September 2017 Citizenship Applications

[ghaly]

Hey guys I have the following two questions please:
Q1: We applied together as one family (4 members) and we got the test invite at the same day, my son has a mid term exam at that day so, to change the test date he should send them an email to ask for that are they going to change him the test date for himself only or for the hole family?
Q2: one of my sons is less than 18 so he didn't receive a test invite, should we take him with us to present his original documents or we can do that for him without his presence?

 

[myyyyc]

Hey guys I have the following two questions please:
Q1: We applied together as one family (4 members) and we got the test invite at the same day, my son has a mid term exam at that day so, to change the test date he should send them an email to ask for that are they going to change him the test date for himself only or for the hole family?
Q2: one of my sons is less than 18 so he didn't receive a test invite, should we take him with us to present his original documents or we can do that for him without his presence?

not sure about your older son's case and how cic would reschedule the exams. But for your younger son, he does not have to be present.

 

[myyyyc]

good news.. congrats. which office?

it is Calgary

 

[myyyyc]

He had a CBSA record for all of my trips during the six years , so it was easy for him to see any missed trips. All of my information checked out from the CBSA record to the CRS calculator except the 4 trips that I had missed putting on the CRS calculator. I wasn't clear on the stamp issue; he leafed through my passport and kind of "spot checked" a few of them against my CRS calculator.
Hope this is helpful information!

In my case, the CIC official checked each and every page / stamp of my passports and validated them against what I reported. but maybe that is because I don't travel much, it was not very hard to do the work.

 

[TLHeart]

Good info, and applicable to my case as well. I would be surprised if I did not miss at least one or two trips from 5+ years ago. Thanks for sharing.

-A.

You are very welcome, and I'm glad it helped at least one person!

 

[uCHEMAMA]

Ya-Hoo. Finally got oath ceremony invite. Please update my timeline. Thanks.

We sent you a notice on January 22, 2018 to appear and take the oath of citizenship at the citizenship ceremony to be held on March 2, 2018 at 8:00 AM. The notice you will receive will be your official confirmation of your appointment. If you have not received this notice prior to the date of your scheduled appointment, please contact us.

Hi Guys,

My application was sent September 24th. It still shows in Process since November 21. No movement yet. Are any Toronto folks experiencing the same?

 

[TLHeart]

I received Decision Made, Jan 24th 2018 on ECAS.

Citizenship Office - Toronto (although I took the test in Scarborough...not sure if that means I've been switched to the Scarborough office now?)
App Type - Single
# Days in Canada - 1540
Application sent: September 7, 2017
Application delivered: September 11, 2017
AOR: October 11, 2017
In process: October 25, 2017
Test invite: Jan 3, 2018
Test date: January 23, 2018...Passed
Decision Made - January 24, 2018
Oath Invite -
Oath -

 

[TLHeart]

Hi Guys,

My application was sent September 24th. It still shows in Process since November 21. No movement yet. Are any Toronto folks experiencing the same?

It took them about 2 months and 9 days to send me the test invite from IP, so I hope you will get it soon! Toronto is generally slow and the average seems to be higher than other places, if you look across the data for other months.

 

[TyrusX]

Yes! Passed my tests. Got just an Group of Seven question wrong. Lady didn't verify any of my photocopies, quickly skimmed over my stamps. I was worried because I had 2 visa stamps in portuguese/spanish but she didn't care. Looking forward to the oath now!

 

[rajmalhotra7]

I received Decision Made, Jan 24th 2018 on ECAS.

Citizenship Office - Toronto (although I took the test in Scarborough...not sure if that means I've been switched to the Scarborough office now?)
App Type - Single
# Days in Canada - 1540
Application sent: September 7, 2017
Application delivered: September 11, 2017
AOR: October 11, 2017
In process: October 25, 2017
Test invite: Jan 3, 2018
Test date: January 23, 2018...Passed
Decision Made - January 24, 2018
Oath Invite -
Oath -

Updated. Congrats!!

 

[Pasi]

I received Decision Made, Jan 24th 2018 on ECAS.

Citizenship Office - Toronto (although I took the test in Scarborough...not sure if that means I've been switched to the Scarborough office now?)
App Type - Single
# Days in Canada - 1540
Application sent: September 7, 2017
Application delivered: September 11, 2017
AOR: October 11, 2017
In process: October 25, 2017
Test invite: Jan 3, 2018
Test date: January 23, 2018...Passed
Decision Made - January 24, 2018
Oath Invite -
Oath -

You seem pretty close with my timeline. Same Scarborough.. i am single applicant too.. got test invite on Jan 12 and test is on Jan 31. Hope we move forward together.. keep us posted about your Oath invite.

 

[ThierrYUL]

Hello to all,

Change of status as of today, January 24th.

Citizenship Office - Montreal
App Type - Family (2)
# Days in Canada - 1464
App Mailed - 11 September 2017
App Delivered - 12 September 2017
AOR - 13 October 2017
In process - 23 November 2017
Invitation to test - 24 January 2018
Test - 7 February 2018

 

[Libanais]

Congratulations man , I’m applicant Montreal also. In process since 5 December, what I see that the processing time takes 2 months

 

[rajmalhotra7]

Hello to all,

Change of status as of today, January 24th.

Citizenship Office - Montreal
App Type - Family (2)
# Days in Canada - 1464
App Mailed - 11 September 2017
App Delivered - 12 September 2017
AOR - 13 October 2017
In process - 23 November 2017
Invitation to test - 24 January 2018
Test - 7 February 2018

Updated. Congrats!!

 

[miranda1986]

i am so happy for everyone getting their test invites, and passing tests and scheduling oath ceremonies!

but when is it going to be our turn?????? i mean, my husband's case is very simple. we had like 6 trips in the last 4 years. It has been 2 months that we are in progress. why would they not yet confirm the 6 trips? i think my husband's name is a common name, and it is causing the delay... according to october applicants, ottawa is already scheduling exams for february 20th. with our luck, my husbands will be the week of the 26th, where he has to go to USA for a business trip. :/