June 2024 - Citizenship Applications

[mannepu]

Hello,
My Timeline till now - Niagara office

May 29, 2024 - Applied online

June 7, 2024 - AOR

June 13, 2024 - Background verification status has been updated to Completed.

June 14 - Reuqest for Citizenship test

June 26, 2024 - Citizenship test completed.

LPP has been in progress since June 26, no updates at all so far, can anyone confirm which number i can call to inquire?

Also we applied for PR card renewal and got new PR cards, do we need to update the application with new PR card information?

 

[maverick1982]

Hello,
My Timeline till now - Niagara office

May 29, 2024 - Applied online

June 7, 2024 - AOR

June 13, 2024 - Background verification status has been updated to Completed.

June 14 - Reuqest for Citizenship test

June 26, 2024 - Scheduled for citizenship test.

LPP has been in progress since June 26, no updates at all so far, can anyone confirm which number i can call to inquire?

Also we applied for PR card renewal and got new PR cards, do we need to update the application with new PR card information?

No , dont think you need to. I received my PR inbetween the process too. I used new PR during test and gave it to them during oath ceremony. Things like marriage, visa rejection of another country /new status in another country which wasnt in original applciation etc which are material changes will definitely need to be reported

 

[pemilysree]

Hi all,
Here is my timeline:
Application sent: June 29
AOR received: July 2
Background verification completed: July 12
Citizenship request: July 31
Exam taken: August 6
Citizenship test completed: Aug 16

No updates after that, LPP is still in Progress. Is this still under the normal timeline? If I call the IRCC would that be helpful?

Please let me know. Thanks.

 

[Seym]

Hi all,
Here is my timeline:
Application sent: June 29
AOR received: July 2
Background verification completed: July 12
Citizenship request: July 31
Exam taken: August 6
Citizenship test completed: Aug 16

No updates after that, LPP is still in Progress. Is this still under the normal timeline? If I call the IRCC would that be helpful?

Please let me know. Thanks.

Current average time is 7 months.
You're halfway there only.
No real point contacting IRCC yet or doing anything beside waiting.

 

[katamaran]

Just got back from our in-person ceremony! It was an awesome experience and I recommend you asking for one if you feel like attending one but got an invite for a virtual one. It's worth it!

Thanks everyone for keeping these forums and topics running!

Good luck with your applications!

 

[asaci]

Niagara Office -- I applied in June 2024, and everything showed as completed except for the ceremony scheduled since Sept 28, 2028. However, the status shows that the ceremony has not started. Why is it taking so long to receive the oath invitation letter? Is anyone else in a similar situation?

Thank you.

 

[maverick1982]

Current average time is 7 months.
You're halfway there only.
No real point contacting IRCC yet or doing anything beside waiting.

do they consider 7 months or 12 months?. 7 months is what it is taking on average at this moment and it can vary. But 12 months is what they consider normal? . Beyond that it is considered for inquiry

 

[coolak2007]

do they consider 7 months or 12 months?. 7 months is what it is taking on average at this moment and it can vary. But 12 months is what they consider normal? . Beyond that it is considered for inquiry

Current for Citizenship is 6 months as of 04-OCT-2024:
How are processing times calculated?
Most of our processing times are historical. This means we base them on how long it took to process 80% of applications in the past.
Your processing time starts the day we receive your complete application and ends when we make a decision on it.
Forward-looking processing times New
On May 1, 2024, some types of applications switched to forward-looking (expected) processing times. This means we calculate them using

• the total number of that application type we have to process
• the amount we expect to process every month

The application types showing forward-looking processing times are

• Canadian experience class (Express Entry)
• Provincial Nominees Program (Express Entry and non-Express Entry)
• federal skilled workers (Express Entry)
• Quebec skilled workers
• spouse or common law partner (living inside or outside Canada)
• parents or grandparents
• citizenship grants
• citizenship certificate (proof of citizenship)

 

[coolak2007]

Also, just checked, projected Backlog for October is about 17%. They have number through Aug-2024, Actual Backlog was 17% in Aug and Projected was 11% (Delta). Link https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/mandate/stronger-immigration-system/citizenship.html and click on "2022-2024 Percentage of backlog of citizenship grant applications – Actual and projected" below the Graph

 

[forw.jane]

Niagara Office -- I applied in June 2024, and everything showed as completed except for the ceremony scheduled since Sept 28, 2028. However, the status shows that the ceremony has not started. Why is it taking so long to receive the oath invitation letter? Is anyone else in a similar situation?

Thank you.

What do you mean by scheduled? And 2028 ?

 

[usamatk]

Niagara Office -- I applied in June 2024, and everything showed as completed except for the ceremony scheduled since Sept 28, 2028. However, the status shows that the ceremony has not started. Why is it taking so long to receive the oath invitation letter? Is anyone else in a similar situation?

Thank you.

Same here. Niagara fall office. LPP completed since October 4th. Oath not started. The latest anyone got invited for oath that I saw here was on September 23rd by Niagara Falls office for ceremony held on October 8th

 

[Sakr77]

Same here. Niagara fall office. LPP completed since October 4th. Oath not started. The latest anyone got invited for oath that I saw here was on September 23rd by Niagara Falls office for ceremony held on October 8th

LPP completed since Oct 2nd from Niagara Falls and oath not started until now. Which city did you apply from?

 

[asaci]

LPP completed since Oct 2nd from Niagara Falls and oath not started until now. Which city did you apply from?

Ottawa

 

[Sakr77]

Ottawa

I live in Ottawa as well. I wonder if it’s taking longer because they will invite us for in-person oath here in Ottawa

 

[Oscarsunil]

@hssrp @maverick1982
I had my in person interview on 16th of October, and the officer said all good and asked for our choice that how we would ikea to recieve the oath , but yet LPP is " in progress " on the tracker , is it ok?