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June 2020 - Citizenship Application

TempResident

Star Member
May 16, 2016
182
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Germany/Argentina
Hi All,

I have an update. Received Oath Invitation from Mississauga Office, and will be on August 8. Myself and Children.

I have a doubt, I choose for my children to participate in Oath, As a results they received Oath invitation along with Zoom Id and other details. Do they need to login separately with their Zoom details or Can they join with me?

Thank you rajkamalmohanram ,dpenabill, anton1990 and other members on this forum for their advise and valuble support.

I will keep you posted once the oath is done.
Thank you!
congrats! Can you confirm when you received DM and Oath Letter?
 
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melito

Champion Member
Jul 28, 2017
1,012
550
Montreal
Category........
QSW
Visa Office......
CPC-Ottawa
App. Filed.......
23-12-2016
AOR Received.
27-02-2017
Med's Request
05-04-2017
Med's Done....
08-04-2017
Passport Req..
09-02-2018
VISA ISSUED...
15-05-2018
LANDED..........
17-05-2018
Hello, I've an update

New tracker: Everything updated to completed except Oath.
Old tracker: Decision Made

Thank you
Hi, could you provide the dates these updates happened?
What is the date in the new tracker?
 

texanincanada

Full Member
Aug 29, 2016
31
11
Hello everyone! I am creating this thread for those who will apply in June 2020 or those that have already applied, but their application will arrive sometime in June.
This is the link to the 2020 Citizenship online sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1U27V95kWlCVYWB0zye7DvqoXSkyqxgbA31eEJ_TKO6Y/edit
Best of luck to everyone :)
Update from my tracker:
Fingerprints received July 18, 2021
BG completed July 19*, 2021

All other sections of tracker are In Progress, Citizenship and Citizenship Ceremony Not Started

Am I almost to the finish line?

Edit*
 

Syrhazard

Member
Apr 16, 2021
11
7
Currently, you are at the "Decision Made" stage. You'll see "Decision made" on ECAS .

The next step is for you to receive an oath ceremony invitation.

I've updated the spreadsheet for you!

Good luck!
For some reason I didn't get notified about your reply

Thank you I did just verify a DM on the old ECAS :D this is exciting!

Anyone has experience with wait time till an Oath ceremony letter after DM?

Thanks and good luck everyone!
 
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melito

Champion Member
Jul 28, 2017
1,012
550
Montreal
Category........
QSW
Visa Office......
CPC-Ottawa
App. Filed.......
23-12-2016
AOR Received.
27-02-2017
Med's Request
05-04-2017
Med's Done....
08-04-2017
Passport Req..
09-02-2018
VISA ISSUED...
15-05-2018
LANDED..........
17-05-2018
Update from my tracker:
Fingerprints received July 18, 2021
BG completed July 19*, 2021

All other sections of tracker are In Progress, Citizenship and Citizenship Ceremony Not Started

Am I almost to the finish line?

Edit*
Updated. I wouldn't say you are, given that you haven't passed the test yet
 

Halcan

Full Member
Mar 14, 2017
34
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Hi, could you provide the dates these updates happened?
What is the date in the new tracker?


Sent: June 21st 2020
Delivered on June 23rd 2020
Received AOR: Oct 23rd 2020
Montreal office, single applicant,
In progress: 26th Jan 2021
Received test invite: 9 June 2021
Test passed: 11th June 2021
Test updated: 15th June 2021
Everything set to completed except oath: July 22nd 2021
Old tracker: Decision Made
 

SNS76

Hero Member
Feb 11, 2016
209
35
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
NOC Code......
2121
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
Is there anyone from Ottawa (June 2020, applicant), who received test invitation?
 

melito

Champion Member
Jul 28, 2017
1,012
550
Montreal
Category........
QSW
Visa Office......
CPC-Ottawa
App. Filed.......
23-12-2016
AOR Received.
27-02-2017
Med's Request
05-04-2017
Med's Done....
08-04-2017
Passport Req..
09-02-2018
VISA ISSUED...
15-05-2018
LANDED..........
17-05-2018
Sent: June 21st 2020
Delivered on June 23rd 2020
Received AOR: Oct 23rd 2020
Montreal office, single applicant,
In progress: 26th Jan 2021
Received test invite: 9 June 2021
Test passed: 11th June 2021
Test updated: 15th June 2021
Everything set to completed except oath: July 22nd 2021
Old tracker: Decision Made
Updated
 

rajkamalmohanram

VIP Member
Apr 29, 2015
15,803
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I guess Ottawa is very slow. May be experts @melito and @rajkamalmohanram can throw some light.
There are very few applicants for Ottawa as compared to Toronto / Montreal, and yet they are at snail's pace.

Thank you
Well, there are some stats available in the spreadsheet specific to Ottawa office.

City
Month
App Count
AOR
AOR to IP
IP to Test Invite
Test Invite to test
Test to DM
DM to Oath Letter
Oath Letter to Oath
App. Complete in Days
Ottawa
January987148274926558
February620573169451528
March421540127239796505
April2186621187473
May215058429
June215680153406
July4119721484379
August29737340
September511643312
October510334285
November58538257
December46423921638216

You can take a look at the numbers here. The reason why Ottawa appears "slow" is probably because the application count for Ottawa office is very, very low. There are only 50 applications from Ottawa in total for all of 2020.

For comparison, take a look at the stats for Mississauga/Toronto/Brampton offices below (Most of "Toronto" and all of "Brampton" applicants are processed in Mississauga IMO)

I'm adding up all the applicants from Mississauga, Brampton and (conservatively) 50% of Toronto applicants. The app count comes to 60 + 74 + 156 (311/2) = Approximately 290 applicants that are being processed in Mississauga office.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1U27V95kWlCVYWB0zye7DvqoXSkyqxgbA31eEJ_TKO6Y/edit#gid=2028470052

The App count is simply off the charts for GTA applicants when compared to Ottawa applicants. Since the app count for Ottawa is low, you don't see much updates from Ottawa applicants and it might appear that the office is much slower compared to the offices in the GTA (like Mississauga office).

Not sure if any of this makes sense but this is my take on why Ottawa office appears to be "very slow". The sample set for Ottawa is very small and hence the average processing times you see might not be properly reflected with such a small sample set.
 
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