October 2025 - Citizenship Applications
- Thread starter vkbca
- Start date
Haven't received the official email yet but i believe it is in person.
Family of 3 (2 adults and 1 kid)
Whitby, ON
Application Submitted Online: Oct 24th 2025
AOR: Jan 16th 2026. (Processing Centre: Sydney NS)
Fingerprint Request received for one of the adult applicants: Jan 19th 2026
Fingerprints provided: Jan 20th 2026
Tracker accounts created for all: Jan 21st 2026
Background verification complete for 1st adult applicant: Jan 21st 2026
Citizenship Test Tracker Status: ‘In Progress’ for both adults on Jan 23rd 2026
Citizenship Test Invite received for all adults in my group: Jan 26th 2026
Citizenship test given (1st Adult Applicant): Jan 30th 2026
Background verification complete for 2nd adult applicant: Jan 30th 2026
Citizenship test given (2nd Adult Applicant): Jan 31st 2026
Citizenship Test Status updated to Completed (Both Adults): Feb 4th 2026
LPP Completed (Both Adults): Feb 27th 2026 (Tracker updated on Mar 3rd 2026)
First update on my minor kid’s application: Prohibitions - Completed, Language/Physical Presence/ Background verification – In progress : Feb 27th 2026 (Tracker updated on Mar 3rd 2026)
Application Date : 4th October 2025
AOR: 31st December 2025
Background Verification: 4th Feb 2026
Citizenship Test request: 4th Feb, 2026
Citizenship Test appeared: 26th Feb 2026
Citizenship Test Completed: 1st March 2026 (Updated in tracker on 3rd March 2026)
LPP- In Progress
AOR: 31st December 2025
Background Verification: 4th Feb 2026
Citizenship Test request: 4th Feb, 2026
Citizenship Test appeared: 26th Feb 2026
Citizenship Test Completed: 1st March 2026 (Updated in tracker on 3rd March 2026)
LPP- In Progress
The tracker was updated today, finally!
Office: Sydney, NS
Citizenship application:
Application submitted: October 12, 2025
AOR Received: January 9, 2026
Background Verification: January 13, 2026
Tracker Created: January 13, 2026
Tracker Email: January 19, 2026
Citizenship Test Invitation Email: February 16, 2026 (test window February 20 - March 21)
Citizenship Test Passed: February 20, 2026 (status updated to completed on March 2, in tracker - on March 4)
Language Skills: In progress
Physical Presence: In progress
Prohibitions: In progress
Citizenship Ceremony: Not started
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Application Type: Single
Application Submitted: Oct 23 2025
AOR: Jan 19 2026.
Background Verification completed: Feb 2 2026
FingerPrint Request: Feb 11 2026
Test Invite: Feb 23 2026
Citizenship test: Given Feb 28 2026 - No Updated on tracker until now
Language skills : in progress
Physical presence: in progress
Prohibitions: in progress
Citizenship ceremony: not sure
Looks like ircc processed some application from specific countries will be much more slower than others
Application Submitted: Oct 23 2025
AOR: Jan 19 2026.
Background Verification completed: Feb 2 2026
FingerPrint Request: Feb 11 2026
Test Invite: Feb 23 2026
Citizenship test: Given Feb 28 2026 - No Updated on tracker until now
Language skills : in progress
Physical presence: in progress
Prohibitions: in progress
Citizenship ceremony: not sure
Looks like ircc processed some application from specific countries will be much more slower than others
Application Date: 13th October 2025
AOR: 8th January 2026
Tracker account linked: 10th January 2026
Background verification complete: 12th January 2026
Test invite: 19th January 2026
Citizenship test: Completed on 23rd January 2026; Updated on tracker: 27th January 2026
LPP: 3rd March 2026; Updated on tracker: 5th March 2026
Citizenship ceremony: Not started
AOR: 8th January 2026
Tracker account linked: 10th January 2026
Background verification complete: 12th January 2026
Test invite: 19th January 2026
Citizenship test: Completed on 23rd January 2026; Updated on tracker: 27th January 2026
LPP: 3rd March 2026; Updated on tracker: 5th March 2026
Citizenship ceremony: Not started
BG Completed: January 21st
Test invites received: February 16th
Test taken: February 20th
Test completed on tracker: March 6th
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Update: Got my official invite email. Ceremony in person, Mississauga
Congrats !!!
How did you know prior that yours was going to be a In-Person ceremony ?
Did you know someone or ?
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Took the online test today
Something weird, i wanted to share (not sure if anyone else experienced this OR in case someone is due to take the test soon) :
Something weird, i wanted to share (not sure if anyone else experienced this OR in case someone is due to take the test soon) :
- When I first tried to sign in for the test using Safari on my Mac, the initial page to sign in wouldn't load (just three dots on a blank page). Needed to add it to trusted websites/certificate (Something like that. Safari pop up prompted it), for it to load for some reason.
- Then at the second sign in stage (after getting the email link), I kept getting an error saying something like (not exact, can't remember) : 'Couldn't connect to our servers, refresh the page and try again'. Refreshing the page and trying again did not work (same error).
- I hit exit, closed out Safari, Switched over to Chrome and started fresh. Worked just fine the first attempt.
I see on the forum that GTA applications mostly lead to in person ceremonies. Took an educated guess. The email tells you if it is in person or online
