January 2022 - Citizenship Applications

[forw.jane]

Is anyone with similar status here? Any idea if this is normal?
Application: Paper (Family of 2)
Delivered: Jan 10, 2022
AOR: March 1, 2022
Test Status Marked Complete: May 17, 2022
Everything else is in progress with no update ever since. Only one ghost update on Oct 7 similar to everyone else around that date which was for a system update I believe.
Any thoughts?

What is your location?

 

[forw.jane]

Admin, please update status tracker.
I took citizenship test on Oct-7th (19/20).
Citizenship test activity status completed on Oct-12th.

Has there been further progress on your application?

 

[skner2022]

Has there been further progress on your application?

I guess There will be no update before mid December.

 

[neel_321]

Is anyone with similar status here? Any idea if this is normal?
Application: Paper (Family of 2)
Delivered: Jan 10, 2022
AOR: March 1, 2022
Test Status Marked Complete: May 17, 2022
Everything else is in progress with no update ever since. Only one ghost update on Oct 7 similar to everyone else around that date which was for a system update I believe.
Any thoughts?

Yes. Almost same. Kitchener office. Not sure what's wrong. We've seen two updates Oct 22 and 25th. But nothing updated in the tracker.

 

[miltola]

Citizenship Timeline

• Application Type: Online
• Application: Single
• Location: Montreal
• Submission date: 12 November 2021
• AOR: 4 January 2022
• Test Invite: 8 July 2022 (Window 08 to 28 July)
• Test Taken: 23 July 2022
• Test Completed: 25 July 2022
• FP Request: 16 August 2022
• FP Taken: 16 August 2022
• BG Verification Completed: 24th September 2022
• Language Skills: 8 November 2022
• Prohibitions: 8 November 2022
• Physical Presence: 8 November 2022

 

[skner2022]

Citizenship Timeline

• Application Type: Online
• Application: Single
• Location: Montreal
• Submission date: 12 November 2021
• AOR: 4 January 2022
• Test Invite: 8 July 2022 (Window 08 to 28 July)
• Test Taken: 23 July 2022
• Test Completed: 25 July 2022
• FP Request: 16 August 2022
• FP Taken: 16 August 2022
• BG Verification Completed: 24th September 2022
• Language Skills: 8 November 2022
• Prohibitions: 8 November 2022
• Physical Presence: 8 November 2022

This is not a January 2022 application and should be posted in the November 2021 thread.

 

[savj]

Hello guys is there anything I can do to speed up the process, I am planning to visit USA on my xmas vacations, I don't have us visa and my us visa appointment is on dec-20, I don't think I can get my passport back in the same week.

Please advised

my time line
online
Location:Scarborough
|App Delivered:04-Jan-20220
|AOR:24-Feb-20222
|Test-complete: 27-Sep-2022
test update- 28-sep-2022
language-prohibition-physical-- in progress
citizen ceremony not started

 

[skner2022]

Hello guys is there anything I can do to speed up the process, I am planning to visit USA on my xmas vacations, I don't have us visa and my us visa appointment is on dec-20, I don't think I can get my passport back in the same week.

Please advised

my time line
online
Location:Scarborough
|App Delivered:04-Jan-20220
|AOR:24-Feb-20222
|Test-complete: 27-Sep-2022
test update- 28-sep-2022
language-prohibition-physical-- in progress
citizen ceremony not started

Don’t expect seeing an update before mid December. I guess you may be invited for oath in January 2023. Earlier than this is not possible

 

[skner2022]

From April 1, 2022, to September 30, 2022, Canada has welcomed approximately 180,000 new citizens, compared to about 59,000 in the same period last year. IRCC plans to welcome 300,000 new citizens in the 22/23 FY. This means they will only approve 120,000 new citizens between October 2022 and Mar 2023. In general IRCC will stop working between December 17, 2022 and Jan 15, 2023.

 

[Zain.Lugo]

From April 1, 2022, to September 30, 2022, Canada has welcomed approximately 180,000 new citizens, compared to about 59,000 in the same period last year. IRCC plans to welcome 300,000 new citizens in the 22/23 FY. This means they will only approve 120,000 new citizens between October 2022 and Mar 2023. In general IRCC will stop working between December 17, 2022 and Jan 15, 2023.

Where did you get this stats?

 

[firstax]

In general IRCC will stop working between December 17, 2022 and Jan 15, 2023.

Is this their holiday in addition to statutory holidays?

 

[skner2022]

Where did you get this stats?

Search Building a stronger immigration system – Citizenship

 

[skner2022]

Is this their holiday in addition to statutory holidays?

Roughly yes. Very few number of employees will work during this period.

 

[anumantra]

Hello guys is there anything I can do to speed up the process, I am planning to visit USA on my xmas vacations, I don't have us visa and my us visa appointment is on dec-20, I don't think I can get my passport back in the same week.

Please advised

my time line
online
Location:Scarborough
|App Delivered:04-Jan-20220
|AOR:24-Feb-20222
|Test-complete: 27-Sep-2022
test update- 28-sep-2022
language-prohibition-physical-- in progress
citizen ceremony not started

The chances are bleak. Even if you get a invite for oath today, the ceremony date will be atleast 4 weeks away. Then you will have to ask for expedite shipping on certificate and then apply for urgent processing on passport. All of this depends on your reason for urgency. Spending Vaca time on USA will not be accepted as one, IMO. DO remember they will ask you to cut your PR card too. December is usually slow on both sides of borders. It is a catch 22 situation.

 

[MayB]

I am a Jan applicant and waiting since July (when i completed the citizenship test) for an update . Separately, I have a US visa appointment in December and my India passport expires May 2023 (less than 6 months). Anyone knows if this is an issue. Since US tourist visa technically transfers to new passports, am hoping it should be okay but wanted to know if someone has any experience of this.