July 2017 Citizenship applicants

[jaioublie]

And for December, there will be only one day with oath ceremony in Montreal. I don't understand with their huge backlog, why can't they schedule it more frequently.

Exactly. It is not fair to make others wait because of the backlog, especially it is just the last step left.

 

[CanadianSoonToBe]

Hello ,

Thanks to everyone for this forum and the useful spreadsheet.
I'd like to add my case to the spreadsheet:

Location: Vancouver
Type: Single
Physical Presence days: 1675
App sent: Jul 24, 2017
App Received: Jul 26, 2017
AOR: Sep 01,2017
In Process: Sep 07, 2017
Test Invite Letter: Oct 31, 2017
Test & Interview date : Nov 23, 2017

Good luck everybody and best regards

Added you!

 

[scorpio007]

Yay! Just an hour after my long rant I see this on ECaS:

1. We sent you a notice on November 27, 2017 to appear and take the oath of citizenship at the citizenship ceremony to be held on December 15, 2017 at 10:30 AM. The notice you will receive will be your official confirmation of your appointment. If you have not received this notice prior to the date of your scheduled appointment, please contact us.

Please update!

Congrats Katayoon.

 

[scorpio007]

Just received this

5. We sent you a notice on November 28, 2017 to appear and take the oath of citizenship at the citizenship ceremony to be held on December 15, 2017 at 1:15 PM. The notice you will receive will be your official confirmation of your appointment. If you have not received this notice prior to the date of your scheduled appointment, please contact us.

Please update spreadsheet.

Good luck to all of you who are still waiting. it is only getting close

 

[Katayoon]

Just received this

5. We sent you a notice on November 28, 2017 to appear and take the oath of citizenship at the citizenship ceremony to be held on December 15, 2017 at 1:15 PM. The notice you will receive will be your official confirmation of your appointment. If you have not received this notice prior to the date of your scheduled appointment, please contact us.

Please update spreadsheet.

Good luck to all of you who are still waiting. it is only getting close

Congrats Scorpio007! You will take your oath right after me! Let us celebrate before we get a new headache - finding guarantor and references for passport application. I plan to wait 48 business hours exactly from oath before I rush to the passport office I have zero patience left after all these years and back and forth between 3yr and 4yr residency rules...

 

[syed_h_sha]

Congrats Scorpio007! You will take your oath right after me! Let us celebrate before we get a new headache - finding guarantor and references for passport application. I plan to wait 48 business hours exactly from oath before I rush to the passport office I have zero patience left after all these years and back and forth between 3yr and 4yr residency rules...

I think you and me are at the same boat, I had lot of trouble while getting PR due to Buffalo office closure etc..etc...
when they changed the citizenship rule two years back ,I was eligible exactly on the same day they changed the rule and could not apply and had to wait two more years...now again they reverted the rule , however it is no use for me as I am again eligible with both old and new rules
I also wanted to finish this as early as possible...but I have waited long enough and can wait few more months...

good luck guys..

 

[Katayoon]

I think you and me are at the same boat, I had lot of trouble while getting PR due to Buffalo office closure etc..etc...
when they changed the citizenship rule two years back ,I was eligible exactly on the same day they changed the rule and could not apply and had to wait two more years...now again they reverted the rule , however it is no use for me as I am again eligible with both old and new rules
I also wanted to finish this as early as possible...but I have waited long enough and can wait few more months...

good luck guys..

Well my case is even more curious. I got passport request to stamp my PR visa back in 2012 but few days later they wrote me that it was a glitch and I went back to "in process". So I only could come to Canada in 2013 and because of that year lost I could not apply for citizenship by the time the 3yr rule got overruled with the 4yr rule...oh well, the battle is almost over.

 

[JJS]

Well my case is even more curious. I got passport request to stamp my PR visa back in 2012 but few days later they wrote me that it was a glitch and I went back to "in process". So I only could come to Canada in 2013 and because of that year lost I could not apply for citizenship by the time the 3yr rule got overruled with the 4yr rule...oh well, the battle is almost over.

Well, congratulations! You're finally there! Glad you didn't move to Regina.. lol.. Don't think we have any ceremonies in Regina for the month of December!

 

[Katayoon]

Well, congratulations! You're finally there! Glad you didn't move to Regina.. lol.. Don't think we have any ceremonies in Regina for the month of December!

Lol...Regina was very fast on issuing test invites but then ran out of steam. Ottawa has more gradual and balanced pace of progression based on timelines (takes approximately 1 month between each two steps in the process so updates arrive just in time before panic starts).
My oath ceremony has not been uploaded to the public website yet so even if you do not see ceremony there, they may still have ceremonies on schedule that only applicants who got invites know about.

 

[Katayoon]

Oath letter came through mail today - 24 hours after I got oath line on my ECAS and 2 days after the letter date.

 

[swapno]

Oath letter came through mail today - 24 hours after I got oath line on my ECAS and 2 days after the letter date.

Looks like everything is very smooth for you. Wish you best of luck!!

 

[BTCPR]

Hello there!

My status on the ECAS changed to Decision Made today! Admin if you could please update my timeline on the spreadsheet that would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[Katayoon]

Looks like everything is very smooth for you. Wish you best of luck!!

Thank you! Well, I can never sleep in peace until I have my passport in hand so I will keep focus for now

 

[await]

Yay! Just an hour after my long rant I see this on ECaS:

1. We sent you a notice on November 27, 2017 to appear and take the oath of citizenship at the citizenship ceremony to be held on December 15, 2017 at 10:30 AM. The notice you will receive will be your official confirmation of your appointment. If you have not received this notice prior to the date of your scheduled appointment, please contact us.

Please update!

Congrats my friend, So happy for you...

 

[luz07]

Anyone from Montreal invited to oath in December?