October 2024 - Citizenship Applications

[ZAYAN2020]

MBSK Location - I got email about my In-Person oath on March 17,2025 but as stated in the email that we can opt for Virtual by responding to the email immediately, I opted for Virtual Oath Ceremony.
However, Someone on Facebook Group where I asked this question said it could take months for IRCC to change it to Virtual Spot for me. Please is this possible ?

 

[USProgrammer]

MBSK Location - I got email about my In-Person oath on March 17,2025 but as stated in the email that we can opt for Virtual by responding to the email immediately, I opted for Virtual Oath Ceremony.
However, Someone on Facebook Group where I asked this question said it could take months for IRCC to change it to Virtual Spot for me. Please is this possible ?

I guess we'll find out. Let us know!

 

[ZAYAN2020]

I guess we'll find out. Let us know!

Below is the Auto-Response I got from them after opting for the Virtual. I will be calling them next week as directed on the auto-response. :


THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC REPLY.

PLEASE READ ENTIRE EMAIL FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS.

You have reached the IRCC.DNMBSKCITCEREMONIES-CEREMONIESCITMBSKRN.IRCC1@cic.gc.ca inbox.



You will NOT receive a response to your inquiry via this email. A decision/response to your request will be added to your file within 3 business days of receipt. At that time, you must contact the Client Support Center for further information.

If you are submitting documents or additional information to our office, we will not confirm receipt of these documents unless further follow-up is required.

IMPORTANT: Please be sure to identify yourself when in contact with us, include your Name, Application Number and/or Client ID Number (UCI) in your email in order for our office to process your request accordingly. Any emails from the public without these details may experience delays, or their request will not be actioned.

Note: Local offices are slowly resuming in-person services (testing, interviews, ceremonies, etc.) however each office may be limited in the number of events and are appointment based only at this time. Please refer to your invitation letter for further details.

Customer Support Contact Center options:

· Web form

· Telephone: 1-888-242-2100 (in Canada only)

· Automated telephone service - available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

· Client Support Center agents - Monday to Friday, 8 am to 4 pm (your local time) except for statutory holidays.

We assure you that the Ceremony Citizenship team is working diligently to ensure all applications are processed on a first come first served basis.



Regards,

Ceremony Citizenship Unit, Domestic Network
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

 

[Hold On]

Oath scheduled for Mar 21

Congrats, could you please share when did the LPP got completed and when did you receive the update for citizenship "in process".

Thanks in advance

 

[saini1987]

March 1st: Language skill updated to completed. Physical presence and prohibitions pending. They “sent a letter to provide additional details” also added to tracker.

 

[Shivzz]

Hi there. My LPP got completed on Feb 20th and there is no update since then. It has been 10 days and still no aoth date. Is it normal? The processing office is Sydney, NS.

 

[Andrijana]

March 1st update, LPP completed <3

 

[moman21]

Hi there. My LPP got completed on Feb 20th and there is no update since then. It has been 10 days and still no aoth date. Is it normal? The processing office is Sydney, NS.

Yes this is normal. We have seen folks wait up to a month for oath scheduling. Your application is done, just be patient and you'll get your ceremony invitation soon.

 

[zm95]

Has anyone in Montreal got their oath ceremony process started? it has been over 2 weeks since my LPP changed to complete and it still says oath not started. Seems people in Toronto who got LPP much after me, got scheduled already. I thought it would be when they have new dates for oath ceremonies updated on the CIC site, which they did yesterday. It also seems they are not doing virtual anymore? everyone is in person from what I can tell.



Office: Sydney (Based on where the AOR was sent from, not sure if current, I didn't call and check)
Location: Montreal
Application Filed: October 31st 2024
AOR: November 15th, 2024
In Progress: November 18th, 2024
Background Complete: December 15th, 2024
Test Email: January 17th, 2025
Test Scheduled Online: 24th January - 22nd February 2025
Test Taken: 29th January 2025
Test Updated on Tracker: 31st January 2025
LLP: Complete February 15th - Updated on tracker February 18th
Oath: Not started.

 

[Jass1234]

Me and my wife submitted fingerprint for citizenship application on Feb 6th. Today I see on tracker my background verification marked as complete however for my wife its still in progress. Is it normal aren't background check marked completed together for group applicant after fingerprints are submitted

 

[USProgrammer]

Me and my wife submitted fingerprint for citizenship application on Feb 6th. Today I see on tracker my background verification marked as complete however for my wife its still in progress. Is it normal aren't background check marked completed together for group applicant after fingerprints are submitted

What is your primary visa office, according to IRCC (please don’t assume based on your residence since they get transferred)?

 

[moman21]

Me and my wife submitted fingerprint for citizenship application on Feb 6th. Today I see on tracker my background verification marked as complete however for my wife its still in progress. Is it normal aren't background check marked completed together for group applicant after fingerprints are submitted

No, that's the oath scheduling that gets done at the same time for group applications. In this case, the BG will be marked complete as it completes. Your wife's BG is just taking a bit longer, that's all.

 

[NotHim]

Hello, it seems that you could use a data point from Edmonton.
From submission to oath ceremony: approximately 4.5 months.

App type: Single, online
Geographical location: Edmonton
Primary office: Vancouver
Physical presence Days: 1099
App sent: 19 Oct. 2024
AOR: 30 Oct. 2024
Tracking link: 01 Nov. 2024
Background complete: 08 Nov. 2024
Test office: Edmonton
Test invite: 28 Nov. 2024
Test taken: 02 Dec. 2024
Test completed: 03 Jan. 2025
Language complete: 07 Feb. 2025
Prohibitions complete: 07 Feb. 2025
Physical presence complete: 07 Feb. 2025
Citizenship Ceremony - In Progress: 25 Feb. 2025
Oath letter: 27 Feb. 2025, virtual ceremony
Oath: 06 Mar. 2025

If you are an administrator, or someone with access to the data sheet, could you please add my data to the record? Thank you.

For the Edmonton office:
Calculating the number of working days between each step, post-LPP throughout 2024, helped me in getting a general idea about their average timelines. For those who may find this helpful, here are the averages for 2024. Again, these are averages so you may be a few days off, don't stress about it.
"LPP Complete" to "Citizenship Ceremony - In Progress": 7 working days.
"LPP Complete" to "Oath Letter": 10 working days.
"LPP Complete" to "Oath Ceremony": 20 working days.

General feedback:
The data sheet was really helpful. Thank you for maintaining it and for those who contributed to its many entries.
Quoting forw.jane "Link to the Google Spreadsheet(tracker) - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1P3V8UJOTwiiYd2TC8O5a5rKq4GlqpAXq9Zr1rfrScSc/edit?usp=sharing ".
The discussions were also helpful when researching specific topics. However, they tend to be shrouded by redundancy and unnecessary chatter.
Hey, no one is perfect, and misusing online forums is, unfortunately, integral to the human experience (and ad revenue...).

Finally, when the only thing you can do is wait, ruminating over the slowness/inconsistency of a procedure will not make the wait anymore pleasant.
Occupy yourself by doing something else and good news will reach you on time.

Thank you all, and best of luck to each of you.

 

[hoahoa]

Type: Online application
Location: Sidney
Physical Presence Days: 1104
Application: Single
Application sent: Oct 20, 2024
AOR: Oct 31, 2024
Tracker invitation: Nov 02, 2024
Background check completion: Dec 30, 2024
Citizenship test invitation: Jan 06, 2025 for Jan 10 - Feb 9 test window
Citizenship test passed: Jan 10, 2025
Citizenship marked as completed on the tracker: Jan 21, 2025

Can anyone update my case in the tracking sheet? On Feb 18, the tracker updated that all other steps are completed except the Oath ceremony (status as of Mar 2 is still Not start).
I have been checking the tracker every day since ) 2 weeks so far.
I didn't have to redo biometrics though. The only time I gave biometrics was in 2017, when I applied for study permit.

 

[semisemi]

Type: Online
Location: Sydney
Physical Presence Days: 1139
Application: Single
Application sent: Oct 5, 2024
AOR: Oct 21, 2024
Test invite: Dec 10, 2024
Test taken: Dec 14, 2024
Test completed: Dec 17, 2024

Last update was on Dec 19 since then nothing. Everything is in progress but Ceremony.

Is anyone in same situation?