April 2018 - Citizenship Applicant

[JPBless]

1 year is nothing ... mine has taken 19 months

Unfortunately the long delay diminishes the joy of receiving citizenship

 

[JPBless]

Scarborough office is too slow. My one year is completing in 4 days

Mine's a year and a week. Scarborough and Mississauga are in the same boat. Very slow.

 

[Jayson]

Mine's a year and a week. Scarborough and Mississauga are in the same boat. Very slow.

It’s a bloody wrecked ship ..

 

[Jayson]

Unfortunately the long delay diminishes the joy of receiving citizenship

Exactly lol

 

[new_guy]

Hi All,

Wanted to share my Oath experience with you all.. Finally I am a Canadian.. Horrrrray...

- Reached the Mississauga center at 8:50 AM
- Stood in line - when my turn came - they took away my PR card - checked my invitation letter and asked me to take my seat
- My number was 88 - there were 100 candidates in total
- Clerk came and explained the ceremony process
- Said we can apply for passport after two business days - so Thursday
- Judge (funny guy) came and we all stood up.
- He cracked few jokes and briefed us again about the process.
- We all stood up for the Oath (goosebumps.. may be couple of tears too)
- We took the Oath - one clerk walked around and made sure everyone present was saying the Oath
- Row by row, we stood in line to sign a document to confirm
- Stood in another Q to get the certificate from the judge
- Went back to my seat - when all were done - we stood again for the anthem
- Judge left - came back to take pictures with all
- Left the hall at 10:50 AM

It was very straight forward and well organised event.. they allow guests to be present in the hall... You can take pictures/video of the whole event except Oath and Anthem. I was in an out in 2 hours... The only thing I didn't like was there were couple of babies who were crying/cranky and the clerk was rude to their parents and asked them to leave the hall.

I wish everyone in this forum good luck and speedy process. Also, thank you to all the members who have helped during this long and tiring journey. It's kind of assuring when other people post messages saying they got it through and also little calming when you know/read that you are not the only one and other people are with you in this journey.

O Canada....

 

[Alanvh20181]

Just got my Oath invite this morning for Kitchener! Finally!! Wrote my test on the 14th March and invite 29 April. Oath in 2 weeks...

 

[kprs_ind]

Hi All,

I completed my oath ceremony and received the Canadian Citizenship Certificate. They took the PR card.

While applying for the passport, what does they mean by "valid Canadian travel document"? What can I submit for this?

For "references", can non-canadian citizen (PR) provide reference?

 

[xylene]

Hi All,

I completed my oath ceremony and received the Canadian Citizenship Certificate. They took the PR card.

While applying for the passport, what does they mean by "valid Canadian travel document"? What can I submit for this?

For "references", can non-canadian citizen (PR) provide reference?

I think you should choose 'No' if you do not have any other travel document.
References can be anyone

 

[TrueNorthEast]

Hi All,
I have been a silent observer of this forum until now
I am an April 2018 applicant (app delivered on Apr 10 to be exact) without a test invite yet and my application is being processed in Mississauga. No correspondence after AOR in May 2018. ATIP notes dated back to March 2019 indicates "Test Ready Tagged" since Feb 2019. Finally, I decided to contact my local MP to request a status update from IRCC. Does anyone who contacted their MP know what information they sent to their MP such as Application Number, UCI etc... ? I am planning to write an email to my local MP with those information. Hopefully I am doing the correct thing. Thanks for any replies.

 

[AashNavid]

Hi All,
I have been a silent observer of this forum until now
I am an April 2018 applicant (app delivered on Apr 10 to be exact) without a test invite yet and my application is being processed in Mississauga. No correspondence after AOR in May 2018. ATIP notes dated back to March 2019 indicates "Test Ready Tagged" since Feb 2019. Finally, I decided to contact my local MP to request a status update from IRCC. Does anyone who contacted their MP know what information they sent to their MP such as Application Number, UCI etc... ? I am planning to write an email to my local MP with those information. Hopefully I am doing the correct thing. Thanks for any replies.

I am also in the same boat, April 30 ..... 1 year done ............nothing in the email box

 

[dkmemon]

Hi All,
I have been a silent observer of this forum until now
I am an April 2018 applicant (app delivered on Apr 10 to be exact) without a test invite yet and my application is being processed in Mississauga. No correspondence after AOR in May 2018. ATIP notes dated back to March 2019 indicates "Test Ready Tagged" since Feb 2019. Finally, I decided to contact my local MP to request a status update from IRCC. Does anyone who contacted their MP know what information they sent to their MP such as Application Number, UCI etc... ? I am planning to write an email to my local MP with those information. Hopefully I am doing the correct thing. Thanks for any replies.

I am also from Mississauga ,initially I sent inquiry through web form but they said they have contacted my office and they will contact me ,yesterday I contacted my MP and he asked me to fill the consent form and send the copy of drivers license so that they can contact IRCC on my behalf...I am sure it will not expedite the process but who knows ...It may work,we should take our efforts.
Bottom line contacting your MP is not a bad idea....

 

[3bdcanada]

I am also from Mississauga ,initially I sent inquiry through web form but they said they have contacted my office and they will contact me ,yesterday I contacted my MP and he asked me to fill the consent form and send the copy of drivers license so that they can contact IRCC on my behalf...I am sure it will not expedite the process but who knows ...It may work,we should take our efforts.
Bottom line contacting your MP is not a bad idea....

It was a very bad idea for me; they literally wasted my time and provided nothing than what i can get by calling IRCC. But, i heard some MPs are really supportive - mine was the opposite.

 

[torrcan]

02 April 2018 applicant from Brampton, In process since 20 June 2018.
Ordered ATIP notes on 30 March 2019 and received it today morning.
It's showing "Test Ready Tagged" at Mississauga IRCC since 25 October 2018. No updates since then.

 

[AashNavid]

It was a very bad idea for me; they literally wasted my time and provided nothing than what i can get by calling IRCC. But, i heard some MPs are really supportive - mine was the opposite.

I am from Windsor, Ontario. but my experience with MP was good when my father applies for a visit visa and embassy denied then apply again and also update to MP, he fully supports and calls the embassy and he also updates that i called on your behalf then next day, visa issued and also received from the embassy that all done ...

 

[3bdcanada]

I am from Windsor, Ontario. but my experience with MP was good when my father applies for a visit visa and embassy denied then apply again and also update to MP, he fully supports and calls the embassy and he also updates that i called on your behalf then next day, visa issued and also received from the embassy that all done ...

You are lucky then . Hope your MP can help you here as well.