December 2018 - Citizenship Applications

[arjun29]

hey guys you can add me to the spread sheet as well. Applied dec 2018 in process feb 2019. April 2019 finger printing request may 15 2019 criminality passed and waiting for test date. Edmonton office. physical presence 1500+ days

 

[VijayAggarwal]

no movement on my application. I got AOR on March 11

 

[Canadian306]

Please update:

Oath letter date: July 2, 2019
Oath ceremony: July 18, 2019

Cheers!

 

[Marticus]

Nearing 6 weeks since I completed my citizenship test (20/20). ECAS still shows "In Process".... anyone else in the same boat, waiting for "Decision Made"??

 

[will6761]

Nearing 6 weeks since I completed my citizenship test (20/20). ECAS still shows "In Process".... anyone else in the same boat, waiting for "Decision Made"??

The same here. 3 months already

 

[raphmih]

Nearing 6 weeks since I completed my citizenship test (20/20). ECAS still shows "In Process".... anyone else in the same boat, waiting for "Decision Made"??

The same here. 3 months already

file ATIP/Privacy Act. Wont hurt, at least will send them message. However, overall my thought that all's just fine, and it is a matter of time. One for sure, there's no clear cut on the processing time thing. Good luck!

 

[didee]

Please update my status:

Test Invite: July 5, 2019
Test Date: July 19, 2019

 

[sk1984indian]

Please update my status:

Test Invite: July 5, 2019
Test Date: July 19, 2019

Congratulations and Good Luck!

 

[Kurdi123]

ID: Kurdi123
App sent: Dec 8
App recvd: Dec 12
Location: Vaughan
AOR: Mar 8
In process: Apr 1st

Anybody still waiting in the GTA??
This is frustrating maaan

 

[Nav2132]

Hi guy's

I have done Finger Prints on 20th March, and after that I haven't heard form CIC.
should I call them to verify.. ?
Please Suggest..

 

[Kurdi123]

Hey guys, Where can I find the spreadsheet? I’m trying to figure out the average time in GTA from IP to test invitation.

I’m going through the forum and it looks like people all over the place in terms of when they applied and how far they got.

 

[Jacobz]

ID: Kurdi123
App sent: Dec 8
App recvd: Dec 12
Location: Vaughan
AOR: Mar 8
In process: Apr 1st

Anybody still waiting in the GTA??
This is frustrating maaan

I feel your frustration, waiting game out west also.. hopefully any day now!

 

[Philly898]

Hey guys, Where can I find the spreadsheet? I’m trying to figure out the average time in GTA from IP to test invitation.

I’m going through the forum and it looks like people all over the place in terms of when they applied and how far they got.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UVvKb4Sem00uOCyB2kTeM2_AofgT_8b4uTJyBh9pXdg/htmlview?usp=sharing&sle=true&pru=AAABaaHukRs*1o9_p-Up044TirIsoB6cww

 

[_KK8512_]

Hi all,

I did my citizenship test this morning in Ottawa on Queen Street. Here was my experience.

Arrived at 7:15am, exactly one hour ahead of time. The office opens the door around 8am, have your invitation letter and PR card ready to show to the security guard before he/she lets you sit in the waiting area. Test takes place in a mini-conference room, everybody is asked to sit on a certain side of the room. Questionnaire is easy, just make sure you read the Discover Canada guide well.

The interview itself was mostly as other posters described: relatively quick and straight-forward. In my case, I had my Masters degrees from France and Canada, my Notice of Assessment for every tax year I filed, passports and other identity cards (e.g. PR card, Driver's license and so on), and my US travel history print-out. The officer I met was only interested in looking at my passport stamps and ensuring the dates matched. He did ask me where I work, my occupation there and whether I was married and had kids. There were a couple of small mistakes in my trip reporting which I acknowledged upfront and explained to him that it was my miss. There was a passport stamp that he was looking for but the US port of entry didn't put it there, so he kept asking about that and I explained that I was flag-poling. He did tell me that he checked my dates more carefully because my total days were close to the cut-off. In the end he was happy with my accounting of days and approved my file and told me that I should be scheduled for oath 3 months from now.

Most of the officers that I saw talking were pretty chill and just did their due diligence. Certainly in my case I think the officer was lenient because he saw that I was honest with him and was interacting positively with him. Attitude does make a difference and certainly officers are trying to do their due diligence. Note that I haven't seen any updates on ecas so I don't expect to see "DM" in my case, I will just wait for Oath invitation.

 

[expressentryqueen]

Hi all,

I did my citizenship test this morning in Ottawa on Queen Street. Here was my experience.

Arrived at 7:15am, exactly one hour ahead of time. The office opens the door around 8am, have your invitation letter and PR card ready to show to the security guard before he/she lets you sit in the waiting area. Test takes place in a mini-conference room, everybody is asked to sit on a certain side of the room. Questionnaire is easy, just make sure you read the Discover Canada guide well.

The interview itself was mostly as other posters described: relatively quick and straight-forward. In my case, I had my Masters degrees from France and Canada, my Notice of Assessment for every tax year I filed, passports and other identity cards (e.g. PR card, Driver's license and so on), and my US travel history print-out. The officer I met was only interested in looking at my passport stamps and ensuring the dates matched. He did ask me where I work, my occupation there and whether I was married and had kids. There were a couple of small mistakes in my trip reporting which I acknowledged upfront and explained to him that it was my miss. There was a passport stamp that he was looking for but the US port of entry didn't put it there, so he kept asking about that and I explained that I was flag-poling. He did tell me that he checked my dates more carefully because my total days were close to the cut-off. In the end he was happy with my accounting of days and approved my file and told me that I should be scheduled for oath 3 months from now.

Most of the officers that I saw talking were pretty chill and just did their due diligence. Certainly in my case I think the officer was lenient because he saw that I was honest with him and was interacting positively with him. Attitude does make a difference and certainly officers are trying to do their due diligence. Note that I haven't seen any updates on ecas so I don't expect to see "DM" in my case, I will just wait for Oath invitation.

Thanks, this is very helpful. i have my test tomorrow too in Ottawa.