As of February 1, 2012 new citizens will need to wait at least two business days

[amirchov]

The citizenship certificate is changing. As of February 1, 2012, new citizens will need to wait at least two business days after their citizenship ceremony before applying for services such as a passport. Read more at:

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/notices/notice-new-cit.asp

 

[Kazakhstan]

Thanks for sharing this news. I was going to apply for Cdn passport same day, I guess will have to wait couple of days... Why I wander? For the new certificate's number to be exchanged between CIC and Passport Canada's information systems, perhaps?

 

[amirchov]

Yes, seems like it's a matter of updating the system... I was always wondering how someone who just came out from the ceremony, can apply for a passport so quickly, bypassing usual bureaucracy...