October 2021 - Citizenship Applications

[The N]

Update:

Office: Scarborough
Type: Citizenship Grant - Paper Application (Mailed)
Physical Presence: 1308 days
Application type.: Family
Applicant Location: Toronto, ON
Sent: October 20, 2021
Delivered: October 21, 2021
AOR: January 17, 2022
ECAS: In Progress (January 18, 2022)
Background Verification: Completed (February 09, 2022)
Scheduled for Citizenship test -August 26, 2022
Citizenship test - September 14, 2022
Citizenship test status - Completed (September 16, 2022)
Prohibitions, Physical presence, Language skills - Completed (November 24, 2022)
Citizenship oath email - (January 30, 2023)
Virtual Oath Ceremony - (February 13, 2023)
Certificate received by Canada Post - (February 17, 2023)

Time taken from application delivered at IRCC to Oath ceremony = 481 days

 

[americanidiot]

Finally! Congrats. On to the passport journey now

Ha, going first thing tomorrow. Thankfully my trip on the 15th got cancelled but still have that one in april

 

[rush171]

Ha, going first thing tomorrow. Thankfully my trip on the 15th got cancelled but still have that one in april

Let me know how it goes. I m planning on going in on Friday.

 

[americanidiot]

Let me know how it goes. I m planning on going in on Friday.

Yep will post an update here

 

[Sohpie2017]

Hi,
My mom has received a citizenship interview invite for March 16th, in the interview letter it states, she has to sign the consent form for use of Microsoft Team and return it prior to interview. This form was not attached to the interview invite email. Does anyone has a copy who can send to me. I emailed them already but so far no response.

 

[feolu]

Update:
Office: Niagara/Hamilton
Type: Online
Physical Presence: 1095 days
Application type.: Single
Applicant Location: London, ON
Sent: October 31, 2021
Delivered: October 31, 2021
AOR: January 26, 2022
Scheduled for Citizenship test - July 13, 2022, between July 19, 2022 and August 8, 2022
Background Verification completed - July 14, 2022
Citizenship test completed - July 19, 2022
Citizenship test status updated - July 19, 2022
Document Request - Mar 10, 2023 (Physical Presence, Tickets and Boarding Passes and Credit Card Statements)
Documents Submitted - March 13, 2023
Prohibitions, Physical presence, Language skills completed - March 15, 2023
Time since submission so far - 500 days.

 

[renju mukundan]

Was your background completed on Jan 27th?

Yes it was updated on Jan 27th

 

[renju mukundan]

Congrats! What is the actual oath date?

March 15

 

[sambibi]

I guess Scarborough is slow then. I had BG complete Feb 13.

Hopefully you'll get oath this month.

Hi John, I Hope you are well. What is the news about Scarborough office. Did they update your LPP since Feb? Thanks

 

[johnjkjk]

Hi John, I Hope you are well. What is the news about Scarborough office. Did they update your LPP since Feb? Thanks

Still waiting

 

[feolu]

Hello all,
Does anyone have the Ceremony email addresses for Hamilton and Niagara offices?

 

[zionver]

Finally done with the citizenship process!!!

Application type: Paper
Application sent: Oct 14th, 2021
Application delivered: Oct 18th, 2021
AOR: Jan 10th, 2022
ECAS in progress: Jan 12th, 2022
Background verification completed: Feb 17th, 2022
Online citizenship test request: May 3rd, 2022
Citizenship test done: May 5th, 2022
Physical presence/Language/Prohibitions completed: August 2nd, 2022
Oath ceremony in progress: Feb 8th, 2023
Oath ceremony completed: March 8th, 2023
Citizenship certificate received: March 16th, 2023

I wish everyone the best.

 

[rush171]

Applied in person today(Mar 17th) . Surrey(Central City) Passport Office.
Went in at 11 am. Took 2.5 hrs. 2 hrs 20mins wait, 10mins actual time for the application processing. They did say that it was busier than usual today. Applied express (with travel proof), pick up date March 23rd.

Overall the process was smooth. Got first number assigned, waited for the number to be called for about an hour. Then went on second wait line for document verification, took about 15mins. Waited another hour to be called on the counter for actual application processing. Once at the window, it was pretty quick.
Note: Express and urgent applications need to be picked up in person (by the applicant). The stamp for personal pick up was placed on the area where you can designate 3rd party pickup. I didn't try to persuade them otherwise for pick up by someone else, since it was not a big deal for me.

 

[mmario]

11th October 2021: Applied for Grant of Citizenship Online.
January 5th, 2022 AOR
July 27th, 2022. Passed the citizenship test
February 22, 2023 Background check is completed
March 8, 2023 LPP is Completed. Citizenship has not started yet.
March 9, 2023 Citizenship is n progress. The oath date is April 3, 2023
March 21st received the oath letter instructions.

 

[vimal3134]

Signature
11th October 202: Applied for Grant of Citizenship Online.
January 5th, 2022 AOR
July 27th, 2022. Passed the citizenship test
February 22, 2023 Background check is completed
March 8, 2023 LPP is Completed. Citizenship has not started yet.
March 9, 2023 Citizenship is n progress. The oath date is April 3, 2023
March 21st received the oath letter instructions.

Congratulations, Is it in-person or online ? And which office ?