January 2023 - Citizenship Applications
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...In the February 2023 thread there is someone who has a friend who applied in January 2023 and doing their oath April 28, 2023. Person in question is over 55, which gives me hope as I am as well.
help pls. i am filling out the citizenship for myself and my family, i understand that the application date and the date from the physical presence must match which is matching, but when it comes to the signature date at the bottom of the page it gives me an error that the signature date must be one day after the application date.. for example the application date is april 15 so the form is telling me to sign it on the 16th. is that right ?
1: you’re posting in a thread tracking those who applied in January. You haven’t even applied yet. Chose the correct thread or start a new one that correlates to your specific question.
2: Use the online application. It’s open to include minors as well. Much easier as it’s extremely self explanatory.
If the photographer can’t give you a digital file for some reason, you can also either scan or take a picture of a printed photo from them.
However, it’s safer to use a digital photo straight from the photographer.
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/application-forms-guides/citizenship-application-photograph-specifications.html
Hello All, is it normal for Paper based apps to have not received either a test invite or BG completed as of date. I had received an AOR on Feb 27th post which received a ghost update on Mar 2nd (Likely a system update). After that there is no news.
Paper application have slowed down considerably. If you take AOR date of Feb 27th you have not completed even 2 months. So it's pretty normal.
I made a mistake. We took the test on April 07, 2023 (March 20 was the start date we could take a test)
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Really hoping that Paper applications start to see some movement this week. The quick progression on the online applications has given me a lot of hope overall for the process.
I think you're right, my AOR is Feb 23rd and hoping that we get our b/g verification complete this month. It was definitely a bad idea to pick Paper vs online, but I hope to be proven wrong. Most of my friends who submitted paper apps finished all their steps in about 7 months on an avg. It can take up to a month and a half after AOR for b/g to get cleared and rest of the steps after move relatively faster after.
Hey! Yes, received my citizenship test window update few days ago. Details below:
Type: Online
Location: Toronto, ON
Physical Presence Days: 1663.5
Application: Single
Application Sent: January 26, 2023
Delivered: January 26, 2023
Application Filed/AOR: February 6, 2023
BG Verify Completed: March 10, 2023
Test In Progress: April 6, 2023
Test Window: April 14 - May 4, 2023
Test Email/Details: Awaiting
Test Taken Online: TBD
Application Status:
Language Skills: In Progress
Physical Presence: In Progress
Citizenship Test: In Progress
Background Verification: Completed
Prohibitions: In Progress
Citizenship Ceremony: Not Started
Sydney is just one of the offices that deals with FP requests along with Vancouver, so you application is still being processed at Mississauga.
Once you get your fingerprint collection done, they are sent to RCMP. Once RCMP completes the criminal background check, they send the results to Sydney in your case, and if all is well your background check will be completed! Give it about 2-3 weeks max for the entire thing to be completed. I suggest you submit your fingerprints asap so that your BG is completed promptly.