I would! Depends on the day (weekends would be useless as nobody works there) but I’m in and can join for couple hours. The address is 877 Expo Blvd, that’s the one where they process our applications.
Vancouver Citizenship Test Invite - Masterthread
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Yes. I can definitely do 2-3 hours and I think best would be from 11:30am onwards as that’s when immigration officers leave in and out for lunch (I assume). I would suggest to hold a banner with application numbers so they can possibly remember them and maybe finally actually take a look at those applications once they go back to the building watching Netflix.
This person applied as an urgent case and they approved it as "urgent" therefore it's way faster.
For anyone, preferably from BC, who recently had their oath ceremony, how long was the wait to receive your certificate? The email indicates that it will take up to 4-6 weeks, but earlier this year, people seemed to received theirs in a week or so.
Did mine at the end Jan, so I don’t know if is still relevant, but I got mine 6 days after taking my oath.
Sorry here is my timeline:
Citizenship timeline : regular application (family of 3)
Location: Vancouver, BC
Application sent: August, 14, 2019
Application delivered: August 21, 2019
AOR: NOV 6, 2019
In Process ECAS: NOV 21, 2019
Test invite: JAN 15, 2021
Took&passed test: JAN 22, 2021
DM: JAN 26/27 (not sure), 2021
1st Oath invite: 20th FEB, 2021 (for March 12, 2021. But got cancelled due to "IT issue")
2nd Oath invite: 24th MAR, 2021 (oath will held on 31st March)
Congratulations! I have a random question though, I am always confused by people who have urgent processing. How did you know that they accepted your request for urgent processing? More importantly, why do some people get approved for urgent processing and some do not? I have seem many people posting that they applied and they dont hear a response from IRCC.