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January 2021 - Citizenship Applicants

anyusernameisgood

Full Member
Jun 24, 2021
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HI Can you kinldy advise where you emailed to request test from outside country.
Is this email address mentioned in the test invite email that you received.
Ya, there's an email address mentioned in the invite email. It's a weird long email address, I assume has something to do with routing in their application management system.
 
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Ramii

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Dec 30, 2015
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Category........
FSW
Visa Office......
Abu Dhabi
Congratulations Everyone, I also got the invitation email, I have a quick question and I will be grateful if anyone could answer it, the page numbers on my passport are in Arabic do I need to translate the Arabic numbers on the pages too? I don't mean the stamps just the page numbers on the passport. Thanks
 
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Adammoy

Member
Sep 1, 2021
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Hello everyone,
I passed the test in Aug 21 from outside Canada after the approval of IRCC, on Aug 24th I had a ghost update in my profile but till now the status Citizenship Test is “in progress”, so what’s mean? Do you think that I have problem in my application?
Thank you in advance and good luck
 

thatguyoverthere

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Dec 14, 2017
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I’ve been trying to take the test since my window started (a couple days ago), but I keep getting error message on the sign-in page saying I haven’t been invited to take the test based on their records. I emailed the Winnipeg office and the technical department team and they said to give it time.

What’s the point of scheduling the test window/date(s) if I can’t take it starting from that date? IRCC can be very frustrating at times smh.
 

Gorbv.01

Star Member
Aug 14, 2017
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Just FYI - I have sent a question via Webform and received a rather standard answer that probably indicates that more delays are possible .
Hopefully that is only related to the client support centre and not to agents working with cases but I am afraid that would be the case too.

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In order to respond to a high volume of enquiries related to the crisis in Afghanistan, we have needed to shift resources in our Client Support Centre. This will impact our ability to respond to some of your enquiries.

We will respond to these priority enquiries only:

· Clients in crisis situations (like those affected by the situation in Afghanistan)
· Clients facing vulnerable circumstances (emergency and urgent requests)
· Clients who need to tell us about a change in their circumstances, which has a direct impact on their application (like marriage, birth of a child, or similar)
· Clients who are submitting documents requested by one of our officers
· Changes in contact information
· Requests to withdraw an application or refunds

If your enquiry is NOT one of the priority enquiries listed above, you will not receive a reply.
 

Onascale

Full Member
Sep 2, 2021
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Hi all, seems online application is moving finally! Congratulations to you all. Anyone with paper application in January with test invite?
 

acs123

Full Member
Oct 17, 2017
24
21
Hi all,

Wrote my test from outside Canada on Aug 5,2021 and got the passport pages request on 10th Aug which I submitted on 15th Aug. And no update after that.

New tracker last updated July 28,2021.

Citizenship test - Still in progress.
ecas status - We sent you a notice on July 27, 2021 to appear and write the citizenship test on August 3, 2021 at 12:00 AM. The notice you will receive by mail will be your official confirmation of your appointment. If you have not received this notice prior to the date of your scheduled appointment, please contact us.

Is everything ok with my file. Let me know if anyone else has gone through the same situation

P:S: Earlier it was Waiting on you status on the top of page for the test in new tracker. that has gone.
 

fcow

Member
Jan 30, 2021
12
11
BG completed for me today Sep 2
AOR exactly one month ago
Jan 29 online applicant from Toronto
Hopefully the test request comes soon
 
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LemmeKnowIfYouKnow

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Oct 25, 2020
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Just FYI - I have sent a question via Webform and received a rather standard answer that probably indicates that more delays are possible .
Hopefully that is only related to the client support centre and not to agents working with cases but I am afraid that would be the case too.

======

In order to respond to a high volume of enquiries related to the crisis in Afghanistan, we have needed to shift resources in our Client Support Centre. This will impact our ability to respond to some of your enquiries.

We will respond to these priority enquiries only:

· Clients in crisis situations (like those affected by the situation in Afghanistan)
· Clients facing vulnerable circumstances (emergency and urgent requests)
· Clients who need to tell us about a change in their circumstances, which has a direct impact on their application (like marriage, birth of a child, or similar)
· Clients who are submitting documents requested by one of our officers
· Changes in contact information
· Requests to withdraw an application or refunds

If your enquiry is NOT one of the priority enquiries listed above, you will not receive a reply.
I got the exact same automated response when i sent a webform. Hopefully the processing doesn't get delayed for too long.
 

eagle922

Star Member
Mar 23, 2015
135
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Hi all,

Wrote my test from outside Canada on Aug 5,2021 and got the passport pages request on 10th Aug which I submitted on 15th Aug. And no update after that.

New tracker last updated July 28,2021.

Citizenship test - Still in progress.
ecas status - We sent you a notice on July 27, 2021 to appear and write the citizenship test on August 3, 2021 at 12:00 AM. The notice you will receive by mail will be your official confirmation of your appointment. If you have not received this notice prior to the date of your scheduled appointment, please contact us.

Is everything ok with my file. Let me know if anyone else has gone through the same situation

P:S: Earlier it was Waiting on you status on the top of page for the test in new tracker. that has gone.
I wrote my test on Aug 15th and my Citizenship Test was marked completed on Aug 17th. My spouse took the test on Aug 19th and her status was updated to completed on Aug 23rd. In most of the posts, I see the status is getting marked completed within 2-3 days. It doesn't mean your application has a problem, maybe the officer who is assigned your case has a little bit of backlog?

Also, I hope you informed CIC that you will be taking the test outside of Canada? This is mentioned in the instructions in the test invite mail.
 
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Dedicated

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Aug 11, 2016
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Visa Office......
Paris
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Pre-Assessed..
Hey guys,

I received the following request today:

You are required to provide complete colour photocopies of all passports and/or travel documents that were valid during your five (5) year Eligibility Period*, even if now expired. You must provide a colour photocopy of every page (including blank pages without any stamps). *Your Eligibility Period is the five (5) year period preceding the date of your citizenship application. For example, if the date of your citizenship application was on July 15, 2021, your five (5) year Eligibility Period is July 15, 2016 to July 15, 2021
Good/bad/neutral? Any thoughts?
 

sknk89

Star Member
Jan 22, 2018
70
38
Mississauga
Category........
CEC
I just passed the exam, 19/20. Spent almost 30 minutes to capture the ID photo, but it still little blurry :rolleyes: not sure if they gonna accept it or not !!
 
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May 30, 2017
17
3
can someone please share the link for online tracker? mine was online application and got AOR yesterday...so where to create profile and track progress stage by stage? thanks!
 

nimesh1486

Member
Apr 13, 2017
19
17
Hey everyone, just saw this update on my application. Just wanted to confirm that does that mean that i'll be getting a test invite soon? Thanks a lot for the help in advance.

Application history

  • Aug 30, 2021


    Citizenship test activity status updated

    Citizenship test

    Citizenship test status has been updated to In progress
  • Apr 28, 2021


    Background verification activity status updated

    Background verification

    Background verification status has been updated to Completed
  • Mar 9, 2021


    Application filed


    We have received your application and have begun to process your application. Information about next steps and required action items will be coming soon.





 

thatguyoverthere

Hero Member
Dec 14, 2017
243
177
Finally was able to sign in and take the test, I passed it!!

I actually was more excited getting the AOR (because I had to wait for so long) than I was passing the test. The invitation and passing the test didn’t really excite me much haha.

Hopefully they don’t make us wait another forever for citizenship ceremony :cool: