August 2018 Application

[unsvn.it]

I am on the same boat as you. My oath ceremony is on April 26th and I am flying to Europe on May 22nd. I called the passport office and they said I have enough time to receive my passport. Did you buy your ticket already?

To my fellow forum friends, is it ok to buy the air ticket before I receive my passport? I feel confident about receiving my passport on time. Therefore I called the travel agent yesterday to book my ticket as it's cheaper to buy it earlier. But the travel agent confused me saying it's better to buy the ticket after my oath ceremony and once I know the date exactly when the passport will be in my hand. If everything goes well I should be receiving my passport 10-12 days before my trip. But If I buy my ticket then, it is likely to be more expensive. Do you guys think it is safe to buy my air ticket before the oath ceremony? Any suggestion would be appreciated

If you apply passport in person and apply at Passport Office (not Service Canada), you should be able to receive your passport by your departure time (just mention to them at Passport Office that you have a flight on date xxx)

I applied passport on December 20, 2018 and was able to pick it up on December 28 (I apply express service). You have almost a month in between, I wouldn't worry if I were you.

 

[ganapathi]

Admin Please Update

Done with Oath ceremony. Now I am officially Canadian. Thanks for all the wonderful people in the forum.

name: ganapathi
place: saskatoon

Thanks

 

[PMC89]

we bought our tickets back in February since it was cheaper. I think you have enough time to get your passport in hand for your flight. It takes 10 days to get passport and 2 - 9 days if expedited. I personally would buy air tickets now if it's on sale.

If you apply passport in person and apply at Passport Office (not Service Canada), you should be able to receive your passport by your departure time (just mention to them at Passport Office that you have a flight on date xxx)

I applied passport on December 20, 2018 and was able to pick it up on December 28 (I apply express service). You have almost a month in between, I wouldn't worry if I were you.

Thanks ms0820 and unsvn.it for your input. I saw the tickets on sale and just purchased it (non-refundable). Fingers crossed, I pray and hope everything works out for us ms0820.

 

[ashconnor]

Actually, OP said that background check is DONE already.

And about the CIC hotline, isn’t that a call center? It’s separate from the people who are actually processing our applications.

Thank you for correcting me.

 

[littleun]

Admin Please Update

Done with Oath ceremony. Now I am officially Canadian. Thanks for all the wonderful people in the forum.

name: ganapathi
place: saskatoon

Thanks

Congratulations our Canadian friend!!! Wonderful news. So glad that this whole application for you will soon be a distant memory. Enjoy your new found status.

 

[YazCanada]

Hi Friends..

Beautiful start of the day.. Just received Oath Ceremony email 2 mins ago..

ECAS Status: Decision Made
Office: Mississauga
Oath letter date: 4 Apr 2019 - 8:38 AM
Oath Day: 29 Apr 2019 - 9 AM
Oath Location:
IMMIGRATION, REFUGEES AND CITIZENSHIP CANADA
3085 GLEN ERIN DRIVE
MISSISSAUGA, ON L5L 1J3

@Libu : Please update for ShazN and AmanS ..

Thank you all for the support and wish you all good luck and speedy processing.

Congrats. Good news to know that Mississauga August 2018 applicants are done with citizenship

 

[Zmaqsood]

Congrats. Good news to know that Mississauga August 2018 applicants are done with citizenship

He is april 2018 applicant dont know why he posted in august

 

[Degi]

I got my oath ceremony email. finally. It will be on May17th. I'm excited. still haven't learned the national anthem yet though

 

[GeoCanadian]

Please, add/update our case in the spreadsheet - Thank you (see also additional info for experience-sharing):

>August 13th, 2018 - Our family's application for citizenship (my spouse, our son and I) was received by IRCC (applied from Nanaimo, BC)
>October 29th, 2018 - We received AOR
>November 15th, 2018 - Vancouver IRCC office started processing our application (we submitted the application from Nanaimo, Vancouver Island);

[We moved to Halifax and updated our Canadian address with IRCC on October 15th]

>November 27th, 2018 - RCMP/fingerprint report request received for just my spouse; Despite the address change, Vancouver IRCC was the one that sent out the request (to our new address in Halifax + email);

[Due to the fact that my spouse has been staying with her parents (her mom is having health issues) overseas since November 1st and had to go through the complicated procedure submitting her fingerprints through the international channels, we requested an extension of time (via online system) and finally submitted the RCMP fingerprint report to Vancouver IRCC branch on February 15th, 2019 and emailed the Vancouver IRCC office an email in which we asked for a file transfer]

[BTW, My spouse's PR card expired on January 31st, 2019, while she was still overseas (she did not expect to stay there that long) and she had to apply and has received a so-called PR Travel Document (looks like a TRV foil affixed to the passport) to be able to travel back to Canada. This did take good 40-days and some additional expenses]

[As there was no change reflected in ECAS, I called IRCC around March 11, 2019, and we were informed that the file was still in Vancouver and its transfer to the nearest IRCC office to us was not going to happen automatically, despite the new address being on file with the IRCC and me mentioning this in an email to the IRCC office. IRCC advised us that if we wanted to transfer our application file, we should send a letter via post/courier (and not online or email) to the IRCC office on Expo Boulevard in Vancouver. We sent the letter by post to the Vancouver IRCC requested the file transfer to Halifax IRCC and this was received by Vancouver IRCC on March 19th, 2019]

>March 29th, 2019 - received an invitation for the citizenship test that will take place on April 16th, 2019 in Halifax, NS.

[Even though ECAS never showed that our file transfer had taken place, unexpectedly, in just ten days after filing the file transfer request, we received the above test/interview invitation. Needless to say, the file transfer for us was very swift compared to others' experience. I suspect this may have to do with several factors (a)the fact that our family application had been pending for seven months, and (b)perhaps the receiving location (Halifax IRCC branch) may have been not as busy as some other places.]

 

[BiomedAmrt]

My PR card renewal application received email from CIC. UCI number is same for citizenship and PR card renewal applications. Received this email within a week. So fast. Does that renewal happen in Sydney NS or Vancouver again??? Hope not Vancouver. I am guessing my PR card will be dispatched sooner since everything has been checked already during my citizenship application, just assuming.

 

[k300k3]

My PR card renewal application received email from CIC. UCI number is same for citizenship and PR card renewal applications. Received this email within a week. So fast. Does that renewal happen in Sydney NS or Vancouver again??? Hope not Vancouver. I am guessing my PR card will be dispatched sooner since everything has been checked already during my citizenship application, just assuming.

Please keep us posted about PR card renewal process. I might need to renew my PR card as well. Hope I don’t need to.

 

[GeoCanadian]

I just submitted my PR card renewal application yesterday. Current processing time is 27 days, as per IRCC site. All PR card renewal applications go to Sydney NovaScotia.

 

[delta304]

hi admin
sorry for little late update due to personal reason

please update my oath invitation
Delta304
oath invitation 29th march
oath Date 25 April 2019
Thanks

 

[Moori]

And Finally a sweet Decision Made on Ecas that relieves all the **** off my shoulder

I just only wish everyones wait comes to a happy end as I felt mine today

 

[k300k3]

I just submitted my PR card renewal application yesterday. Current processing time is 27 days, as per IRCC site. All PR card renewal applications go to Sydney NovaScotia.

@GeoCanadian .. didn’t you say that you got an oath date already? But you submitted the PR renewal application yesterday ? Why ? It could trigger unnecessary delays ?