Kitchener Waterloo Citizenship Applicants

[M.Sanoh20]

I don't mind answering. I went to the Kitchener location. I went online and filled out a form, several days later I received received a call from one of the officials and she booked me in. Or you can do walk in too. The lineup can be crazy long so you might want to he there very early. And yes they are taking walk-ins.

 

[ufarooqi]

I don't mind answering. I went to the Kitchener location. I went online and filled out a form, several days later I received received a call from one of the officials and she booked me in. Or you can do walk in too. The lineup can be crazy long so you might want to he there very early. And yes they are taking walk-ins.

Do they check proof of travel? As you are driving to states, what proof did you attach with Passport application?

 

[M.Sanoh20]

Well, in my case I just said that I was driving to USA April 8. So, I wasn't asked for proof of travel. I applied for the 10 years one. I had to paid additional 20 dollars because I will be picking it up in person

 

[ashboy]

Any one from Kitchener VO has DM during March and received Oath invitation?
Just to see where are Kitchener VO oath line is.

DM in January still no Oath

 

[occamslaser]

So with my PR card expiring in August and the 3-4 month processing time I finally decided to reapply for that, fully expecting progress on my application the moment I paid the $50 renewal fee.

Lo and behold, progress has befallen me: oath ceremony scheduled for April 12, putting my 'application mailed' to 'citizenship ceremony' at exactly 26 months. Light at the end of the tunnel, folks.

Application type: Single
Location: Kitchener
Physical presence: 1135
Application sent: February 12 2020
Application delivered: February 14 2020
AOR received: October 5 2020
Test invitation: January 4 2022
Test taken: January 7 2022
Background verification status complete: January 11 2022
Test status completed: January 17 2022
DM: January 21 2022
Oath status updated to 'in progress': March 25 2022
Oath ceremony: April 12 2022

 

[maissom]

Location: KITCHENER, ON

Application Sent: July 27, 2021
AOR: September 09, 2021
Background verification: January 20, 2022
Citizenship Test notice: January 26, 2022
Citizenship Test scheduled: February 02, 2022
Citizenship Test Taken: February 15, 2022
Citizenship Test Status Completed: February 24, 2022
Prohibitions, Physical presence, Language Skills marked as Completed: March 25, 2022

(Same status for my wife: full application is for family of 4 including two minors)

I also logged into the client application portal and there I see the status as "Decision Made". In the help table, this status shows following:

DECISION MADE (A decision has been made at this point.)

Applicant Notified You will be notified by mail about the decision on your citizenship application. If you meet the requirements, you will be invited to a citizenship ceremony where you will take the oath of citizenship and receive a certificate of Canadian citizenship. If you do not meet the requirements, you will be informed in writing.

I guess I should be checking my home mailbox regularly ...

 

[ufarooqi]

Applied for my Spouse.

Application Type: Paper
Location: Kitchener
Physical Presence Days: 1109
No of Applicants: Single
Application sent: Feb 22,2022
Application delivered: Feb 24,2022
AOR: March 28, 2022

 

[sirjoe]

Congratulations! Be sure to tell us when you get the email with the link etc !

@GuyanaGirl I got the oath email with instructions yesterday March 28. Approximately one week to oath ceremony. Best of luck to you and others waiting for oath!

 

[GuyanaGirl]

@GuyanaGirl I got the oath email with instructions yesterday March 28. Approximately one week to oath ceremony. Best of luck to you and others waiting for oath!

Great news !

 

[sirjoe]

Location: KITCHENER, ON

Application Sent: July 27, 2021
AOR: September 09, 2021
Background verification: January 20, 2022
Citizenship Test notice: January 26, 2022
Citizenship Test scheduled: February 02, 2022
Citizenship Test Taken: February 15, 2022
Citizenship Test Status Completed: February 24, 2022
Prohibitions, Physical presence, Language Skills marked as Completed: March 25, 2022

(Same status for my wife: full application is for family of 4 including two minors)

I also logged into the client application portal and there I see the status as "Decision Made". In the help table, this status shows following:

DECISION MADE (A decision has been made at this point.)

Applicant Notified You will be notified by mail about the decision on your citizenship application. If you meet the requirements, you will be invited to a citizenship ceremony where you will take the oath of citizenship and receive a certificate of Canadian citizenship. If you do not meet the requirements, you will be informed in writing.

I guess I should be checking my home mailbox regularly ...

I'm not sure you will receive any letter to your mail. Instead you will be sent an email with instructions for your oath once invited. I received an email in my case. Nothing was mailed to my home address.

 

[maissom]

@GuyanaGirl I got the oath email with instructions yesterday March 28. Approximately one week to oath ceremony. Best of luck to you and others waiting for oath!

Awesome, congratulations!!

 

[maissom]

I'm not sure you will receive any letter to your mail. Instead you will be sent an email with instructions for your oath once invited. I received an email in my case. Nothing was mailed to my home address.

@sirjoe , Yes I would think so too. Checking my emails regularly these days

 

[occamslaser]

Small update: email with ceremony details received on March 29 @ 3:07pm Eastern. So 4 days from status update to email, and email received two weeks prior to the ceremony.

So with my PR card expiring in August and the 3-4 month processing time I finally decided to reapply for that, fully expecting progress on my application the moment I paid the $50 renewal fee.

Lo and behold, progress has befallen me: oath ceremony scheduled for April 12, putting my 'application mailed' to 'citizenship ceremony' at exactly 26 months. Light at the end of the tunnel, folks.

Application type: Single
Location: Kitchener
Physical presence: 1135
Application sent: February 12 2020
Application delivered: February 14 2020
AOR received: October 5 2020
Test invitation: January 4 2022
Test taken: January 7 2022
Background verification status complete: January 11 2022
Test status completed: January 17 2022
DM: January 21 2022
Oath status updated to 'in progress': March 25 2022
Oath ceremony: April 12 2022

 

[ufarooqi]

Took my oath of citizenship today.

 

[salem10]

Took my oath of citizenship today.

Congratulations,
When you had DM?