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September 2019 - Citizenship Applicants

harirajmohan

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Mar 3, 2015
6,162
1,664
Category........
Visa Office......
Sydney, NS
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
29-May-2015
Doc's Request.
30-Dec-2015 ReminderEmail(PCCs, NewPassport via cse 31-Dec-2015)
Nomination.....
SK 22-Apr-2015
AOR Received.
11-Aug-2015
Med's Request
23-Dec-2015
Med's Done....
20-Jan-2016
Passport Req..
26-May-2016 (BGC In Progress 25-May-2016)
VISA ISSUED...
PP Reached Ottawa:27-May-2016, Received:10-Jun-2016
LANDED..........
PR: 09-Jul-2016, PR Card: 17-Aug-2016
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californian89

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Feb 13, 2020
25
20
Are the CIC offices in ON working these days? A friend of mine became a Lawful Permanent Resident of Canada a week ago. She got a confirmation letter and earlier this week she got an e-mail from the Etobicoke office for her landing interview.

Not sure, what is going with the citizenship applications. I mean, it has been almost a year and the Feds should have developed a plan on how to operate/process applications during this COVID-19 pandemic. The current situation is not ending anytime soon either., might as well to adapt to the new normal & work conditions. If they already developed an ONLINE TEST , what's holding their back on sending these test invites to the applicants? I have not seen a clear answer on this from the Feds as of yet. Very disappointing.
 

AMR2011

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Aug 20, 2012
267
42
India
Category........
Visa Office......
BIQ HK
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
2-Dec-2011, Federal App Rec. in NS: 29-June-2015(Sent:18/6)
Doc's Request.
CSQ: 04-03-2015
Nomination.....
CSQ: 29-05-2015
AOR Received.
04-02-2012; Federal AOR: 7-August 2015
IELTS Request
Sent with the Application
Med's Request
04-02-2016
Med's Done....
11-02-2016
Interview........
NIL
Passport Req..
"Medical Received": 26-02-2016; PPR: 29-02-2016
VISA ISSUED...
Decision Made: 29-02-2016; Visa Issued: 3/3/2016
LANDED..........
4-Oct-2016; PR Card received: 15th Dec 2016!!!!!
I did not get the citizenship certificate today.
After the oath I had to sign the oath paper and scan it to the agent. They told me the citizenship certificate will be mailed to me in 4 to 6 weeks.
@miuonpak what about passport submision? Should we wait to get the citizenship certificate and then go about changing hte passport?
 

bentagon

Full Member
Jun 21, 2011
26
6
In process: Jan 23, 2020
Finger print request on Jan 27, 2020
Received my online test invitation on Jan 13, 2021
Pass my exam on Jan 21, 2021.
 
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keypad

Hero Member
Sep 29, 2013
317
79
Category........
Visa Office......
NDVO
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
03-10-2012
IELTS Request
Sent with application
Med's Request
15-10-2013
Med's Done....
26-10-2013
Passport Req..
15-10-2013
VISA ISSUED...
05-03-2015
LANDED..........
29-09-2015
In process: Jan 23, 2020
Finger print request on Jan 27, 2020
Received my online test invitation on Jan 13, 2021
Pass my exam on Jan 21, 2021.
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VSw

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Jul 18, 2014
233
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@miuonpak what about passport submision? Should we wait to get the citizenship certificate and then go about changing hte passport?
You cannot apply for passport until you get the citizenship certificate. At least that was the rule before COVID when the certificate was given the same day when you took the oath. Technically you become a citizen after you take the oath. But the passport office requires a simple proof, i.e. citizenship certificate. You can call Service Canada to check if they made any changes recently.
 

AMR2011

Hero Member
Aug 20, 2012
267
42
India
Category........
Visa Office......
BIQ HK
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
2-Dec-2011, Federal App Rec. in NS: 29-June-2015(Sent:18/6)
Doc's Request.
CSQ: 04-03-2015
Nomination.....
CSQ: 29-05-2015
AOR Received.
04-02-2012; Federal AOR: 7-August 2015
IELTS Request
Sent with the Application
Med's Request
04-02-2016
Med's Done....
11-02-2016
Interview........
NIL
Passport Req..
"Medical Received": 26-02-2016; PPR: 29-02-2016
VISA ISSUED...
Decision Made: 29-02-2016; Visa Issued: 3/3/2016
LANDED..........
4-Oct-2016; PR Card received: 15th Dec 2016!!!!!
You cannot apply for passport until you get the citizenship certificate. At least that was the rule before COVID when the certificate was given the same day when you took the oath. Technically you become a citizen after you take the oath. But the passport office requires a simple proof, i.e. citizenship certificate. You can call Service Canada to check if they made any changes recently.
@VSw thanks
 

rhi

Hero Member
Dec 10, 2013
278
55
Category........
Visa Office......
NDVO
NOC Code......
2133
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
13-Aug-15
Doc's Request.
Not Requested
Nomination.....
06-July-15
AOR Received.
09-Nov-15
IELTS Request
Submitted with Package
File Transfer...
30-Nov-15
Med's Request
02-Feb-16
Med's Done....
5-Feb-16, ECAS updated 25-feb- 16
Passport Req..
DM on 3 mar 16 & PPR on 7 th march 16
VISA ISSUED...
15th Mar 16
LANDED..........
Very Soon
Anybody here waiting for test invite from Winnipeg office or already got invitation recently from it? Plz confirm...TIA
 

AlexandraO

Hero Member
Jul 8, 2016
426
50
Thanks for sharing. My wife is also a Sep 2019 applicant for citizenship. Like most others, the last update we received was in Nov 2019 that they have started processing the application.

To cover for any emergency travel, she applied for PR card renewal in Sep 2020. We received an acknowledgement of application receipt today. We hope she gets at least the renewed PR card before April (when her current card expires). Cheers and good luck to everyone!
hey guys! what is the average wait for citizenship to receive after you apply? I was sure that its less than 1 year but it looks like I was too optimistic.... does it become longer during the COVID??
 

rajkamalmohanram

VIP Member
Apr 29, 2015
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5,786
hey guys! what is the average wait for citizenship to receive after you apply? I was sure that its less than 1 year but it looks like I was too optimistic.... does it become longer during the COVID??
Mid - late 2019 applicants are just now getting test invites. So, yeah, you can calculate the timeline from that (check the trackers in my signature). There are delays and the backlog is not going anywhere unless IRCC starts issuing bulk test invites AND conducts a large volume of oath ceremonies.