February 2018 - Citizenship Applicant

[Marlee]

Hi everyone!

I received my Test invite via email Yesterday.
It's gonna be on September 4, 2018.

kindly update my timeline on the spreadsheet.

Have a nice day!

please update
received invite for the oath ceremony on 23/08/2018
oath on 8 sep/2018
thanks

I got my Oath invite email today to appear for oath ceremony on Sep 18th.
Admin..please update

Updated.

 

[Sallybe1]

hello, please update my name int he sheet #30 @rosemarie

test- august 22 i passed
status- decision made
received email august 24 to appear Ceremony on September 10 at Vancouver centre.

thank you

Hello, Congratulations! Wondering if you asked for fast processing since everything was done very quick. Just trying to figure our how the timeline works

 

[@rosemarie]

hi, no i didnt ask for urgent procssing. the officer just told me that the oath taking ceremony would be on mid december.

 

[Sallybe1]

hi, no i didnt ask for urgent procssing. the officer just told me that the oath taking ceremony would be on mid december.

Thanks for the information.

 

[abhishekgoel007]

cleared citizenship test today, got 20/20, now waiting for ceremony dates

 

[samsk2018]

Hey , I have few questions
1. after the citizenship ceremony, can we apply for the Canadian passport immediately or is there a waiting period?
2. As I am from India, when do I submit my passport back to them? where can I deposit it back in Saskatchewan?
3. Is there a fee and a time period to deposit back your Indian passport?
4. when can I apply for OCI or PIO? which is better and recommended out of these two? are these cards having an expiration date as well?

thanks for whosoever replies to these questions.

 

[Goku]

Hey , I have few questions
1. after the citizenship ceremony, can we apply for the Canadian passport immediately or is there a waiting period?
2. As I am from India, when do I submit my passport back to them? where can I deposit it back in Saskatchewan?
3. Is there a fee and a time period to deposit back your Indian passport?
4. when can I apply for OCI or PIO? which is better and recommended out of these two? are these cards having an expiration date as well?

thanks for whosoever replies to these questions.

1. Wait for you Ecas status to change to "Complete" from "DM"
2. From what I understand you are asking how to surrender Indian passport. So I am going to answer that. I suggest you wait till you receive your Canadian Passport and then apply for reunification of Indian Citizenship Certificate/Surrender Certificate and OCI at same time. You can apply for it together at BLS India.
3. Yes there is a fee associated with it. It must be done within 3 months after acquiring foreign Citizenship.
4. PIO's are discontinued. So you will have to apply for OCI at BLS India, you might have to look on BLS website for location info. OCI has lifetime validity but you have to renew it once you are 50.

Good luck.

 

[samsk2018]

1. Wait for you Ecas status to change to "Complete" from "DM"
2. From what I understand you are asking how to surrender Indian passport. So I am going to answer that. I suggest you wait till you receive your Canadian Passport and then apply for reunification of Indian Citizenship Certificate/Surrender Certificate and OCI at same time. You can apply for it together at BLS India.
3. Yes there is a fee associated with it. It must be done within 3 months after acquiring foreign Citizenship.
4. PIO's are discontinued. So you will have to apply for OCI at BLS India, you might have to look on BLS website for location info. OCI has lifetime validity but you have to renew it once you are 50.

Good luck.

Thanks

 

[WishuWereHere]

Received invitation for the test today which will be on 14th of September. Please update the tracker.

 

[abhishekgoel007]

Hey , I have few questions
1. after the citizenship ceremony, can we apply for the Canadian passport immediately or is there a waiting period?
2. As I am from India, when do I submit my passport back to them? where can I deposit it back in Saskatchewan?
3. Is there a fee and a time period to deposit back your Indian passport?
4. when can I apply for OCI or PIO? which is better and recommended out of these two? are these cards having an expiration date as well?

thanks for whosoever replies to these questions.

1. you can apply for passport the same day as at the time of ceremony you get your citizenship cert.
2. if you want to apply for oci then you need to submit your passport back, you need to contact indian consulate to get that info on where to submit your passport, make sure you keep copies of that.
3. yes they charged me like $250 to surrender my passport.
4. you can right away apply for OCI after you get your canadian passport, I got mine in 6 weeks, i am in calgary, they dont do PIO card anymore, and they dont have any expiry dates. it says lifetime visa

 

[DavEd]

Became Canadian today..Edmonton office with 85 other new Canadians

Thanks to the forum for all the help, very much appreciated..

 

[frozenbc]

Took the test today, and passed with 20/20. The officer said everything was in order and that my oath ceremony would likely take place in Victoria in early October. I'm still waiting on actual dates, though.

Cheers!

 

[rastamanforvere]

Received invitation for the test today which will be on 14th of September. Please update the tracker.

city??

 

[samsk2018]

1. you can apply for passport the same day as at the time of ceremony you get your citizenship cert.
2. if you want to apply for oci then you need to submit your passport back, you need to contact indian consulate to get that info on where to submit your passport, make sure you keep copies of that.
3. yes they charged me like $250 to surrender my passport.
4. you can right away apply for OCI after you get your canadian passport, I got mine in 6 weeks, i am in calgary, they dont do PIO card anymore, and they dont have any expiry dates. it says lifetime visa

what are the charges for getting OCI? CAD 250 per passport to surrender, that's insane amount of money.

 

[abhishekgoel007]

what are the charges for getting OCI? CAD 250 per passport to surrender, that's insane amount of money.

around $280