September 2020 - Citizenship Applicants

[Mexontario]

Hi. Status updated yesterday for oath ceremony on may10. But no email yet for link to ceremony. What to do kindly reply how to get link to join oath ceremony. Thanks

You will get an email before May 10th, Dont worry. If it doesnt arrive by May 3, call/submit a webform.

 

[Ab_Ahmad]

Can anyone share the email address of the Mississauga Citizenship office from where you received your oath email?

 

[andrew-brit]

New update for me, tracker shows I'm scheduled for oath on May 24. 21 months after I applied. End in sight

 

[Matt-NL]

Canadian PR since December 2017.
Citizenship application: September 2020 (2 adults, 2 kids). Residence: Newfoundland.
Background completed in September 2021.
Still NO TEST INVITE!!!
Contacted 2 times local MP - they were given only generic answers like Covid, longer processing times, blah blah.
Contacted IRCC. This is the answer I received:

Thank you for contacting Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.
We verified the information you provided and can confirm that the application is still in process.
Due to the ongoing situation related to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), some IRCC offices are currently operating with reduced or critical staff only.
We are working on processing applications as quickly as possible; however, processing times are affected by COVID-19. We will make all the necessary efforts to finalize the application as soon as possible.
In addition, our processing times page has recently been updated. Please ensure to consult the page for the most up to date information about your application.
Rest assured that you will be informed as soon as a decision is reached or if additional information is needed.
In conclusion, since our agents do not have access to more information about your case status or processing time, we invite you to verify the status of your application online.
We hope the information provided is helpful in assisting you with your enquiry.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

I'm sick and tired. I am so mad at the system!!!

 

[Mexontario]

New update for me, tracker shows I'm scheduled for oath on May 24. 21 months after I applied. End in sight

Congrats! When was your DM?

 

[andrew-brit]

Congrats! When was your DM?

Monday April 25th

 

[notsniw817]

Done the Oath Ceremony today..Thank You

 

[parambirs]

Received my citizenship certificate yesterday. Glad that the process completed after such a long wait. I know some people are still waiting . Hang in there... things seem to have gathered pace now.

 

[parambirs]

BTW, not sure if it's a coincidence or just my impatience, but every time I sent a web form request it resulted in some action after a few days/weeks.

 

[Orisk]

Finally! Received my oath ceremony invite yesterday for May 12!

Last update before this was the test on the last days of December. The end is finally near!

 

[Amberhargun]

Hi. I just got email for oath ceremony invitation. Kindly update on tracker. Its scheduled for May10 oath ceremony calgary office Thanks

 

[andrew-brit]

So my oath is scheduled for May 24th and I'm due to travel to the UK in early June. So on May 24 I will no longer have a PR card as they make me cut it up. So what options do I have? I will not have time to get my citizenship certificate and apply for passport before I fly to the UK.

 

[wfsoomro]

hey Guys,

I did the test today, how long after a see some updates on average??

No idea. If you are lucky maybe a couple of months.
I applied around the same time as you. Took the test in July 2021. Submitted passport copies in September 2022.
Silence since.

GCMS notes don't reveal much.
Webform only got me a generic response from them.
MP never replied.

Friends who applied around the same time as me or even some time after me, are applying for their passports already.
IRCC/CIC sucks.

 

[w3rlgn]

just received a similar email. I’m in the same situation. What did you end up telling IRCC?

The truth. They sent an email 2 months later asking me to send scans of my passport pages. No word since.

 

[syedahraza]

Canadian PR since December 2017.
Citizenship application: September 2020 (2 adults, 2 kids). Residence: Newfoundland.
Background completed in September 2021.
Still NO TEST INVITE!!!
Contacted 2 times local MP - they were given only generic answers like Covid, longer processing times, blah blah.
Contacted IRCC. This is the answer I received:

Thank you for contacting Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.
We verified the information you provided and can confirm that the application is still in process.
Due to the ongoing situation related to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), some IRCC offices are currently operating with reduced or critical staff only.
We are working on processing applications as quickly as possible; however, processing times are affected by COVID-19. We will make all the necessary efforts to finalize the application as soon as possible.
In addition, our processing times page has recently been updated. Please ensure to consult the page for the most up to date information about your application.
Rest assured that you will be informed as soon as a decision is reached or if additional information is needed.
In conclusion, since our agents do not have access to more information about your case status or processing time, we invite you to verify the status of your application online.
We hope the information provided is helpful in assisting you with your enquiry.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

I'm sick and tired. I am so mad at the system!!!

Hi Matt-NL
First of all I am really sorry that you have to wait for so long for your test invite but I have few suggestions that you can consider:
1. You need to start preparing to renew your PR card because your 5 years are almost about to end and given the delay in your citizenship application, you may want to do this step at the earliest.
2. You must find a lawyer to look into your application because most of us have either become citizens or just waiting for the oath. So your application is either lost in the system or there isn't any agent assigned to it. The lawyer will give you some reasonable steps that you can take. Although this will be little expensive but at least you might see some movement on your application.