June 2021 - Citizenship Applicants

[warrior30]

It does look like Niagara Falls sent you to MB SK because MB SK has an earlier availability. I haven't seen a lot of posts on that office, but the ones I've seen are from people with normal processing. Definitely let them know during registration that you have the upcoming travel. You should also mention it when you email them your signed oath form, and also attach the supporting letter.

See the Citizenship Certificate After Oath thread, especially the more recent posts, for a better idea of how long it's taking in the different offices these days. At least you're not with the Winnipeg office, which seems to be a separate one from MB SK and has been very slow even for people who requested expedited service - you can read the posts from @warrior30 who is still waiting since October 17 oath and had to miss his sister's wedding!

The whole Winnipeg office is not bad, it just has a few bad egg clerks who are on an absolute power trip and will decline any expedited request you make with proof. Family urgencies are not important for them. Not just that, they will not reply to your emails and will never answer what you ask.

Your expedited request will be denied even when you provided proof. Then your oath form email will be lost and you will be asked to resend your oath form after 4 weeks of oath ceremony. And then your certificate will be sent by ordinary mail even when you requested Express Post with tracking and willing to pay for shipping. And then it will be lost by Canada Post on the way.

This is my story so far. What a joke!!

 

[JamR]

Oh man, that sucks. Do your GCMS notes show everything approved/completed except oath?
Yeah, contact your MP with your travel plan in any case. You can also try calling early in the morning. You might get a helpful agent who can tell you more or follow up with your local office, although you might also get an unhelpful one who will tell you they can't do anything because you haven't passed 25 months, in which case you can call another day and hope you get a nicer agent.

Yes it shows everything is complete except oath. By contacting local office you mean local ircc office? I have been calling the toll free agents but still didn’t get a nice agent who could help. Will try again. Thanks alot!

 

[rizwan150]

Yes exactly same as you. We might meet each other on the oath occasion.

Sent you a PM, can you see and replay.

 

[LifeRacer]

Hi All,
What is the procedure for correcting the citizenship certificate?

Thanks!

 

[rizwan150]

I don't know if it makes sense or not but i am trying to make a relation between ircc settlement survery and file clearance.

I received survey on Nov 17 and Nov 22 ny bgc got completed and next day other 3 got completed, waiting for oath.

Now just today received survey in my wife email, hoping in next week her bgc may also complete and file moves on.

Others noticed any relation between survey and file progressing ? Or i may be over thinking

 

[forw.jane]

I don't know if it makes sense or not but i am trying to make a relation between ircc settlement survery and file clearance.

I received survey on Nov 17 and Nov 22 ny bgc got completed and next day other 3 got completed, waiting for oath.

Now just today received survey in my wife email, hoping in next week her bgc may also complete and file moves on.

Others noticed any relation between survey and file progressing ? Or i may be over thinking

Just a bit coincidental

 

[Wandering Mind]

My family and I took our oaths on Dec 6 - Niagara Falls office.

The virtual ceremony started at 8:15 EST and concluded at 10:30. There were 155 of us and all things considered it went pretty smoothly.

Good luck to everyone!

 

[Wandering Mind]

This might explain why many applicants have been waiting for years for their applications to move forward:

https://www-cbc-ca.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6669571

 

[radwes]

Ghost update this morning! After 9 months!

 

[radwes]

I don't know if it makes sense or not but i am trying to make a relation between ircc settlement survery and file clearance.

I received survey on Nov 17 and Nov 22 ny bgc got completed and next day other 3 got completed, waiting for oath.

Now just today received survey in my wife email, hoping in next week her bgc may also complete and file moves on.

Others noticed any relation between survey and file progressing ? Or i may be over thinking

Sounds unlikely, but who really knows..? I'm intentionally not doing that survey because at this point my opinion is veeeeery negative.

 

[rizwan150]

Sounds unlikely, but who really knows..? I'm intentionally not doing that survey because at this point my opinion is veeeeery negative.

And i did survey based on my honest opinion which is not different than yours.

 

[trumprefugee]

Yes it shows everything is complete except oath. By contacting local office you mean local ircc office? I have been calling the toll free agents but still didn’t get a nice agent who could help. Will try again. Thanks alot!

Yes, local IRCC office. You can do so by replying to the email that your test invite came from.

 

[trumprefugee]

I don't know if it makes sense or not but i am trying to make a relation between ircc settlement survery and file clearance.

I received survey on Nov 17 and Nov 22 ny bgc got completed and next day other 3 got completed, waiting for oath.

Now just today received survey in my wife email, hoping in next week her bgc may also complete and file moves on.

Others noticed any relation between survey and file progressing ? Or i may be over thinking

Not me. I last received the IRCC settlement survey in late November 2021. My background check did not get completed until late February 2022. Before that, I had also received that survey in July 2019.

 

[trumprefugee]

My family and I took our oaths on Dec 6 - Niagara Falls office.

The virtual ceremony started at 8:15 EST and concluded at 10:30. There were 155 of us and all things considered it went pretty smoothly.

Good luck to everyone!

Congrats!! I was also impressed by how smoothly things went at my Niagara Falls oath in September.

 

[Wandering Mind]

Congrats!! I was also impressed by how smoothly things went at my Niagara Falls oath in September.

Glad the Canadian citizenship journey is almost at the end for us now

How are things progressing for you - did you receive your Canadian passport?