January 2021 - Citizenship Applicants

[bajanqueen]

I just checked my online application status and it has been updated :
You have been scheduled to take the citizenship test online. Read the invitation you will receive carefully.

• You need to take your online citizenship test between October 4, 2021 and October 25, 2021.

update was made September 27.

 

[nv0411]

Received oath invite for October 4th 2021... Scarborough office..

 

[thatguyoverthere]

Congrats man.. Let's hope everyone gets to see the same status soon.

Also, I think they should start in person oath ceremonies now. With vaccine passports (at least in Ontario) it's not very difficult to resume some sense of normalcy. Processing a bunch of people and handing out citizenship certificates at the same time, will get rid of all the online bureaucracy, backlogs and months of waiting times just for oath.

Really hoping so.

I agree about clearing all the backlogs and unending waiting times. Apparently there are still people from 2019 who haven’t even been invited to take the test smh.

 

[thatguyoverthere]

Received oath invite for October 4th 2021... Scarborough office..

Nice! Congratulations!

I saw that you had initially been scheduled for March 2022, I can only imagine how annoying that must’ve been to be scheduled for Oath 6 months in advance

Happy for you that it got changed and now you become a citizen next week

 

[Aspat]

Should the entry and exit stamps on the passport with the dates mentioned in English be translated if the words entry (entrada) and exit (salida) are in spanish? Sometimes, it is just E or S on the stamp.

 

[Ramii]

Should the entry and exit stamps on the passport with the dates mentioned in English be translated if the words entry (entrada) and exit (salida) are in spanish? Sometimes, it is just E or S on the stamp.

Check with the translator just to be sure.

 

[krajput1221]

January 18 online
Aor -26 July
Bg complete - 20 august
Test invite -27- October 13
Test given - sept 27 , passed it 19/20
Test completed - sept 29

 

[bajanqueen]

I just checked my online application status and it has been updated :
You have been scheduled to take the citizenship test online. Read the invitation you will receive carefully.

• You need to take your online citizenship test between October 4, 2021 and October 25, 2021.

update was made September 27.

Update : official letter received Sept 29 request for photocopies of all passport pages

 

[prt22]

Got the email today! Along with the test invite, there's also a request for me to send in scanned copies of all passports/travel documents held during the 5 year eligibility period. Does anyone know if nexus card is also counted as a travel document?

So I sent in my passport copies on Sep 14 but haven't received any acknowledgements yet.

On the other hand, I did my test on Sep 25 and passed 20/20 and saw the tracker has been updated with test complete on Sep 28. Everything else is still in progress except test and background verification.

 

[seraolo]

So I sent in my passport copies on Sep 14 but haven't received any acknowledgements yet.

On the other hand, I did my test on Sep 25 and passed 20/20 and saw the tracker has been updated with test complete on Sep 28. Everything else is still in progress except test and background verification.

I have same situation as well .....last update September 3rd .....still waiting for next step

 

[anyusernameisgood]

@Ramii any update on your tracker? stuff still in progress? That's what it is for me.

Looking at the spreadsheet, wondering if we're next cause thatguyoverthere is DM, but he's from calgary. Or maybe not because we're mississauga office

 

[lenchezzz]

Hello @softwaretesting could you please update the tracker with the following info? Thank you! Have a great day!

Location: Toronto, ON
Application Type: Family (2)
Physical Presence Days: 1,118
5 Year Eligibility: Jan 2nd, 2016 - Jan 1st, 2021
App Sent Date: Jan 2nd, 2021
App Delivered Date: Jan 11th, 2021
AOR Date: March 10th, 2021
In-process Date: April 23rd, 2021
Background verification complete (wife) - April 27th, 2021
Fingerprints required (husband): June 28th, 2021
Fingerprints received (husband): August 15th, 2021
Background verification complete (husband) - August 16th, 2021
Citizenship Test Invite - September 10th to September 30th
Test given - September 28th, 2021 , passed it 19/20 (both)
Test section updated to completed - September 29th, 2021

 

[jackbauer]

So I sent in my passport copies on Sep 14 but haven't received any acknowledgements yet.

On the other hand, I did my test on Sep 25 and passed 20/20 and saw the tracker has been updated with test complete on Sep 28. Everything else is still in progress except test and background verification.

In this case Nexus doesn’t count. I guess you are American. The next step for you in the tracker will be decision made. Congrats

 

[Ramii]

@Ramii any update on your tracker? stuff still in progress? That's what it is for me.

Looking at the spreadsheet, wondering if we're next cause thatguyoverthere is DM, but he's from calgary. Or maybe not because we're mississauga office

Nothing so far, everything is in progress, but the background verification and the Citizenship test are completeled. The rest are all in progress. I think it depends on the office, you are right.

 

[nv0411]

Completed my oath today (Scarborough office). Relatively straightforward. There were a few minor glitches initially - as I tried to join the meeting it kept showing a message that the "meeting has been ended by the host".. finally we were let in. Then there was a bit of a nervous wait for the admin/clerk to appear on screen. After than it was smooth sailing and the ceremony was done in less than 50 minutes.

I'll consider myself lucky as my journey was less than 10 months from the date of application submission. Best wishes to all those waiting, and hopefully your journey will be done soon too. I know it's easy to say and harder to do - but keep calm and wait patiently. All the best