Vancouver Office Citizenship Applicants

[bulls23]

July and Sep applicants are completing LPP. I guess I can forget about my late Oct app for now.

You never know! you might be next.

 

[bulls23]

April and nothing yet

Hopefully you will get it soon.

 

[veniCA]

April and nothing yet

wow, sorry man. That's too long to get to LPP/oath.

 

[MelVan]

My application went in with 1,116 days PP. I did have quite a bit of travel, mostly to the USA, before the pandemic acute phase, so they may well be checking with CBSA. I did leave a bit of leeway just in case I somehow missed a trip, although I was quite attentive to my record-keeping so I don't think I made any mistakes.

So, an update from me. It turns out, that despite my care and attention to my physical presence calculator, I had omitted one of my trips to the USA! I received today an email noting that the CBSA records showed a return to Canada that wasn't in my PPC and asking me to supply a copy of the flight itinerary showing the departure date from Canada. Putting aside my mortification at having made such a basic error, I was able to supply a copy of my flight ticket and proof of taking the flight on the date shown on my ticket (and I apologised profusely for what was an entirely inadvertent error on my part).

So, I have another six days absence from Canada, but I am glad I followed the advice I read here and had some buffer in my physical presence days as those extra six days won't make a difference. I nevertheless feel like a real idiot - the absence was recorded in the journal (aka Excel spreadsheet) I kept to track my physical presence and absences, but somehow when I was transcribing everything over to the PPC I still managed to miss it!

So this at least shows that the final part of my application (physical presence) is actively progressing. Fingers crossed my mistake is resolved quickly.

 

[veniCA]

So, an update from me. It turns out, that despite my care and attention to my physical presence calculator, I had omitted one of my trips to the USA! I received today an email noting that ...

Glad you're all good now Melvan. It's nice of you to share your mistake. You're probably not alone in this. I;ve thanked my lucky stars for keeping me entirely in Canada during Covid because can you imagine the number of trips and minute calculations we'd have had to do otherwise?

 

[bd2017]

how long have people had to wait for their test to show completed after taking it? Took mine on March27th, still waiting for it to reflect completed on the tracker.

 

[bulls23]

how long have people had to wait for their test to show completed after taking it? Took mine on March27th, still waiting for it to reflect completed on the tracker.

Mine was 5 days (+2 for tracker)

 

[firstax]

how long have people had to wait for their test to show completed after taking it? Took mine on March27th, still waiting for it to reflect completed on the tracker.

It varies, it depends on when the staff who do the updates wakes up from their beauty sleep. If you did the test and passed with no issues the you should not worry. They'll update the tracker eventually.

 

[suhail8823]

I got an email to send all the passport pages. The test got updated on Feb 21, 2023, and no update since. i submitted the passport copies today. Anyone knows how many days they would take now to do the next steps, any guesses

 

[MelVan]

Glad you're all good now Melvan. It's nice of you to share your mistake. You're probably not alone in this. I;ve thanked my lucky stars for keeping me entirely in Canada during Covid because can you imagine the number of trips and minute calculations we'd have had to do otherwise?

The communication from IRCC was very polite and not at all accusatory. My first reaction was one of panic! But it was nothing more than a simple request for clarifying information, which I provided by return.

I've since received an automated acknowledgement of receipt, which interestingly says that if the information provided in response to the request is in order, the tracker will be updated within 3 business days. I'll report if that happens.

 

[MelVan]

The communication from IRCC was very polite and not at all accusatory. My first reaction was one of panic! But it was nothing more than a simple request for clarifying information, which I provided by return.

I've since received an automated acknowledgement of receipt, which interestingly says that if the information provided in response to the request is in order, the tracker will be updated within 3 business days. I'll report if that happens.

And it did! Physical presence updated to completed on 5 April. Now just awaiting oath invitation!

 

[Lovecanada13]

I emailed the Vancouver office today and got this auto-reply, in case it's useful for anyone:

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Thank you for contacting the Vancouver Citizenship Office of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). This confirms we have received your correspondence.



Please note: This email is for Canadian Citizenship Ceremony inquiries ONLY.



Due to the volume of emails we receive every day, we will only be replying to you if we require more information from you. If you are providing requested documents, please submit in .JPG or .PDF only. We will not provide you with a confirmation of receipt.



***If your email does not include your Application Number*** 

You must include your Application Number, Full Name, and UCI in the subject line and/or body of your email.



· If your enquiry is in regards to the Knowledge Test, please contact/email: DNCITVANTESTS@cic.gc.ca for assistance.

· If your enquiry is in regards to Hearings and Fingerprints, please contact/email: CIC-VancouverCitize@cic.gc.ca for assistance.

· If your enquiry is in regards to an interpreter and you were age 55+ on the date that you signed your application, you are responsible for providing your own interpreter if needed.

· If you require a Sign Language interpreter for the Citizenship Ceremony, please send us an email detailing your request along with your application number.

· If you received an invitation for a Canadian Citizenship Ceremony and you are out of the country with no specific return date, please be advised that you must be present in Canada to take the oath and become a Canadian citizen.

· If you are not able to attend your scheduled Canadian Citizenship Ceremony due to other reasons (with reasonable explanation) and would like to be rescheduled, please make sure you provide the date(s) of unavailability for when you CANNOT attend and you will be rescheduled accordingly. Please wait for another Canadian Citizenship Ceremony invitation which will be sent to you by email approximately 2-3 weeks before the ceremony date. We will only respond to you if we require additional information.

· Citizenship Certificates are mailed out 2-4 weeks after the citizenship ceremony date. We ask that you please wait 6 weeks after the ceremony to contact us if your certificate has not yet arrived.



Emails regarding file status will not be answered.



Any other general or specific application enquiries should be submitted via the IRCC Web form. Alternatively, you can contact our Client Support Centre at 1-888-242-2100. For more information, please visit our website at https://www.canada.ca/en/services/immigration-citizenship.html.



If you believe that your case is urgent, you can refer the to the following website for further information about what is considered an urgent request, how to submit an urgent request, and the supporting documents you will need to provide/prove your request is urgent:

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/become-canadian-citizen/apply/urgently.html. Each request is considered on a case-by-case basis.



Once your file is ready for the next step in the citizenship application process, you will receive an email notification. Please ensure to monitor your inbox, including the spam/junk folder, for future correspondence from IRCC.



Thank you for your understanding.

Vancouver Citizenship Office

what email did you contact them? I am waiting for my ceremony.

 

[CHIOMA OSSAI]

same. Test completed on Feb 4, Status updated in tracker since Feb 9. Waiting for LPP. No movement. WEST office.

This is exactly my situation.
do you have any update yet ?

 

[bulls23]

This is exactly my situation.
do you have any update yet ?

Yes, my LPP completed on 27th March.

 

[canuser]

Hello! I'm another Vancouver/West applicant. I am also waiting for the LPP and oath, but am worried that the strike is going to cause major delays in all our applications. I hope a few of us here get updates so we can hang on to some hope!

My timeline:
Type: Online application
Location: Vancouver
Physical Presence Days: 1629
Application: Single
Application sent: Nov 18, 2022
Delivered: Nov 18, 2022
AOR: Dec 2, 2022
GU#1: Dec 16, 2022
GU#2: Feb 1, 2023
Background Complete: Jan 31, 2023
Test Invite: Feb 9. 2023
Took Test: Mar 4, 2023
Test Completed: March 8, 2023
GU#3: Mar 2, 2023
GU#4: Mar 10, 2023
LPP: in progress
Oath: not started