Timeline
Applied Online Feb 2022
Criminality Passed Oct 2022
Test Passed Nov 2022
Security Passed May 2023
Then
I was interviewed in July 2023 by Vancouver office, it was simple online PI interview and at the end I was told by the officer that He is granting my application and I should hear from her office in a month or two for oath.
Next day I got LPP passed
Also the notes on file the same day say "No adverse info, no concerns"
Then 3 days later a GU
Then
Its been more than a month no oath invite.
Then my MP got this info from IRCC
- All assessments for your application have been completed and passed.
- The only piece left in your citizenship is the oath.
- Determining the date of the oath cannot be determined at this time
- Additional verifications are now being done and once the verifications have been completed, you will be contacted. IRCC will not advise what the additional verifications are,
Also IRCC call center says the same that my application is not approved (no DM) yet and in under verifications.
If criminality security is passed. What are more verifications for?
Note: Forecasting IRCC timelines is at best speculation, generally no better than guessing.
I mention that first because there is a fair chance that all that remains to be done is a final review and approval by a Citizenship Officer, which in most cases is more or less a perfunctory decision relying on what the Processing Agent has prepared. That, nonetheless, would require at least one more GCMS background screening. Perhaps that is all the reference to additional verifications is about, the standard GCMS background screening that will occur attendant a Citizenship Officer making the decision to approve the application (and, note, which could occur again just before the oath).
It is too soon to worry that something is awry or that there is a problem. Odds probably favour no problem, just the typical variability in timeline so many citizenship applicants suffer.
Whether the "
verifications" referenced here is merely about that GCMS check (which should be of no import so long as the applicant has not been charged with criminal offenses and has not gotten involved in PR status proceedings), or some question or concern has been identified (perhaps the Citizenship Officer has questions after reviewing what has been prepared by the Processing Agent) which will involve some additional query or potentially investigatory procedure, is very difficult to predict . . . EXCEPT, the applicant who is honest with himself will generally know whether there is any reason for additional questions or concerns. No one, including officials in IRCC, know the case better than the applicant knows his or her own case.
If there are additional queries or investigatory procedures, the range of what that could involve is huge. Here, again, the applicant knows their own case and should have a good idea whether there is something to question, and what that is. What it is will dictate what sort of additional processing the application might encounter.
One of the usual suspects is typically physical presence. If for some reason the applicant's physical presence is being questioned, even that alone can involve a wide range of processing, ranging from minimal cross-checking of additional sources (including open sources like social media or platforms like LinkedIn), readily resolved, the timeline mostly being about how long the file is in queue waiting for an agent to actually complete the cross-checking task. At the other end of the spectrum, questions about physical presence can trigger referrals to CBSA and its NSSD for investigation. Still, the applicant's best source of information about what is likely is the applicant's own knowledge of his or her case. An applicant who completely and accurately reported travel history and applied with a decent margin over the minimum, for example, can expect that even if IRCC pursues additional cross-checking to verify physical presence, this should be easily and fairly quickly resolved, no problem, no lengthy delays.
Overall: if "
additional verifications" references investigatory action, that is the most information the applicant can obtain about it. Investigatory actions are confidential and information about them will not be shared with the client/applicant . . . and generally even the fact that such action is being taken is not shared with the client/applicant.
