March 2021 - Citizenship applications

[spetroun]

Totally makes sense. Basically the same thing but at different intervals of the citizenship application processing steps.
It keeps people honest along the process and makes this country a safe and beautiful place to live , raise children and work.

 

[iMayflower]

Right after oath you can apply passport or you have to wait for certificate?

you need a certificate to apply, so wait...

 

[RoseDB]

Yes so I was in USA and my test invite came in, i emailed IRCC and they replied me back that i can take the online test while in USA. they said there will be question in starting saying "if you are in Canada" ?

They said i can say "Yes" and continue with the online test. so i did. but i guess wait for couple of more days for their reply back.

hope this helps.

Thanks for your reply.
I am thinking to take the test as it's been over 2 weeks now since we wrote IRCC an email stating we want to take test outside of Canada? Yet, no reply. Our window is form Dec 17 to Jan 6.

If anyone else took test without getting reply from IRCC please let men now your experience and if test was taken, was it validated?

 

[ranameraj]

Congratulations!!! when did you receive the email with the test invite? Thanks

Thanks @Strongfaith42 , we received the test invite email on Dec 10th.

 

[bunutu]

My citizenship application type is a family application. I applied for citizenship with my son. He is 12 years old.

I got the DM on December 15 (old ecas), all are green except ceremony (not started ceremony).

December 15, my son got an update, and Prohibitions is completed. However, my son's application did not get an update on the ecas (ecas show: in progress). You can see below my son's last status of the new tracker system.


Details of your application status ( He is 12 years old)

Language skills: In progress
Physical presence: In progress
Citizenship test: Not Started
Background verification: In progress
Prohibitions: Completed
Citizenship ceremony: Not Started

Is there a background check for children on the citizenship application? Because I know no need for language skills, physical presence and citizenship test for children on the citizenship process.

Thanks in advance for your answers.

 

[Adeelsyed]

What is the exact difference between Background check and Prohibitions? I've taken the test. For our application, test and Background check are set to COMPLETED and Prohibitions is In Progress. What does it mean? Is the eligibility yet to be checked?

Definition of both in the official IRCC website is same which I couldn’t understand. Not sure why they are two different steps…

 

[Fpm800]

On the online tracker it says there is an update in my file on December 30th but nothing has changed unfortunately. The citizenship ceremony still says it's not started.

 

[drgorantla]

Latest update

Citizenship oath activity status updated to in Progress on December 23, 2021
Citizenship Ceremony scheduled on: January 21, 2022
Oath letter not received yet

SG

 

[Blackhawk66]

Any one from Scarborough waiting on the updates after test completed? Our testes were marked as completed back on 8th of Nov….. but others are still in progress except BG

Me. Same here, nothing after test completion.

 

[Rakit]

New update (wife app)
Hello
Mine
Location: Ottawa / office :Ottawa
Physical Presence Days:1187
Application: Married (paper/ 55 yrs)
Application sent: March 14 , 2021
Delivered: March 17, 2021
AOR: July 12, 2021
APP in process under ECAS :18-08-2021 (under new one in progress)
Background check : Completed 23-08-2021
language skills: In progress
prohibitions: In progress
physical presence: In progress
Ceremony : Not started
5 Year Eligibility:2016-03-13 to 2021-03-13
Wife
Location: Ottawa / office: Niagara Falls
Physical Presence Days:1187
Application: Married (online)
Application sent: March 15,2021
Delivered: March 15, 2021
AOR: August 24, 2021
Background check : Completed 04-10-2021
Email test 15th Oct (test between OCT 19th and 8th Nov), Niagara falls office
Passport requested OCT 15th , sent Oct 19th
Test 29-10-2021: Score 19/20 (the only difficult thing was taking photos (ID + personnel one) hopefully they will accept them)
Test status complete : NOV 4th
language skills: Completed 31-12-2021
prohibitions: Completed 31-12-2021
physical presence: Completed 31-12-2021
Ceremony : Not started
5 Year Eligibility:2016-03-14 to 2021-03-14

 

[alexross]

New update (wife app)
Hello
Mine
Location: Ottawa / office :Ottawa
Physical Presence Days:1187
Application: Married (paper/ 55 yrs)
Application sent: March 14 , 2021
Delivered: March 17, 2021
AOR: July 12, 2021
APP in process under ECAS :18-08-2021 (under new one in progress)
Background check : Completed 23-08-2021
language skills: In progress
prohibitions: In progress
physical presence: In progress
Ceremony : Not started
5 Year Eligibility:2016-03-13 to 2021-03-13
Wife
Location: Ottawa / office: Niagara Falls
Physical Presence Days:1187
Application: Married (online)
Application sent: March 15,2021
Delivered: March 15, 2021
AOR: August 24, 2021
Background check : Completed 04-10-2021
Email test 15th Oct (test between OCT 19th and 8th Nov), Niagara falls office
Passport requested OCT 15th , sent Oct 19th
Test 29-10-2021: Score 19/20 (the only difficult thing was taking photos (ID + personnel one) hopefully they will accept them)
Test status complete : NOV 4th
language skills: Completed 31-12-2021
prohibitions: Completed 31-12-2021
physical presence: Completed 31-12-2021
Ceremony : Not started
5 Year Eligibility:2016-03-14 to 2021-03-14

Thank you for this information. When you say passport requested oct 15th, is that the original passport that they requested or was it only the photocopies of all pages?

 

[Rakit]

Thank you for this information. When you say passport requested oct 15th, is that the original passport that they requested or was it only the photocopies of all pages?

Hello,
It was the photocopies of all pages plus in her case the translation of the pages that are not in either french or English (this will include the translator affidative).

 

[Jetrocker]

Me. Same here, nothing after test completion.

Same here. Mine is Scarborough office. Test completed on September 30 and nothing after that.

 

[Finland]

Hi all anyone from March applicant got BG completed and still waiting for test invite from hamilton office ?

 

[Strongfaith42]

My citizenship application type is a family application. I applied for citizenship with my son. He is 12 years old.

I got the DM on December 15 (old ecas), all are green except ceremony (not started ceremony).

December 15, my son got an update, and Prohibitions is completed. However, my son's application did not get an update on the ecas (ecas show: in progress). You can see below my son's last status of the new tracker system.


Details of your application status ( He is 12 years old)

Language skills: In progress
Physical presence: In progress
Citizenship test: Not Started
Background verification: In progress
Prohibitions: Completed
Citizenship ceremony: Not Started

Is there a background check for children on the citizenship application? Because I know no need for language skills, physical presence and citizenship test for children on the citizenship process.

Thanks in advance for your answers.

Your son's application won't follow the same updates as yours, however, once you become a citizen he will as well, so no worries with the status in eCas or the dashboard!!!