June 2023 - Citizenship Applications
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Updated today.
App Date: 3rd June
AOR: 4th July
Background: 21st July
Test Invite: 31st Aug
Took test: 4th Sept
Test Completed: 26th Sept
GCMS notes received: 25th Oct
LPP: Oct 24th - Shows completed on 26th Oct.
E-certificate download instruction: 31st Oct.
Citizenship ceremony: In-progress and scheduled for 22nd Nov.
Yet to receive official invite with all info.
Couple of things I noticed,
- Tracker updates every morning
- They must be using Business tier of zoom with 300 participants
- They may be doing all scheduling and sending invite for Oath manually. Since they first put your name on the list (and you receive e-certificate download instruction).
- Then they create zoom meeting and link for each participants, and send to the candidate. Since they probably are using zoom meeting, it shouldn't be too manual.
App Date: 3rd June
AOR: 4th July
Background: 21st July
Test Invite: 31st Aug
Took test: 4th Sept
Test Completed: 26th Sept
GCMS notes received: 25th Oct
LPP: Oct 24th - Shows completed on 26th Oct.
E-certificate download instruction: 31st Oct.
Citizenship ceremony: In-progress and scheduled for 22nd Nov.
Yet to receive official invite with all info.
Couple of things I noticed,
- Tracker updates every morning
- They must be using Business tier of zoom with 300 participants
- They may be doing all scheduling and sending invite for Oath manually. Since they first put your name on the list (and you receive e-certificate download instruction).
- Then they create zoom meeting and link for each participants, and send to the candidate. Since they probably are using zoom meeting, it shouldn't be too manual.
Congratulations on getting to the oath stage. Schedule in at least 2 hours and a half because there is a lot of waiting for verification of your ID. plus you will want to send your oath form immediately. Make sure you have no travel planned for 2 weeks after the ceremony. I just saw a thread of someone who has to travel and they cut up their PR card for the kid to get their certificate and now they don't know how they will leave and get back in. *Facepalm*
@AnonyKaty Thank you. To understand, lets say, if they schedule from 2pm to 4. I'll need to join the meeting at 12:05 to be in queue to verify my card. So the whole process will take approx. 4 hours?
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Hello, after test marked as completed on Oct 27th, nothing yet.
Yea me, mine was received on the 19th of October, according to the tracker, and still not completed yet.
What about you?
Would you mind sharing your timeline? Especially regarding Fingerprints, like when were you requested, submitted, and received.
My test was completed on the Aug 9th and then nothing happened.
Update:
App Date: 3rd June
AOR: 4th July
Background: 21st July
Test Invite: 31st Aug
Took test: 4th Sept
Test Completed: 26th Sept
GCMS notes received: 25th Oct
LPP: Oct 24th - Shows completed on 26th Oct.
E-certificate download instruction: 31st Oct.
Citizenship ceremony: In-progress and scheduled for 22nd Nov.
Invite email: Received today 1st Nov.
App Date: 3rd June
AOR: 4th July
Background: 21st July
Test Invite: 31st Aug
Took test: 4th Sept
Test Completed: 26th Sept
GCMS notes received: 25th Oct
LPP: Oct 24th - Shows completed on 26th Oct.
E-certificate download instruction: 31st Oct.
Citizenship ceremony: In-progress and scheduled for 22nd Nov.
Invite email: Received today 1st Nov.
Updated today.
Online application submitted: June 24, 2023 *** note that I submitted my application on September 2022 and never got an AOR; I submitted another one on June 24th, 2023
AOR: June 28, 2023- for my application filed on September 2022
Tracker update: Citizenship test on August 3, 2023 but received the email only on August 8, 2023 (test from Aug 11-31)
Test written on: Aug 14, 2023
Status on tracker changed to background check completed on August 14, 2023
Status on tracker changed to test completed on August 15, 2023
Prohibitions, Physical presence, language skills completed on October 6, 2023
Invite for citizenship Oath on October 10, 2023; but I got the email on October 16th
Oath scheduled October 25th via Zoom
During the background check I asked if they could process my certificate as an urgent request since I had a trip out of Canada scheduled on November 6th. They sent me the link to the e-certificate the next morning (October 26th)
Online application submitted: June 24, 2023 *** note that I submitted my application on September 2022 and never got an AOR; I submitted another one on June 24th, 2023
AOR: June 28, 2023- for my application filed on September 2022
Tracker update: Citizenship test on August 3, 2023 but received the email only on August 8, 2023 (test from Aug 11-31)
Test written on: Aug 14, 2023
Status on tracker changed to background check completed on August 14, 2023
Status on tracker changed to test completed on August 15, 2023
Prohibitions, Physical presence, language skills completed on October 6, 2023
Invite for citizenship Oath on October 10, 2023; but I got the email on October 16th
Oath scheduled October 25th via Zoom
During the background check I asked if they could process my certificate as an urgent request since I had a trip out of Canada scheduled on November 6th. They sent me the link to the e-certificate the next morning (October 26th)