November 2024 - Citizenship Applications

[USProgrammer]

I have not either. I called the RCMP on the 24th to make sure that my fingerprint results were indeed mailed on the 21st with no issues and they confirmed that they left the RCMP. Next thing would be to call IRCC Vancouver and see if they actually physically received them from Canada Post.

IRCC contact centre can't tell you if the fingerprints were received. They can only see criminality complete or not (which would probably result in Background being complete, if you're like me with security already complete). I already tried that, sadly.

It might be in GCMS, but presumably if they're just waiting on criminality, "Background" should go complete within a business day or so of them receiving and inputting it.

 

[armoured]

Hi, this the email id I received FP request.
IRCC.DNVancouverCitizenship-CitoyenneteVancouverRN.IRCC@cic.gc.ca

What about yours?

Note that @cic.gc.ca is the standard departmental email for IRCC (which used to be named CIC - I don't know why they've not changed the mail, except that it may be government policy to leave them (eg global / foreign affairs and I think all embassies etc are just international.gc.ca ).

So the base/default for email from IRCC is @cic.gc.ca, possibly some @international.gc.ca if staff are based abroad, and gc.ca for all government. If it's from one of those domains, and hasn't been spoofed (display name makes it look like @...gc.ca but the detailed address shows something else like @hotmail), it should be 'from government' and official.

Important: it should be SAFE to whitelist the @cic.gc.ca domain (tell your email client/system that emails from this domain are NOT spam).

Another telltale sign of government: if it's from some 'official' account (not a person in government but a 'function' or office), they will almost always have redundant French and English - or as in above DNVancouverCitizenship-CitoyenneteVancounverRN. And yes, they often repeat stuff even if it's the same in both languages.

Or as people I know in Ottawa joke about it: "Police-d'Ottawa-Police syndrome." (As if anyone would get confused if they left out one of those two 'polices'.)

 

[Johny Bravo]

Note that @cic.gc.ca is the standard departmental email for IRCC (which used to be named CIC - I don't know why they've not changed the mail, except that it may be government policy to leave them (eg global / foreign affairs and I think all embassies etc are just international.gc.ca ).

So the base/default for email from IRCC is @cic.gc.ca, possibly some @international.gc.ca if staff are based abroad, and gc.ca for all government. If it's from one of those domains, and hasn't been spoofed (display name makes it look like @...gc.ca but the detailed address shows something else like @hotmail), it should be 'from government' and official.

Important: it should be SAFE to whitelist the @cic.gc.ca domain (tell your email client/system that emails from this domain are NOT spam).

Another telltale sign of government: if it's from some 'official' account (not a person in government but a 'function' or office), they will almost always have redundant French and English - or as in above DNVancouverCitizenship-CitoyenneteVancounverRN. And yes, they often repeat stuff even if it's the same in both languages.

Or as people I know in Ottawa joke about it: "Police-d'Ottawa-Police syndrome." (As if anyone would get confused if they left out one of those two 'polices'.)

But I guess whatever address it would come from, as long as I check the spam folder too, I won’t miss it

 

[Ghapharr]

No , I didn’t travel outside Canada during eligibility period .

This disproves my theory. Please do share an update when you have one. I'm also monitoring the tracker for update.

One more question please. Did you get an acknowledgement email after responding to the request? I didn't get any and that seems weird!

 

[Adi7]

This disproves my theory. Please do share an update when you have one. I'm also monitoring the tracker for update.

One more question please. Did you get an acknowledgement email after responding to the request? I didn't get any and that seems weird!

I have sent citizenship office all copies of my both passports pages last week and did get the reply email back that they have received the document ,

apart from this ,they even invited for an online interview with citizenship official on March 12 to verify my passport and other documents.

 

[Ghapharr]

I have sent citizenship office all copies of my both passports pages last week and did get the reply email back that they have received the document ,

apart from this ,they even invited for an online interview with citizenship official on March 12 to verify my passport and other documents.

Interesting! I got the request from "
DN PNT CIT Passport / PASSEPORT CIT PTN RN (IRCC) • IRCC.DNPNTCITPassport-PASSEPORTCITPTNRN.IRCC@cic.gc.ca" and responded via the same email address. Did you get yours from same email address? Did you get a reply same day you responded?

I pray and hope your interview goes well. I think it's a just a measure of quality assurance.

 

[aman0312]

We both took the test today and passed.

application submitted - nov 26th
AOR Dec 6th
Test invite: feb 6th thru March 8th
Test taken: March 3
Finger print requested: close to feb 12
Finger print provided: same weekend
Nothing is completed yet. Now it’s time to wait and watch.
all the best you all

 

[JEI-CAN]

Update:

Type: Online application
Location: Ottawa
Physical Presence Days: 1098
Application: Family (1 adult 1 minor):
Application sent: 25 November
Delivered: 25 November
AOR: 4 December
Background Completed: 23 January 2025
Test Invitation 24 January, test time window 31 January - 2 March 2025
Test taken 1 February 2025 - passed (19/20)
Test marked as Completed 6 February 2025
LPP marked as Completed 28 February 2025 (portal updated 4 March 2025)
Citizenship ceremony not started

 

[USProgrammer]

Background marked complete in tracker today (Mar 4). Shows date completed Feb 28.

I was in FPR cohort that got stuck at RCMP from at least Feb 7 to Feb 21. I have a November AOR, but October application date, so my main data is in that October thread. Just sharing here due to the FPR cohort I'm sure many are stuck in.

 

[flores]

hi may i know what does it mean by FPR cohort?

 

[Ghapharr]

Update:

Language skills and Prohibitions marked as completed on February 28, 2025. Tracker updated today March 4, 2025.

 

[DocumentJourney]

Background marked complete in tracker today (Mar 4). Shows date completed Feb 28.

I was in FPR cohort that got stuck at RCMP from at least Feb 7 to Feb 21. I have a November AOR, but October application date, so my main data is in that October thread. Just sharing here due to the FPR cohort I'm sure many are stuck in.

Awesome. Good for you. Thanks for sharing. Hopefully my background check follows yours soon since my fingerprints mailed out on the 21st as well. Now you wait for your LPP! Could be a matter of just a week before you see it complete

 

[USProgrammer]

hi may i know what does it mean by FPR cohort?

Google's AI response for "define:cohort" says "A cohort is a group of people who share a common trait or experience."

I used it to mean those of us who submitted fingerprints to RCMP between Feb 7 (at the latest) and Feb 21 (at the latest) who did not have their responses mailed out by RCMP to IRCC until or around Feb 21, due to an issue in the RCMP mailroom.

 

[USProgrammer]

Awesome. Good for you. Thanks for sharing. Hopefully my background check follows yours soon since my fingerprints mailed out on the 21st as well. Now you wait for your LPP! Could be a matter of just a week before you see it complete

I hope you're right, but my wife @WifeOfUSProgrammer has had her background complete for a long time and has had her test done for nearly 2 weeks now (no FPR) and has had no movement in LPP yet. Same VO (Vancouver).

Edit: To be clear: separate applications.

 

[flores]

Google's AI response for "define:cohort" says "A cohort is a group of people who share a common trait or experience."

I used it to mean those of us who submitted fingerprints to RCMP between Feb 7 (at the latest) and Feb 21 (at the latest) who did not have their responses mailed out by RCMP to IRCC until or around Feb 21, due to an issue in the RCMP mailroom.

Oh thank you for explaining. I am one of those who submitted FP on Feb 21st and no update since then. hoping that after this week there is progress in our application.