Do you have to take the online test IN CANADA?

[Celloyang]

Just wondering if you can take the online test in a different country? I am thinking about visiting my families but afraid an invitation to test will come while I am away.
Thanks !

 

[scylla]

Just wondering if you can take the online test in a different country? I am thinking about visiting my families but afraid an invitation to test will come while I am away.
Thanks !

You must be physically in Canada.

 

[blingyrie]

Just wondering if you can take the online test in a different country? I am thinking about visiting my families but afraid an invitation to test will come while I am away.
Thanks !

Best to ask call center agents here +1 (888) 242-2100

 

[scylla]

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No need. Answer is no. Test has to be taken while physically in Canada.

 

[harirajmohan]

Just wondering if you can take the online test in a different country? I am thinking about visiting my families but afraid an invitation to test will come while I am away.
Thanks !

Test/Interview/Oath - All to be done inside the country like it happened during pre-pandemic.
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/become-canadian-citizen/citizenship-test/online.html
You can only take the test after you receive our invitation.
You must

• complete the test within 21 days of the start date in your invitation
• be in Canada to take the test

 

[novascotia27]

Is it just me but I can’t believe people keep asking the same question over and over again like there is an exemption to this rule.

 

[blingyrie]

No need. Answer is no. Test has to be taken while physically in Canada.

Of course! But some people may need to be convinced by hearing from IRCC directly to stop asking the same question over and over.

 

[PMM]

Hi

Best to ask call center agents here +1 (888) 242-2100

1. Why bother, you have to be IN Canada to take the test and the oath.

 

[bourney0]

How about this scenario: take the test at a Canadian embassy or consulate abroad. Technically if you are inside a consulate you are on Canadian Soil. Has anyone explored this possibility?

 

[bellaluna]

How about this scenario: take the test at a Canadian embassy or consulate abroad. Technically if you are inside a consulate you are on Canadian Soil. Has anyone explored this possibility?

Even before the pandemic, the general public has been largely restricted from entering the embassies/consulates, by appointment for very specific purposes only. I don't think they'd take on the logistics and security for them to allow people to come in to take a 30-minute test.

 

[Seym]

How about this scenario: take the test at a Canadian embassy or consulate abroad. Technically if you are inside a consulate you are on Canadian Soil. Has anyone explored this possibility?

That's a common mistake.
The embassy of a country in another country is inviolable, but the land belongs to the host country.
If you go to the Canadian Embassy in Berlin, you're in Germany, not Canada.

 

[bourney0]

That's a common mistake.
The embassy of a country in another country is inviolable, but the land belongs to the host country.
If you go to the Canadian Embassy in Berlin, you're in Germany, not Canada.

I stand corrected. Thank you.