful indiviual, today you proved this point by posting this beautiful comment, I am really happy for you, Please Keep Up the good work and lots of respect to you!

 

[razerblade]

Congratulations! Don’t it feel wonderful to know you only have to check ECas one last time and its going to say complete.

Thanks! It sure does!

 

[razerblade]

razerblade, first of all Congratz on becoming Proud Canadian, I don't know you personally but reading your comments on this forum I have always respected you and you are very nice and helpful indiviual, today you proved this point by posting this beautiful comment, I am really happy for you, Please Keep Up the good work and lots of respect to you!

Thank you so much for your kind words! I really appreciate it. Wishing you the best and speedy processing!

 

[salimnw]

@razerblade: Warm wishes on the wonderful journey in this beautiful country as a Canadian.

 

[ROBBIOS]

the end of immigration processing in point of immigration office however a long journey is ahead. status changed to complete a day after ceremony. I should thank all people who participated in this forum for sharing the info with others. The summary table was definitely a helpful resource to refer to during this unknown path.

 

[razerblade]

@razerblade: Warm wishes on the wonderful journey in this beautiful country as a Canadian.

Thank you! Hope you get the oath invite very soon!

the end of immigration processing in point of immigration office however a long journey is ahead. status changed to complete a day after ceremony. I should thank all people who participated in this forum for sharing the info with others. The summary table was definitely a helpful resource to refer to during this unknown path.

Congratulations! Shout out to @rajmalhotra7 for the summary tables. Thank you!

 

[rajmalhotra7]

End of the line for me today with a beautiful oath ceremony presided over by Judge Rochelle Ivri at IRCC - Mississauga. There were a 100 people in the room from 26 different countries, who all became Canadian citizens today. Feels great to be part of a Country with such diversity and strong, accommodating core values. For instance, I was recently reading an article on the news about how a couple in the Swiss were denied Citizenship because they refused to shake some officials hand due to their faith. That does not happen in Canada. We were advised to just place our hands on our hearts if we did not wish to shake hands for whatever reason, medical or religious.

All the best to those that are still waiting! Hoping for a speedy processing going forward.

On a side note, I believe the diversity (100 people from 26 different countries) at the ceremony could be the reason why some of the applicants get their oath invites sooner than others.

Congratulations @razerblade on officially becoming Canadian. I read most of your posts in last few months and I am assured values wise you were Canadian long ago.

 

[razerblade]

Congratulations @razerblade on officially becoming Canadian. I read most of your posts in last few months and I am assured values wise you were Canadian long ago.

Thank you!

 

[Joshua1]

End of the line for me today with a beautiful oath ceremony presided over by Judge Rochelle Ivri at IRCC - Mississauga. There were a 100 people in the room from 26 different countries, who all became Canadian citizens today. Feels great to be part of a Country with such diversity and strong, accommodating core values. For instance, I was recently reading an article on the news about how a couple in the Swiss were denied Citizenship because they refused to shake some officials hand due to their faith. That does not happen in Canada. We were advised to just place our hands on our hearts if we did not wish to shake hands for whatever reason, medical or religious.

All the best to those that are still waiting! Hoping for a speedy processing going forward.

On a side note, I believe the diversity (100 people from 26 different countries) at the ceremony could be the reason why some of the applicants get their oath invites sooner than others.

Congrats!!! As we predicted, it’s all done by August for us.

One of the most important words I heard during the ceremony were “welcome home!” by the PM. Canada is now “home”. We’re no longer “permanent” visitors (residents).

 

[razerblade]

Congrats!!! As we predicted, it’s all done by August for us.

One of the most important words I heard during the ceremony were “welcome home!” by the PM. Canada is now “home”. We’re no longer “permanent” visitors (residents).

Thanks! Canada was always my home for the past 12 years, just that now it's official.

 

[Goku]

Final update regarding my application:

I had my citizenship ceremony on Aug 20th which went pretty smoothly. They specifically told us to apply for the passport after 2 business day excluding the one we had the ceremony on. Ecas changed to complete on the next day.

Passport application:

I applied to passport today at passport office at Toronto Downtown location. I went there around 12:50ish, and was out around 1:10. The agent also told me to that it should take 10 business day to receive it in courier. They made a call to my guarantor around 2:00. Asked him about my physical appearance and what I do.

Looks like my journey here comes to an end.

Good luck to all.