Should be fine but you would need to come back for the ceremony, even if it's a virtual one. You cannot take the oath while on foreign soil.
January 2025 - Citizenship Applications
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Stuck in LPP since BG was completed on March 29. Submitted the ATIP request the day after the FP request on March 7 and received the file on April 14. Unfortunately, the information was outdated, with notes only up to March 3, so it wasn’t helpful. Only useful info on ATIP file was that I found out, as a Toronto applicant, my primary office is Vancouver, and the local office for the oath will be Scarborough. The application was originally received by Sydney. Despite having no deragetory history, BG details were long and all were heavily redacted, so that section wasn’t useful either.
Type: Online application
Location: Toronto
Physical Presence Days: 1096
Application: Family
Application sent: January 13, 2025
Delivered: January 13, 2025
AOR: January 28, 2025
Scheduled for citizenship test: February 28, 2025 to March 31, 2025 (Scheduled by Scarborough Office)
Citizenship test status: Test completed on February 28, 2025
Citizenship test status update on Tracker: March 5, 2025
Background Verification: BG completed March 29, 2025
FP requested by Vancouver: March 06, 2025, submitted on the same day.
LPP: In Progress since March 29.
Location: Toronto
Physical Presence Days: 1096
Application: Family
Application sent: January 13, 2025
Delivered: January 13, 2025
AOR: January 28, 2025
Scheduled for citizenship test: February 28, 2025 to March 31, 2025 (Scheduled by Scarborough Office)
Citizenship test status: Test completed on February 28, 2025
Citizenship test status update on Tracker: March 5, 2025
Background Verification: BG completed March 29, 2025
FP requested by Vancouver: March 06, 2025, submitted on the same day.
LPP: In Progress since March 29.
It seems the same situation (stuck in LPP) is also the issue with Nov and Dec applications.
Read the latest posts:
https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/november-2024-citizenship-applications.859935/page-83
Read the latest posts:
https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/november-2024-citizenship-applications.859935/page-83
The lack of transparency is quite baffling. This is under the Liberal administration. They can’t handle the current load and keep pushing for more immigration. So I guess if I get my citizenship my vote is for conservatives. (I’m being facetious but still… )
As I said before, many IRCC officers have been assigned to process the many many recent Francophone ITAs, IRCC issued generously without proper planning. I was told this fact when I was on the phone with an IRCC officer in Etobicoke IRCC discussing one of my clients. Express Entry draw #341 took place on March 21 and a whopping 7,500 candidates with French language proficiency received invitations to apply (ITAs). Previously, Mar 7 draw (#339) issued 4,500 ITAs. 12,000 applications needs a huge number of officers assigned to them. These officers are constantly being pulled from their previous duties processing low-priority applications and yes citizenship grants are not a priority. The delay is not just for our citizenship applications but also for work permits and student visas. The focus now is on certain PR applications only. For now we are not citizens yet, so we are only numbers (bunch of UCIs) to IRCC, and it seems our lives or plans do not matter. IRCC is a black box and I hope next govt changes this! We need accountability and transparency.
From looking at last year's trackers: median is about 60 days, 'normal' range might be 30-120 days. About a fifth report longer. This is with a fair number (also ~20%) not reporting completed yet at all - not clear how many of those might be because their files really haven't moved, how many just haven't updated the tracker spreadsheet.
Your two weeks so far? That would be VERY fast. Not all files will be processed much faster than average.
Also, there seems to be a slowdown in processing since last year - some variance by months/seasons is possible, but also possibly more apps or other things going on we don't know about.