Vancouver Applicants

[ilkar]

Thanks for the reply to my question.

I am curious if anyone who has taken the test was surprised by a question on that test?

Thanks again.

No none of them were hard or surprising. There were no tricky questions at all. Just make sure you read the book at least once and practice some online tests. All of my questions during the test were already in practice tests that I had previously done. It is very easy and straightforward.

 

[yukon]

New & interesting venues scheduled for Oath Ceremonies for July 1 ,2015-Canada Day.

Grouse Mountain, Fort Langley already posted on the CIC website, I am sure many more venues will come up in the coming days such as Canada Place etc.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/citcer/search-recherche-eng.aspx

Hopefully lot's of oath invites expected this month !

 

[veri]

Received my Oath invitation yesterday. It is for July 1st (Canada Place). Can`t be more excited!

 

[thecoolguysam]

Received my Oath invitation yesterday. It is for July 1st (Canada Place). Can`t be more excited!

congratulations

Please share your timeline...........

When did you give the test/interview?

 

[yyzhuang]

Received my Oath invitation yesterday. It is for July 1st (Canada Place). Can`t be more excited!

Big congrats! What's your timeline?

 

[veri]

My timeline:

Application received by CIC July 29, 2014.

CIC started processing my application on October 8, 2014.

Test: March 30, 2015.

Oath: Canada Day 2014

 

[thecoolguysam]

@yyzhuang

veri has given test on 30th March 2015 and we gave around end of April.

who knows......... maybe we will get the oath letter soon for Canada Day because on Canada Day lots of ceremonies happen and cic may accommodate us too

 

[yyzhuang]

@ yyzhuang

veri has given test on 30th March 2015 and we gave around end of April.

who knows......... maybe we will get the oath letter soon for Canada Day because on Canada Day lots of ceremonies happen and cic may accommodate us too

Fingers crosseddddd!!!

 

[colocho13]

I received my test invitation notice in the mail yesterday ! The letter was dated May 22, 2015. The test is scheduled for June 22, 2015.

My local office is Surrey but the test will be in Vancouver

E-cas is not updated yet

"We are pleased to inform you that you have reached the next stage of your application for Canadian citizenship. You are now invited to write the citizenship test, which assesses your knowledge of Canada and of the responsibilities and privileges of citizenship."

Test date: June 22, 2015
Location: Citizenship & Immigration Canada - Ceremony Room, Suite 200 - 877 Expo Blvd, Vancouver, BC

Questions:

Any tips for the interview? Any additional documents you recommend I bring with me ?

How long does it take ?

 

[thecoolguysam]

I received my test invitation notice in the mail yesterday ! The letter was dated May 22, 2015. The test is scheduled for June 22, 2015.

My local office is Surrey but the test will be in Vancouver

E-cas is not updated yet

"We are pleased to inform you that you have reached the next stage of your application for Canadian citizenship. You are now invited to write the citizenship test, which assesses your knowledge of Canada and of the responsibilities and privileges of citizenship."

Test date: June 22, 2015
Location: Citizenship & Immigration Canada - Ceremony Room, Suite 200 - 877 Expo Blvd, Vancouver, BC

Questions:

Any tips for the interview? Any additional documents you recommend I bring with me ?

How long does it take ?

Congratulations.. Study Official "Discover Canada" book at least 3-4 times. Don't rely much on online tests. You can can't solely rely on online tests to pass the test. You should only consider Official "Discover Canada" book only to pass the test.

Take the originals of the copies those were submitted along with the application.
The invitation letter will outline what you need to bring.

Also, if you think some extra supporting documents that can support your application, you may take it with you.
Usually the officer looks at the passports held in past 4 years, pr card, landing document, 2 pieces of ID etc. He may or may not look at other documents however, make sure you take all necessary paperwork(including originals) with you. You never know if the officer might be interested to look into other original documents.
The test is for 30 minutes and you may need to wait for the interview. Overall time may be 1-4 hours depends upon when you would be called for the interview. The interview should be for around 5-10 minutes

 

[thecoolguysam]

My timeline:

Application received by CIC July 29, 2014.

CIC started processing my application on October 8, 2014.

Test: March 30, 2015.

Oath: Canada Day 2014

Great! Congratulations once again.

Is the location BC Place or Canada Place?

 

[veri]

Canada Place

 

[SubZero_2]

Where is my oath letter ? I did my test on 8th April. Any idea if I could get my oath letter in June?

 

[thecoolguysam]

For Vancouver applicants:

I have calculated data of 9 people who have given their test from 4th Feb 2015 to 30 Mar 2015 and have got their oath between 31 March 2015 to 1 Jul 2015
Average processing time from test date to oath date is around 76 days.


Here is the list of number of days it took from test date to oath date for those 9 people:

PERSON DAYS
1 55
2 77
3 94
4 82
5 82
6 42
7 79
8 85
9 93

 

[Susara]

Hello,

I received my Oath invitation letter today.

Timeline
Applied - October 22, 2014
Test - March 26, 2015
Oath - June 19, 2015