July 2020 - Citizenship application

[saik143]

In the last couple of hours, I heard two of my friends got the Oath ceremony invite, both are early 2020 applicants.

Hopefully we get ours soon.

Does anyone know at what step we should surrender/ renounce our current passport? (For countries that doesn't support dual citizenship)

Appreciate any guidance.

Good luck everyone

 

[El73]

Congrats. What is your location?

Toronto,have no idea which office

 

[anton1990]

I am waiting for FP request as per ircc I should recieve it soon but still no email. How much is this going to delay my process?

If background check is not completed, i do not think your file is at local office

 

[Das67]

If background check is not completed, i do not think your file is at local office

really depends on file, applied as a family my BG is complete but my wife's BG still in progress and she received a FP. Last time I checked my file was in Edmonton office already and I will assumed her file too as we applied as a family.

 

[Markham101010]

In the last couple of hours, I heard two of my friends got the Oath ceremony invite, both are early 2020 applicants.

Hopefully we get ours soon.

Does anyone know at what step we should surrender/ renounce our current passport? (For countries that doesn't support dual citizenship)

Appreciate any guidance.

Good luck everyone

That would depend on your current citizenship. Some automatically consider you to have renounced when you take up the second one. Others have a specific process in place. You may wish to contact your country's embassy or consulate directly. Congrats on your Canadian Citizenship.

 

[Pickachu21]

In the last couple of hours, I heard two of my friends got the Oath ceremony invite, both are early 2020 applicants.

Hopefully we get ours soon.

Does anyone know at what step we should surrender/ renounce our current passport? (For countries that doesn't support dual citizenship)

Appreciate any guidance.

Good luck everyone

Hi there ,

is it compulsory to attend the oath ceremony ? Does anyone know if we dont attend it then what will happen ?

 

[Pickachu21]

Are Citizenship tests online now ?

My Friend and I both submitted our applications together . Here is the timeline if you want to add on spreadsheet .

My Friend

Application Filed : 20th July 2020
AOR : 15th November 2020
Background : completed on 25th Feb 2021
Language skills : In progress
Prohibition : In progress
Physical Presence : In progress
Citizenship Test : waiting
Citizenship ceremony : waiting

Mine :


Application Filed : 20th July 2020
AOR : 28th January 2021
Background : completed on 09th March 2021
Language skills : In progress
Prohibition : In progress
Physical Presence : In progress
Citizenship Test : waiting
Citizenship ceremony : waiting

Both of us are currently living in Montreal. I have also submitted request for GMCS notes however I haven’t received any reply .It’s been 2 weeks since I requested the information .

Again :

Are all citizenship tests online now ?
is Oath ceremony necessary? What will happen if we don’t go ?

i will very much appricate the answer .

Cheers

 

[Canadiann2020]

Hey guys,
How come my file still has everything in progress? All my friends have there background verifications completed back in March.Any idea what's going on? Is anyone in the same position as me? I am early July 2020 applicant.
Thank-you.

 

[citizenship.enthusiast]

Hey guys,
How come my file still has everything in progress? All my friends have there background verifications completed back in March.Any idea what's going on? Is anyone in the same position as me? I am early July 2020 applicant.
Thank-you.

I am sure that's a question many of us including me are asking. There's zero logic behind how IRCC processes applications - at least from an outsiders point of view.
Just have patience is all I can say.

 

[Markham101010]

Hi there ,

is it compulsory to attend the oath ceremony ? Does anyone know if we dont attend it then what will happen ?

100% You must attend it. You do not become a citizen until AFTER you have taken your oath. So be sure to be in Canada for your (virtual) Oath.

 

[Pickachu21]

100% You must attend it. You do not become a citizen until AFTER you have taken your oath. So be sure to be in Canada for your (virtual) Oath.

Thanks . I read that on IRCC too.

 

[Radium]

Hey guys,
How come my file still has everything in progress? All my friends have there background verifications completed back in March.Any idea what's going on? Is anyone in the same position as me? I am early July 2020 applicant.
Thank-you.

Yes, same here, everything is in-progress. I called IRCC to get an update. The agent said my file is transferred to the local office (Calgary). She had no other update on file.
But, I don’t see Calgary office processing any files at the moment. There’s no moment on any threads for Calgary office.
That staff also mentioned there is only 25% staff working at all IRCC offices, and the call center is working from home.

 

[Naush4]

Hey guys,
How come my file still has everything in progress? All my friends have there background verifications completed back in March.Any idea what's going on? Is anyone in the same position as me? I am early July 2020 applicant.
Thank-you.

What if Background check is Complete, my application is still in process..
I think at present they are sending test invites to January or Feb 2020 applicants.
July people have to a wait for a while!

 

[simson toms]

I got a finger print request on the tracker but no email or instructions as mentioned in tracker . What do I do?

 

[El73]

Got official test invite email ( couple of days ago it showed up in tracker) Non urgent application!