Kitchener office processing times - 2014

[aed]

Hi guys!

Care to share your timeline for Kitchener office? My received line disappeared on Sep 23 and I've been wondering how long it takes for a routine applicant (no RQ) to receive a test invite. And how about the oath letter? I heard Kitchener office is small and hence its limitations (25 people per ceremony). I'm not sure if that's true. Thanks.

 

[xenon]

I applied May 1, received on May 5, started processing on July 4. File was transferred to Kitchener office on Sept 25. Expect to receive test date in November.

 

[aed]

I applied May 1, received on May 5, started processing on July 4. File was transferred to Kitchener office on Sept 25. Expect to receive test date in November.

We have a quite similar timeline. Something tells me our test invites won't arrive in a month but 2 (if we're lucky). But my assumptions are based on a timeline of a single person on this forum. That's not much. I hope for more. I guess Kitchener is not Mississauga though.

 

[aed]

My husband's and my timeline :

We received your application for Canadian citizenship (grant of citizenship) on April 25, 2014.

We sent you a letter acknowledging receipt of your application(s), and a study book called Discover Canada on April 25, 2014. Please consider delays in mail delivery before contacting us.

We started processing your application on June 27, 2014.

We sent you a notice on November 4, 2014 to appear and write the citizenship test on November 24, 2014 at XX:XX 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.

 

[xenon]

Moein, did you hear about your test?

 

[aed]

We got our oath letters today! December 18!

 

[egyo]

Congrats aed!! Did your status change online before receiving the Oath invitation?

 

[xenon]

We got our oath letters today! December 18!

Congrats AED !!!

 

[aed]

Congrats aed!! Did your status change online before receiving the Oath invitation?

No. I checked on Wednesday and there was no status change. I went to check my mail on Saturday and here they were waiting. The date on the letters is December 2. We had the test on November 24. So it took them only a week! Egyo, Xenon, any news? Good luck!

ETA: I checked the ecas today (Sunday) as well. It hasn't been updated yet.

 

[echorael]

Congrats aed!! Did your status change online before receiving the Oath invitation?

hi egyo- What happened in your case after October? No posts any more!! Does your case went to sleep again?

 

[xenon]

No. I checked on Wednesday and there was no status change. I went to check my mail on Saturday and here they were waiting. The date on the letters is December 2. We had the test on November 24. So it took them only a week! Egyo, Xenon, any news? Good luck!

ETA: I checked the ecas today (Sunday) as well. It hasn't been updated yet.

@ AED: No news yet on the test date. Seems to me they put a hold on post April applications due to the holidays for tests, but it seems like they have oaths scheduled.
@Moein: did you hear anything back from the Kitchener office on your test date?

Any other applicants with local office as Kitchener and who had their tests or oaths recently?

 

[aed]

@ AED: No news yet on the test date. Seems to me they put a hold on post April applications due to the holidays for tests, but it seems like they have oaths scheduled.

You might be right. But yours wasn't a non-routine application, was it?

 

[xenon]

You might be right. But yours wasn't a non-routine application, was it?

yep, its a routine app. Transferred to kitchener office around sept 28 i think.

 

[aed]

yep, its a routine app. Transferred to kitchener office around sept 28 i think.

So almost like mine. A week difference more or less. I think they are still scheduling the tests. My best gut feeling is yours will arrive this year with the January date.