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January 2019 - Citizenship Application

almost-there

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Mar 18, 2019
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Guys, I wanted to share my experience.
My citizenship oath ceremony was at 9:00 at the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto.

I arrived at 8:50 to the smaller parking lot on Sheppard. It was completely full. I went to the bigger parking lot Markham. It was also very full, but there were still about 30-ish spots remaining. I parked and went inside at 8:57.

Inside there were 2 queues. One for people with pink letters and another for people with blue letters. I have no idea what the difference is, but my oath invitation letter was blue, so I queued there.

They didn't check for any documents. Asked to see my oath invitation letter only. I was asked to put my name, date and signature on the second page. I was asked to hand over my PR card. I was then seated for my oath. I found out that in a session they do 300 new citizenships. And they have three citizenship ceremonies today, each 2 hours long.

I took my oath around 9:45. Listened to a speech. Sang "O Canada". Listened to another speech. Signed a citizenship document. And it was done by 10:15. I

stayed behind to take photos with the judge, which took another 15 minutes. I was out of the parking at 10:30.

It was a journey, but today I am a Canadian and I am so pleased! Wishing you all a happy journey!
 
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BunnyB

Star Member
May 6, 2014
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Category........
Visa Office......
HK
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
March 26 2014
Doc's Request.
received procedural fairness letter
AOR Received.
May 06 2014 , AOR2 Jun 03 2014
File Transfer...
May 08 2014
Med's Done....
Feb 22 2014
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
Aug 28, 2014
VISA ISSUED...
Sept 30, 2014
LANDED..........
01 Dec 2014
ECAS updated with Oath invitation sent today, ceremony on Feb 05. Pls kindly update.
 
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diamondxxx

Star Member
Sep 30, 2013
57
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Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
NOC Code......
2281
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
August-27-2015
Nomination.....
August-13-2015
AOR Received.
November-20-2015
Med's Request
June-1-2016
Med's Done....
June-27-2016
Passport Req..
Dec-8-2016
VISA ISSUED...
Dec-13-2016
LANDED..........
Dec-17-2016
Hello All,

I got a letter from CIC back in November for additional documentation on my entry and exist records to and from the United States. Unfortunately, I couldn't find my travel history on the I-94 section of CBP's website but I was able to see my most recent entry date. I filed an FOIA request back in November and I still haven't heard anything back from the CBP.

Do you guys have any idea how to obtain my travel history records without having to wait too long?

Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.
 

marwanashraf

Star Member
Mar 5, 2015
53
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Hi everyone. I am new to this forum and i have applied for citizenship in Jan 2019. In process status updated on April 18th 2019. Nothing after that.
 

ssudarjothi

Star Member
May 5, 2015
91
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Hi everyone. I am new to this forum and i have applied for citizenship in Jan 2019. In process status updated on April 18th 2019. Nothing after that.
Which location? Mississauga?

Did you get your GCMS notes thru ATP to see the current status of your application, like what has been approved and what is pending?
 

ssudarjothi

Star Member
May 5, 2015
91
9
ECAS updated with Oath invitation sent today, ceremony on Feb 05. Pls kindly update.
did they specifically ask only for United States Entry and Exit? You never visited any other country other than US in the past 4 years? I am still waiting for my test invite and not sure if they will raise this question for me too or not.

What is your timeline?
 

anita.saini

Full Member
Jul 26, 2019
46
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Visa Office......
Toronto
I applied on jan 11 last year and I just requested for my GCMS Notes. I havene't heard anything back since April 2019 when they wanted the Finger prints done.
 

msweet42

Full Member
Jan 25, 2019
21
4
74
Gatineau, QC
LANDED..........
29-12-1986
I received my Oath Ceremony invite by email this morning. The ceremony is January 31 which is, oddly enough, exactly one year to the day from when my application was received. The ceremony will be in Ottawa.
 

denrus89

Full Member
Mar 3, 2016
28
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I also received my Oath Ceremony invite by email this morning. The ceremony is on February 6th in Vancouver, BC. Please update my tracker! :)