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Just to let you guys know, in the end I was able to get an in-person citizenship ceremony, and I was able to become a citizen, even if that meant a few months of delays. I was partially able to catch up on the delay as I got the certificate on the day of the ceremony, so no need to wait for...

If you are able to prove that you had a contract with the IRCC and that you that they guaranteed you to get your citizenship within X number of months, you can ask for a refund. However, I don't think IRCC provided such a guarantee to anybody. Even though they used to say that an application for...

The conclusion of all your writing seems that I don't understand anything and you are totally right. And unfortunately, the Canadian government doesn't understand anything either, as they are applying this requirement. I'm really sorry for you, but it sounds like you applied for citizenship in a...

References don't necessarily need to be friends, but it would definitely be good if they were. If someone doesn't have a friend, they can pick whoever they know. If they have not known anybody in their life, it means that they can't go out of the country. If someone needs to have a passport...

Sir or Madame, if a homeless person who doesn't know anybody decides to go out of the country, that person will need to make friends and wait two years. In the meantime, they will have time to find the money to pay for the passport and to arrange for travelling abroad, in the hope that the other...

Homeless people can still know other people (whether other homeless or people working in shelters). I find quite odd that somebody homeless think about applying for a passport or traveling out of Canada though, as they are barely able to take care to their daily needs. As shared already by...

If you don't hear anything from IRCC about your Oath by mid-November or end of November at the very latest, I suggest you to do what I did when I went on vacation. When I went on vacation a couple of months ago, I had the same issue, as I only had to do my Oath as final step, and after I called...

In the email invitation for the virtual oath ceremony, it says that you can request for an in-person ceremony, but that it will delay your timeline (not sure about how much). I also called the IRCC, and they confirmed that they resumed in-person oath a few weeks ago only for those who ask about...

Well, not all agree on virtual oath ceremonies or can't attend for technical reasons, so that is not the point. In the last few weeks, IRCC has started allowing in-person ceremonies only for people who explicitly ask for it, provided that the local condition allow it (some provinces are doing...

As I haven't heard from anybody and the in-person oath ceremonies are something quite new, I assume nobody took yet an in-person oath since the pandemic.

Yeah, but I would like to understand if it's a few week delay, or if a 6-month/1-year delay as there is quite some difference, that's why I was wondering if anybody had requested and obtained to have their ceremony in person. I don't care too much about waiting 1 or 2 months, I'm not really in a...

Hello, I read that IRCC has resumed the in-person oath ceremonies only for people who explicitly make request for it. I would like to know if any of you guys have successfully tried to request for an in-person oath ceremony and how long it took to get one scheduled. Particularly, I was...

Federal offices like IRCC are different than provincial offices, and at Federal level English and French are treated the same way. Personally, I can speak both English and French, I submit only my English test though just because it was the one I used when I submit my PR (at that time I was out...

If you need a test for Covid-19, you should check with health authorities in your province.

He will need to wait until he's back and he's able to meet the requirement. Plus, I suggest not to apply exactly at the 1095th day in the country, but to wait a some extra days just to make sure that if he miscalculates the number of days because of unreported trips or some other reasons, he can...

I applied beginning of March, and I haven't got an AOR yet. Yesterday, I called IRCC, and they told me that due to Covid-19, all applications are slowed down, and they don't have a timeline. I have been told to check back with them in a couple of months in case I still haven't heard anything...

I got it at Jean Coutu in Montreal, it's 14.99 + taxes, plus another $2 + taxes if you want a digital copy (which I asked just because I might be using it for something else, but it's not necessary for citizenship), and the total was about $19.50. I'm pretty sure there are also other places...

Thank you so much for your reply, @jc94! You saved me 20 bucks for a new picture.;) I was worried that after 4+ years spent waiting to get the citizenship I could have ended up getting a perpetual document with that horrible picture :eek: :D

I actually checked online how the citizenship certificate looks like: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/proof-citizenship/documents.html It seems like there is no photo on it. Did you already got yours? How long did it take for you to get...

Hi, I have a pretty dumb question, but I'll ask anyway. :rolleyes::D I'm getting ready my citizenship application, which requires me to send 2 photos along with all the documentation. I would like to know what they will be using those photos for (i.e. if I will get a citizenship certificate/ID...