August 2021 - Citizenship Applicants

[Bubbles21]

Can someone please help me on what will be next steps and how is the ceremony usually? bit anxious.

It all depends my husband got in person and my brother in law got virtual both on the same day just at a different time.

 

[fastfood]

Finally got oath ceremony update today, its on January 25th. Yet to receive the instructions email.

Applied online - August 15th 2021
AOR - October 22nd 2021
BG done - July 6th 2022
Test Invite - July 11th 2022
Test completed - July 28th 2022
Prohibitions, Language skills & Physical presence completed - August 4th 2022
Oath update - January 7th 2022
Oath Ceremony - January 25th 2022

Can you pls share which office is processing your file?

 

[tonymeland]

UPDATE: I just received an oath date of 25 Jan 2023, at the same time I submitted an OIC complaint for the 30+ day delay in my GCMS notes. It may or may not have been coincidental.

I will be out of the country until 4 March, so I will either need to fly back to Canada for the oath or reschedule. I read in some other blogs that IRCC may take weeks, months, or even years to reschedule your ceremony date. My PR card is expiring in a few months, and the card renewal process takes about 80 days (+$50), and I can't afford not to travel for almost 3 months due to work. Based on the experience of those of you who did reschedule, what would you recommend?

Admin, please update.

 

[forw.jane]

UPDATE: I just received an oath date of 25 Jan 2023, at the same time I submitted an OIC complaint for the 30+ day delay in my GCMS notes. It may or may not have been coincidental.

I will be out of the country until 4 March, so I will either need to fly back to Canada for the oath or reschedule. I read in some other blogs that IRCC may take weeks, months, or even years to reschedule your ceremony date. Based on the experience of those of you who did reschedule, what would you recommend?

Admin, please update.

Take oath if you can manage. Rescheduling for Vancouver office uld be crazy as getting an invite from them has been a tough task for many applicant.

 

[Horus_88]

Sometimes you need to forget about the application and it will move fast
Just came from vacation abroad to find all completed except Ceremony!

• Jan 5, 2023
  
  
  Activity status updated: Physical presence New update
  Physical presence
  Physical presence status has been updated to Completed.
  
  
• Jan 5, 2023
  
  
  Activity status updated: Prohibitions New update
  Prohibitions
  Prohibitions status has been updated to Completed.
  
  
  
  
• Jan 5, 2023
  
  
  Activity status updated: Language skills New update
  Language skills
  Language skills status has been updated to Completed.
  
  
• Dec 20, 2022
  
  
  Activity status updated: Background verification New update
  Background verification
  Background verification status has been updated to Completed.

 

[DeBaPh]

Can you pls share which office is processing your file?

Vancouver office.

 

[Amr0000]

Hey everyone, just took my oath. Feels like a huge burden taken off my chest. It feels really great.
Wishing everyone the best for their future!

Timeline (Online Application) -

App Sent: August 31st, 2021
AOR: Dec 02, 2021
Background Check Complete: March 30th, 2022
Test Invite: April 8th, 2022
Test Window: April 15th - May 05th, 2022
Test Taken: April 20th, 2022
Passport and Travel History Request: October 13th, 2022
Physical Presence, Language Skills, Prohibitions Complete: November 24th, 2022
Scheduled for Oath: December 05, 2022
Oath Taken: December 20, 2022

Did you get your certificate??

 

[fbd]

Did you get your certificate??

Not yet, probably got delayed because of the extended holiday period

 

[DeBaPh]

Finally got oath ceremony update today, its on January 25th. Yet to receive the instructions email.

Applied online - August 15th 2021
AOR - October 22nd 2021
BG done - July 6th 2022
Test Invite - July 11th 2022
Test completed - July 28th 2022
Prohibitions, Language skills & Physical presence completed - August 4th 2022
Oath update - January 7th 2022
Oath Ceremony - January 25th 2022

Got instructions email today. Its a virtual oath for 11am on January 25th, 2023. My case processing office is Vancouver, BC.

Anybody else taking virtual oath on the same day/time/processing office ?

 

[tonymeland]

Got instructions email today. Its a virtual oath for 11am on January 25th, 2023. My case processing office is Vancouver, BC.

Anybody else taking virtual oath on the same day/time/processing office ?

I just got my e-mail today. Mine is also a virtual oath for 25 Jan at 9:00 PST.

 

[fastfood]

Got instructions email today. Its a virtual oath for 11am on January 25th, 2023. My case processing office is Vancouver, BC.

Anybody else taking virtual oath on the same day/time/processing office ?

Congratulations!!
Can you pls share which province you are from?
My case processing office is also Vancouver so far but I am from Mb so assuming the oath email comes from Winnipeg office.
I noticed you had to wait over 5 months for Oath. Do you know if this was the standard wait time for all who applied in the same month as yours?

 

[DeBaPh]

Congratulations!!
Can you pls share which province you are from?
My case processing office is also Vancouver so far but I am from Mb so assuming the oath email comes from Winnipeg office.
I noticed you had to wait over 5 months for Oath. Do you know if this was the standard wait time for all who applied in the same month as yours?

I'm based in Surrey, BC.

Yes, I had to wait for 5 months for oath but this is not standard wait time for august 2021 applicants. I have noticed that a lot of things depend on BG and test dates as well. I noticed a lot of people who applied in august 2021 got BG/test done way before mine and even got oath dates before me for the same reason. Also, online and paper applications make a big difference. Paper applicants got oath faster than online applicants.

Another thing to note which I read in an article few days ago was that wait time between test to oath can be anywhere between 4-6 months. Those are IRCCs current targets. Although, delays can always happen due to certain applications taking longer to pass through verification process.

I was just trying to burn out the 6 months waiting period and was hoping that I will get the oath invite before January end.

Hope this information helps.

 

[Purpletta]

Here my journey, took a lot longer than I expected, but finally! (Calgary AB)

Applied online - August 10th 2021
AOR - October 20th 2021
BG done - May 21, 2022
Test Invite - April 13, 2022
Test completed - May 12, 2022
Prohibitions, Language skills & Physical presence completed - May 25, 2022
Oath update - January 6, 2023
Oath Ceremony - January 31st, 2023

 

[ExLeo777]

I'm based in Surrey, BC.

Yes, I had to wait for 5 months for oath but this is not standard wait time for august 2021 applicants. I have noticed that a lot of things depend on BG and test dates as well. I noticed a lot of people who applied in august 2021 got BG/test done way before mine and even got oath dates before me for the same reason. Also, online and paper applications make a big difference. Paper applicants got oath faster than online applicants.

Another thing to note which I read in an article few days ago was that wait time between test to oath can be anywhere between 4-6 months. Those are IRCCs current targets. Although, delays can always happen due to certain applications taking longer to pass through verification process.

I was just trying to burn out the 6 months waiting period and was hoping that I will get the oath invite before January end.

Hope this information helps.

Me too. I passed test since Mar 2022
Just BG competed
Other three still In process for 10months now
My AOR is on Sep 2021

 

[AR_Canada]

See below the timeline of my citizenship online application:

Online Application Submitted on - 19 Aug 2021
AOR Received on - 20 Oct 2021
File Location - Sydney NS
Background Verification Completed on - 21 Mar 2022
Test request received on - 28 Mar 2022
Test Completed on - 03 Apr 2022
Test Status updated on - 04 Apr 2022
Documents request on – 30 Jun 2022
Invitation to interview received on – 29 Sep 2022
Attended interview on – 12 Oct 2022
Language Skills updated to completed on – 01 Nov 2022
Physical Presence updated to completed on – 01 Nov 2022
Prohibitions updated to completed on – 01 Nov 2022
Citizenship oath status updated to In progress on – 17 Nov 2022
Citizenship Ceremony has been scheduled on - 24 Nov 2022
Citizenship Ceremony held on – 05 Dec 2022
Citizenship Ceremony status updated to completed on - 06 Dec 2022
Received the citizenship certificate on – 13 Dec 2022