December 2023 - Citizenship Applications

[xrypto]

It means that the officer taking care of your file is seated on your application.. I have the same issue.. what is your office?

Thanks for getting back. It is Scarborough, is that your office too ?

 

[Alalac]

Thanks for getting back. It is Scarborough, is that your office too ?

No, mine is Prairies office in partnership with Vancouver office

 

[4zans]

No, mine is Prairies office in partnership with Vancouver office

Same here, the office seems to be super slow.

 

[elkapelka]

No, mine is Prairies office in partnership with Vancouver office

Same here. MB/SK office seems to be super slow. Have been waiting for an update since April 10 when BG got completed. LPP in progress.

 

[jananicmouli]

Hello everyone, my IRCC sob saga has officially come to an end! Finally finished my in-person oath yesterday and I am now officially a Canadian citizen.

This group has been so instrumental in tolerating our frustrations and engaging in discussions. Congrats to everyone that has completed their oath so far and my best wishes to those waiting. Remember, each passing day is a day closer to you becoming a proud Canadian. We all have come so far so never give up on hope.

And to all my fellow and future Indo-Canadians, I will see you all the the Surrender Certificate/OCI threads. Time to head over to those since that's a whole new ballgame for us.

 

[beckhsrules]

Hello everyone, my IRCC sob saga has officially come to an end! Finally finished my in-person oath yesterday and I am now officially a Canadian citizen.

This group has been so instrumental in tolerating our frustrations and engaging in discussions. Congrats to everyone that has completed their oath so far and my best wishes to those waiting. Remember, each passing day is a day closer to you becoming a proud Canadian. We all have come so far so never give up on hope.

And to all my fellow and future Indo-Canadians, I will see you all the the Surrender Certificate/OCI threads. Time to head over to those since that's a whole new ballgame for us.

Congrats. Dont be like me and apply for your passport at a Passport office with 10 business days processing. Applied on Apr 29 with no updates yet and my Surrender appointment is this Friday Now I gotta reschedule for July.

 

[mark56]

Congrats. Dont be like me and apply for your passport at a Passport office with 10 business days processing. Applied on Apr 29 with no updates yet and my Surrender appointment is this Friday Now I gotta reschedule for July.

Did you visit the passport office again to ask for updates? Did you call them? What are they saying?
In the other thread, a person with May 7 aplication seems to have gotten his passports mailed out

 

[beckhsrules]

Did you visit the passport office again to ask for updates? Did you call them? What are they saying?
In the other thread, a person with May 7 aplication seems to have gotten his passports mailed out

Normal Service Canada processing time is 20 business days. I crossed 20 business days this week and am gonna call and check for status later today in the afternoon.

 

[aiqbal96]

Finally got an update today for the oath. Scheduled for June 13. Waiting for the email now.

 

[Twee]

Finally got an update today for the oath. Scheduled for June 13. Waiting for the email now.

Congrats. When was your LPP completed?

 

[jananicmouli]

Congrats. Dont be like me and apply for your passport at a Passport office with 10 business days processing. Applied on Apr 29 with no updates yet and my Surrender appointment is this Friday Now I gotta reschedule for July.

Thank you! So your suggestion is to get the 2-9 business days option correct?

Also, I plan to do postal for both surrender and OCI as I live and work quite far from BLS and it is honestly better for me instead of taking days off for appointments.

 

[beckhsrules]

Thank you! So your suggestion is to get the 2-9 business days option correct?

Also, I plan to do postal for both surrender and OCI as I live and work quite far from BLS and it is honestly better for me instead of taking days off for appointments.

Even the 10 business day normal processing on a Passport Office is good.

I opted for a non Passport Office Service Canada which has processing timeline of 20 business days which is the worst of all.

 

[RainyCityResident]

Had the oath ceremony today, officially a Canadian now!

Thank you everyone on this thread, seeing everyone's timelines here was very helpful!

 

[Lyon37]

Had my oath ceremony yesterday - virtual sadly, instead of in-person. It's really heartbreaking to cut up your card and end up without any valid federal document.

Others in my boat: when does the e-certificate become available.

 

[mark56]

Had my oath ceremony yesterday - virtual sadly, instead of in-person. It's really heartbreaking to cut up your card and end up without any valid federal document.

Others in my boat: when does the e-certificate become available.

around two days later