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Physical presence, prohibitions and language requirements are normally updated together at the same time. After the citizenship test, agents normally start looking at the physical presence. If they need more info (such as travel itineraries, passport copies, etc.), they will let you know...

Does anyone have any experience request urgent citizenship certificates after oath? Is it possible to pick them up in person?

(yeah, i got dealt one of the crappiest hands ever with my citizenship application, you would not believe the whole detailed timeline and the back-and-forths with IRCC... totally lost any sense of satisfaction with this milestone). Not necessarily... If there is one thing we've learned with...

Thank you. I am not not out of the woods yet... I need to travel by the 26th of june and with current delays for citizenship certificates and passports, it is going to be super tight... Depends on where you are in terms of processing. I also sent a webform at the same time. I honestly do not...

I applied for urgent scheduling on Wednesday May 18th. The next day they confirmed they had accepted the request and asked me to specify if I wanted to wait for a ceremony in French (the answer is, of course "I dont give a @#$@#$ about the language of the ceremony, i've been waiting for 32...

Could it be your application number?

They said that they wanted to start doing it online, but for the moment it is still a paper application. And, yep, 80% of applications are processed within 60 days (according to the most recent data). You need to declare your absences (again) over the past five years to demonstrate that you...

Yes, Though, ultimately it depends on the agent reading the email and whether they care or not =/ Unfortunately, the emails are not public, so you need to dig through the forums to find the correct one for each office (test, ceremonies, general inquiries, etc.)

oh, boy... something to cheer people up?? Hmmm, Summer is coming?:) (can't really think of many good news these days...) According to IRCC data there were over 40,000 new citizens in March 2022, which is an all time record. They are finally picking up the pace. Going forward, their "objective"...

Congrats! :) Ahhh, i understand... i literally got DM the day after i paid $400 for an initial consultation with a lawyer hehe. But well, at least it's done for you! congrats

Congrats! :) May I ask when your tracker updated for the oath ceremony and when did you receive the formal invitation?

My understanding is that FP requests are relatively random. I have seen other applicants who see their BG checks go back to "in-progress" after having been completed for a long time. Some people think it's because some specific checks may have expired and need to be updated. It does seem to...

I think it can definitely help. But I would wait a bit until around 5-6 months after DM since that is how long they say it might take them to invite applicants. The process is very expensive (the lawyer i talked told me they charged more than $3000 for the initial steps where they follow up with...

I think there is good chance we had the same processing agent at Surrey if they received French applications hehe

No, they ended up accepting the evidence I submitted for my travels, but it took them 5 months =/

I understand the frustration. I do agree that if they want an interview after asking for passport copies it's most likely related to physical presence requirements. And... no, the delays do not make sense in anyway. The internal ICES report (which logs entries to Canada for each applicant)...

I kind of remember someone, but I do not know who... You would have to go back and look in older posts =/ What is the issue that concerns you the most?

No idea. I live in Vancouver and my file is processed in Surrey. I think they choose what office to send to depending on workload.

Congrats on your oath invite, tracker update 3 days after DM. Hope you receive the official letter soon :)

By any chance, did you request services in French? I was in MTL before, so my application was in French. However, all the communications I have received since my file was transferred to Surrey have been in English. Now I worry they might be delaying oath because they do not do French...