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December 2019 - Citizenship Application

reivax

Star Member
Jul 27, 2015
175
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AOR Received.
03-08-2015
Passport Req..
11-01-2016
VISA ISSUED...
27-01-2016
Interesting. Perhaps Atlantic Canada Oaths are managed centrally from Halifax.
Yes. The oath (at least in my case) was handled by Halifax office though officers came from both offices. And it seems Atlantic Canada applications are processed on a regional basis rather than by province.
 

reivax

Star Member
Jul 27, 2015
175
24
AOR Received.
03-08-2015
Passport Req..
11-01-2016
VISA ISSUED...
27-01-2016
Also how many days it took from Test complete to DM
I didn't track that change on my status I'm guessing it changed right after I received an email from CIC. as per tracking it's around 23 days.
 

Abhishek901

Star Member
Jun 10, 2015
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Toronto
Things seem to have slowed down of late. No new test invites or oath letters. It's been 22 days since I completed my test. I was hoping to get my letter within 23 days like you got.
 
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YBnormal

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Feb 14, 2021
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Hi,

Please add my information to the spreadsheet, thank you.

Citizenship timeline (single applicant):
Location: Halifax, NS
Application delivered: December 03, 2019
AOR: February 21, 2020
In Process ECAS: February 26, 2020
Fingerprint request: N/A
Test invite: N/A
 

hola1997

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Dec 5, 2019
73
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Things seem to have slowed down of late. No new test invites or oath letters. It's been 22 days since I completed my test. I was hoping to get my letter within 23 days like you got.
Same. Still waiting for an Oath invitation despite my ECAS updated to Decision Made.

Edit: Called IRCC today and the lady was telling me to keep waiting (as expected) as the case depends on the agent, but at least she told me that my documents are all in and nothing is missing. Just feels like the MTL office is super slow on oath invitations.
 
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Radium

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Apr 12, 2013
274
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Category........
Visa Office......
CPC-M
NOC Code......
INLAND
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
September 18, 2014
AOR Received.
May 28. 2015
Med's Done....
August 18, 2014
There seems to be a huge backlog of people waiting on virtual oath ceremony.

I believe there is no reason to delay oath ceremonies as they are all virtual, more or less like the online knowledge test.
As per reports, after the new covid variants IRCC limited number of online citizenship ceremonies.

Found this statistics on a recent article:


In the first 11 months of last year (2020) 107,119 people became Canadian citizens, down 54.1 per cent from the number of new Canadian citizens for the comparable period the previous year (2019)

In 2019, the number of newcomers who took the citizenship oath was 250,367.

But the COVID-19 global pandemic put the skids to citizenship ceremonies early last year, with the number of new Canadian citizens per month dropping from 27,008 in February that year to only 14 in April and 61 in May.

The launch of virtual citizenship ceremonies in July caused those numbers to climb back up.

In July, official statistics show 7,013 took the citizenship oath, and that rose gradually during the next two months to a high of 13,819 in September.

Then, the number of new Canadian citizens per month sagged again as the second wave of the pandemic hit in earnest. Despite that harsher second wave, 9,194 people became Canadian citizens in October and another 3,365 in November.
 

Imy2020

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Mar 29, 2020
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Hi Guys, do you know any translation company that can do urgent translation to English, of the stamps on passeport? like within 24 hours
Thanks so much!
 

sairam99

Star Member
Jun 9, 2010
66
34
Category........
Visa Office......
Newdelhi
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
2ND WEEK OF APRIL 2010
Doc's Request.
2ND WEEK OF JULY 2010
AOR Received.
LAST WEEK OF OCTOBER 2010
Med's Request
1ST WEEK OF MARCH 2013
Med's Done....
3RD WEEK OF MARCH 2013
VISA ISSUED...
LAST WEEK OF APRIL 2013
LANDED..........
JULY 2013
I have received a test invite today at 10:03 MST. Admin, please update the tracker at row 58.
my timelines:
Application Reached: 12th, December 2019.
AOR: 17th February 2020
In-process: 10th March 2020
Test Invite: 17th February 2021.
TEST START DATE: 2021-02-22 (yyyy/mm/dd) at 12:00 AMEastern Standard Time
TEST END DATE: 2021-03-14 (yyyy/mm/dd) at 10:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
 

canvisa13

Hero Member
Nov 21, 2019
504
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I have received a test invite today at 10:03 MST. Admin, please update the tracker at row 58.
my timelines:
Application Reached: 12th, December 2019.
AOR: 17th February 2020
In-process: 10th March 2020
Test Invite: 17th February 2021.
TEST START DATE: 2021-02-22 (yyyy/mm/dd) at 12:00 AMEastern Standard Time
TEST END DATE: 2021-03-14 (yyyy/mm/dd) at 10:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Congrats. Toronto?
 

appunnu

Star Member
Jan 31, 2017
73
46
All,

Me and my wife have both received a test invite today at 1:40 pm EST.

My timelines:

Application Reached: 31, December 2019.
AOR: 27th February 2020
In-process: 10th March 2020
Test Invite: 17th February 2021.
TEST START DATE: 2021-02-19
TEST END DATE: 2021-03-11
 

sairam99

Star Member
Jun 9, 2010
66
34
Category........
Visa Office......
Newdelhi
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
2ND WEEK OF APRIL 2010
Doc's Request.
2ND WEEK OF JULY 2010
AOR Received.
LAST WEEK OF OCTOBER 2010
Med's Request
1ST WEEK OF MARCH 2013
Med's Done....
3RD WEEK OF MARCH 2013
VISA ISSUED...
LAST WEEK OF APRIL 2013
LANDED..........
JULY 2013

decapp

Full Member
Sep 10, 2020
31
3
All,

Me and my wife have both received a test invite today at 1:40 pm EST.

My timelines:
Application Reached: 31, December 2019.
AOR: 27th February 2020
In-process: 10th March 2020
Test Invite: 17th February 2021.
TEST START DATE: 2021-02-19
TEST END DATE: 2021-03-11
Congratulations!
My timeline is very close to yours.. are you from Ontario?
 

Bains87

Hero Member
Sep 4, 2014
463
143
It seems like Vancouver/surrey Offices are not working at all, has anyone from BC received the test invite yet?
 

carol90

Star Member
Feb 3, 2021
131
48
All,

Me and my wife have both received a test invite today at 1:40 pm EST.

My timelines:
Application Reached: 31, December 2019.
AOR: 27th February 2020
In-process: 10th March 2020
Test Invite: 17th February 2021.
TEST START DATE: 2021-02-19
TEST END DATE: 2021-03-11
congratulation