August 2023 - Citizenship Applications

[CarolinCanada]

How long is the virtual ceremony time wise?

About an hour and a half.

 

[CarolinCanada]

can you please write the exact subject line for the email you send after the ceremony? So I can send accordingly @CarolinCanada and @saad_im

Exactly how it was on the instructions:

Oath Form, November 28 2023, 9AM PST, C00XXXXXX

 

[AUG2023]

Exactly how it was on the instructions:

Oath Form, November 28 2023, 9AM PST, C00XXXXXX

Thanks

 

[saad_im]

Question, when you get tracker updates is it always at 5am? Or has any of you gotten updates during the day?

Tracker only updates once a day in the early hours of the morning.

 

[saad_im]

can you please write the exact subject line for the email you send after the ceremony? So I can send accordingly @CarolinCanada and @saad_im

Its different for each office. Calgary office was very specific about mentioning the clerk's initials in the subject line to help them easily identify whom to forward the email to from the hundreds of emails they receive. But its not absolutely vital either because your file # and date & time of ceremony is also enough for them to identify the right clerk for that ceremony.

Best of luck!

 

[skye09]

Sorry for the late response. Got couple of updates to share

• Oct 9 - GU3
• Oct 10 - Fingerprint requested
• Oct 11 - Fingerprint submitted
• Oct 26 - GU4
• Oct 30 - Fingerprint results, received
• Nov 6 - GU5
• Nov 8 - Update - Citizenship test
• Nov 12 - Scheduled for test
• Nov 23 - Attempted Test - Unofficial - 20/20

Thanks, hope this helps.

Another update

Nov 29 - Test Completed
LPP, Background - In Progress
Oath - Not started

 

[SoHunny]

For vancouver folks which passport centre is quick for passport application? walk in is better or appointment is better?

Appointment is always better. You are in and out in 10-15 minutes. With walk-in, it depends on the waiting line. You could potentially be waiting for hours.

 

[SoHunny]

How long is the virtual ceremony time wise?

Mine was 1.5-2 hours. The actual ceremony is probably 30 minutes. Most of the time is waiting to be validated.

 

[Islander216]

I got a survey from IRCC but no updates lol.

 

[arindam83]

my citizenship application got stuck after background verification on 16th Oct.
Anyone in the same boat.
I applied on Aug 26. Seems like everyone got it in this forum except me. Any suggestions?

AOR on Oct3

 

[Brinds15]

We did not use the picture we had because a lot happened( we lose weight) and decided to
get a new passport picture and it needs to be signed by your guarantor.

Thanks for confirming

 

[citapplicant]

my citizenship application got stuck after background verification on 16th Oct.
Anyone in the same boat.
I applied on Aug 26. Seems like everyone got it in this forum except me. Any suggestions?

AOR on Oct3

July applicant here. Got my LPP on 17th of October but prohibitions didn't pass, still in progress, so not past LPP completely.

 

[Sywaseem]

Aug 26 applicant. Test and finger print done.
Background & LPP in progress.
Scarborough office

 

[Frisk]

Tomorrow will officially be a month since my LPP was completed with no oath invite in sight, I think it's safe to assume that at this point I won't hear back until January?

I requested my GCMS notes out of curiosity, I'm starting to think the oath might be a secondary processing office thing.

 

[ankushsharma]

Finally after a long wait some movement, we got test invite today. Spouse's BG check is also complete. Timelines below:

App Type: Family (2 Adults + 1 Kid)
Physical Presence Days: 1778
Application sent: August 29, 2023
Delivered: August 29, 2023
AOR: October 12th, 2023
Tracker Access: October 14th, 2023
BG Check : Pending for me; 29th Nov for spouse
Test Invite : December 1
Test Window : Dec 4 to Jan 2