October 2024 - Citizenship Applications

[Dreamer_2019]

Good to know. Calgary appears to have been slow recently on the "test updated" events. I emailed to check on the status to see if they will update mine.

Out of curiosity, did it update in the tracker, and can you let us know if it updates tomorrow, to see if the inquiry did anything as far as the application goes?

no updates in the tracker

 

[Maureen de Kock]

Type: Online application
Location: Edmonton
Physical Presence Days: 1107
Application: Group
Application sent: October 20, 2024
Delivered: October 20, 2024
AOR: October 30, 2024
Language skills: In progress
Physical presence: In progress
Background verification: In progress
Prohibitions: In progress
Citizenship test: Not started
Citizenship ceremony: Not started

 

[USProgrammer]

Type: Online application
Location: Edmonton
Physical Presence Days: 1107
Application: Group
Application sent: October 20, 2024
Delivered: October 20, 2024
AOR: October 30, 2024
Language skills: In progress
Physical presence: In progress
Background verification: In progress
Prohibitions: In progress
Citizenship test: Not started
Citizenship ceremony: Not started

@JaxT do you know if Edmonton has its own processing office, or will this one likely be handled out of Calgary too? JaxT and I are Calgary. Welcome!

 

[Maureen de Kock]

@JaxT do you know if Edmonton has its own processing office, or will this one likely be handled out of Calgary too? JaxT and I are Calgary. Welcome!

Thank you. I am not sure about processing offices, perhaps it is Calgary. I am just a bit concerned that we have not received any request to do the test? My cousin and her family received their request with 4 weeks from AOR.

 

[JaxT]

Esmo

@JaxT do you know if Edmonton has its own processing office, or will this one likely be handled out of Calgary too? JaxT and I are Calgary. Welcome!

Edmonton has separate office - Case Processing Centre (CPC): Edmonton, Alberta
It used to be in Vegreville AB and has now moved to Edmonton.

 

[JaxT]

We have seen background pending for many months/ years for people who are on enhanced security screening. Maybe some experts on this forum got more information on how it’s different than prohibitions, as we do answer questions related to prohibitions in our applications.

To add :
About prohibitions, what I have gathered is that it relates to Section 22 of the Citizenship Act

Which means apart from background check, here they also focus on topics such as past misrepresentations, PR status residency obligations, immigration violations, etc.. I believe background checks are prelim to prohibitions which appears to be much broader.

 

[USProgrammer]

Esmo

Edmonton has separate office - Case Processing Centre (CPC): Edmonton, Alberta
It used to be in Vegreville AB and has now moved to Edmonton.

Dang. I was hoping they'd be another data point for Calgary. Thanks for knowing that!

 

[USProgrammer]

Thank you. I am not sure about processing offices, perhaps it is Calgary. I am just a bit concerned that we have not received any request to do the test? My cousin and her family received their request with 4 weeks from AOR.

Mine was over 2 months from AOR in Calgary. There are very few cases in Edmonton to compare to in the spreadsheet (and Calgary, but Edmonton is even smaller). There are none in our October sheet (including yours).

In September, there are a few Edmonton cases. They range from 52-75 days from AOR to Test Invite, so you're still in that range, at the upper end.

 

[Jo1984]

Type: Online application
Location: Edmonton
Physical Presence Days: 1107
Application: Group
Application sent: October 20, 2024
Delivered: October 20, 2024
AOR: October 30, 2024
Language skills: In progress
Physical presence: In progress
Background verification: In progress
Prohibitions: In progress
Citizenship test: Not started
Citizenship ceremony: Not started

Same status here. AOR October 25. Was told my processing office is Sydney.

 

[tobiashenry]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ircc-immigration-citizenship-canada-job-cuts-1.7436881

I am increasingly worried if my officer is being let go, or is there any implication

 

[kingvisu]

Type: Online application
Location: Guelph
Physical Presence Days: 1200
Application: Group
Application sent: October 20, 2024
Delivered: October 20, 2024
AOR: October 30, 2024
Language skills: completed January 23, 2025
Physical presence: completed January 23, 2025
Citizenship test: completed
Background verification: Completed
Prohibitions: completed January 23, 2025
Citizenship ceremony: Not started
Test Invite: December 31, 2025
Test window: January 2, 2025 to February 1, 2025
Test Taken: January 15 2025
Test completed: Jan 21 2025

 

[Anonym007]

Type: Online application
Location: Quebec
Office: Montreal
Physical Presence Days: 1338
Application: Single
Application sent: Oct 19, 2024
AOR: October 30, 2024
Tracker: November 4, 2024
Test Update: November 12, 2024
Test Scheduled: Nov 15,2024 - Dec 14, 2024
Fingerprint Requested: Nov 15, 2024
Fingerprint submitted: Nov 16, 2024
Test Taken: Nov 17, 2024
Test Marked Completed: Nov 20, 2024
Ghost Update: Nov 22, 2024
Background check completed: Jan 9, 2025.
LPP Completed: Jan 13, 2025.
Citizenship Ceremony in progress: Jan 21, 2025
Oat of Citizenship: Feb 7, 2025

 

[USProgrammer]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ircc-immigration-citizenship-canada-job-cuts-1.7436881

I am increasingly worried if my officer is being let go, or is there any implication

This is awful. They have such a bad backlog. You’d think they’d get it down to a reasonable wait before cutting.

 

[moman21]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ircc-immigration-citizenship-canada-job-cuts-1.7436881

I am increasingly worried if my officer is being let go, or is there any implication

Honestly, I believe this will impact all applicants processing time, including citizenship. I don't see why it wouldn't if they are saying the 25% reduction will be across the board.

 

[armoured]

This is awful. They have such a bad backlog. You’d think they’d get it down to a reasonable wait before cutting.

Cuts mainly, as the article implies, targetted at programs that have been/are being cut or substantially reduced. Realistically this means student visas, temporary foreign workers, and some of the PR programs (although to varying degrees, some are only moderate changes). I wouldn't think citizenship grants under established procedures (for new citizens) will be impacted much.

That said, there is a wildcard: claims for citizenship under the citizenship by descent due to that court ruling. If the court doesn't continue to delay enforcement (whatever the legal term is), then it becomes open to potentially millions of claims to citizenship - from people who have varying degrees of documentation, when govt has no well-defined framework or procedures to evaluate those claims.

That said, they'll probably delay or slow-walk those requests (and discourage anyone from applying, among other things by not staffing that up), and those aren't citizenship grants so perhaps firewalled? But anyway, a wildcard.