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March 2015 Citizenship Applicants

Smile_Canada

Star Member
Feb 23, 2015
192
15
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hgn said:
anyone recall the info before about the color of the test invite? I read somewhere a lot of people got yellow test invite, we got ours in white, are there any distinct differences on test invite paper colors?
congrats hgn for test.

I got mine as Blue, But in total there were 4 colors, pink , white and green. My guess is it had nothing to do with test, bcoz they seated people randomly. But it had to do with CIC officer who interviews. Their were 4 CIC officer in room, and they assigned us numbers based on our color group. and each officer had files of people with that color group.
 

Smile_Canada

Star Member
Feb 23, 2015
192
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Millu said:
Havent have too much time to update here :/
Work and kids keep me busy :p

I got called to the citizenship test and i attended this past Monday.
It was very straightforward test and went very smoothly. Passed and after that my documents reviewed and talked with the officer.

I will be getting a call to the Oath in 2-3months he said :)

whoopwhoop
congratz millu
 

samreentariq

Hero Member
Jan 8, 2015
627
19
Toronto
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
02-08-2011
Doc's Request.
-
Nomination.....
05-12-2011
AOR Received.
12-02-2012
IELTS Request
-
File Transfer...
28-05-2012
Med's Request
06-08-2012
Med's Done....
17-08-2012
Interview........
-
Passport Req..
15-09-2012
VISA ISSUED...
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LANDED..........
07-10-2012
Millu said:
Havent have too much time to update here :/
Work and kids keep me busy :p

I got called to the citizenship test and i attended this past Monday.
It was very straightforward test and went very smoothly. Passed and after that my documents reviewed and talked with the officer.

I will be getting a call to the Oath in 2-3months he said :)

whoopwhoop
Congrats
 

draxz1289

Champion Member
Apr 28, 2010
1,762
73
Category........
Visa Office......
New Delhi
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
October/28/2014
AOR Received.
Feb/04/2015, IP Since Feb/04/2015
File Transfer...
Jan/19/2015
Med's Request
Re-Medicals - Sept/23/2015
Med's Done....
Sept/04/2014
Passport Req..
Jan/18/2016
VISA ISSUED...
Oct/09/2015
LANDED..........
Feb/05/2016
Millu said:
Havent have too much time to update here :/
Work and kids keep me busy :p

I got called to the citizenship test and i attended this past Monday.
It was very straightforward test and went very smoothly. Passed and after that my documents reviewed and talked with the officer.

I will be getting a call to the Oath in 2-3months he said :)

whoopwhoop
Congrats and thanks for the update
 

Simp

Hero Member
Nov 6, 2010
424
11
Toronto
Job Offer........
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Hi All,

Congrats to everyone who is getting their letters.

I applied in march and received AOR on 28th march and then in process on June 26 but after that no progress and i am an applicant from Kingston.

So any thoughts.When i called to Citizenship Canada,the person said to me that we are not allowed to tell anything about what is online status and normal processing time is 2 yrs for applicant before Aprl 2015.

I really don't know where we stand and what should be the next step so it has been just 2 months for in process status.

Any thoughts ll be appreciated.

Thanks
 

mazarin

Member
Jul 29, 2015
10
1
@simp I'm on the same timeline with you.
We received your application for Canadian citizenship (grant of citizenship) on March 5, 2015.
We sent you correspondence acknowledging receipt of your application(s) on March 26, 2015.
We started processing your application on June 29, 2015.

applying from Toronto. May i ask if you travelled often outside of Canada for the last 4 years? I have travelled quite often, mostly work related to the US for 2-3 days at a time and i'm wondering if that's going to slow down the process for me. Any thoughts? I have prob about 20 travel history, some to Europe.
 

hgn

Hero Member
Feb 20, 2015
224
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Simp said:
Hi All,

Congrats to everyone who is getting their letters.

I applied in march and received AOR on 28th march and then in process on June 26 but after that no progress and i am an applicant from Kingston.

So any thoughts.When i called to Citizenship Canada,the person said to me that we are not allowed to tell anything about what is online status and normal processing time is 2 yrs for applicant before Aprl 2015.

I really don't know where we stand and what should be the next step so it has been just 2 months for in process status.

Any thoughts ll be appreciated.

Thanks
Family of 3
1 week travel outside of Canada (only for one family member)
more than 1400 physical presence in Canada when we applied

You're roughly in the same boat as us. Considering that many see that Ottawa, where we are from, is one of the slowest to process anything, took us 84 days from transfer to local office to test date.

Patience my friend...
 

plus

Star Member
Nov 16, 2014
98
1
Congratulations Millu!!
You got past a big one test and interview.
Awesome!
Plus
Millu said:
Havent have too much time to update here :/
Work and kids keep me busy :p

I got called to the citizenship test and i attended this past Monday.
It was very straightforward test and went very smoothly. Passed and after that my documents reviewed and talked with the officer.

I will be getting a call to the Oath in 2-3months he said :)

whoopwhoop
 

arvind6365

Star Member
Dec 26, 2009
85
1
Calgary, Alberta
Category........
Visa Office......
London
NOC Code......
2131
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
16/12/2009
Doc's Request.
09/02/2010
Nomination.....
16/04/2010
AOR Received.
16/04/2010
IELTS Request
15/03/2010
File Transfer...
01/09/2010
Med's Request
17/03/2011
Med's Done....
05/05/2011
Interview........
wevied off
Passport Req..
05/08/2011
VISA ISSUED...
01/09/2011
LANDED..........
Feb 2012
Millu said:
Havent have too much time to update here :/
Work and kids keep me busy :p

I got called to the citizenship test and i attended this past Monday.
It was very straightforward test and went very smoothly. Passed and after that my documents reviewed and talked with the officer.

I will be getting a call to the Oath in 2-3months he said :)

whoopwhoop
Congrats!!!!
 

WindsorFeb15Aspirant

Star Member
Feb 25, 2015
140
4
Job Offer........
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Millu said:
Havent have too much time to update here :/
Work and kids keep me busy :p

I got called to the citizenship test and i attended this past Monday.
It was very straightforward test and went very smoothly. Passed and after that my documents reviewed and talked with the officer.

I will be getting a call to the Oath in 2-3months he said :)

whoopwhoop
Congratulations!
 

Simp

Hero Member
Nov 6, 2010
424
11
Toronto
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
Hi Mazarin,

I have travelled quite often to USA and Uk for leisure trip.It must not make a big difference as all the stamps are in passport.
My worries are that they further classified pre Aprl and Post Aprl applicant.I don't know how ll it effect.

S


mazarin said:
@ simp I'm on the same timeline with you.
We received your application for Canadian citizenship (grant of citizenship) on March 5, 2015.
We sent you correspondence acknowledging receipt of your application(s) on March 26, 2015.
We started processing your application on June 29, 2015.

applying from Toronto. May i ask if you travelled often outside of Canada for the last 4 years? I have travelled quite often, mostly work related to the US for 2-3 days at a time and i'm wondering if that's going to slow down the process for me. Any thoughts? I have prob about 20 travel history, some to Europe.
 

adiwen

Member
Aug 26, 2015
10
0
Recently discovered the community. I applied in March, and my location is Mississauga.

Looking through the spreadsheet, and it looks like the GTA offices are quite a bit slower than others.

I didn't get the LOT line (what is up with that?) but I'm assuming my file has been transferred as per the status descriptions on CIC.

Here is my timeline:

We received your application for Canadian citizenship (grant of citizenship) on March 25, 2015.

We sent you correspondence acknowledging receipt of your application(s) on April 10, 2015.

We started processing your application on June 17, 2015.

I hate how opaque the CIC process is, but it feels better to be in this with you guys.

I'm going to add myself to the spreadsheet.
 

ymassimi

Full Member
Jun 15, 2014
20
0
Mississauga
Visa Office......
London
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
02-03-2015
AOR Received.
21-04-2015
LANDED..........
15-09-2010
I heard that all Mississauga applications have been transferred for "unknown" reason to Scarborough office, and that could be the reason behind this unexpected delay, like you said, its good to know that all of us share the same situation at least!

adiwen said:
Recently discovered the community. I applied in March, and my location is Mississauga.

Looking through the spreadsheet, and it looks like the GTA offices are quite a bit slower than others.

I didn't get the LOT line (what is up with that?) but I'm assuming my file has been transferred as per the status descriptions on CIC.

Here is my timeline:

We received your application for Canadian citizenship (grant of citizenship) on March 25, 2015.

We sent you correspondence acknowledging receipt of your application(s) on April 10, 2015.

We started processing your application on June 17, 2015.

I hate how opaque the CIC process is, but it feels better to be in this with you guys.

I'm going to add myself to the spreadsheet.
 

Nasimj

Star Member
Mar 18, 2015
60
34
Job Offer........
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My E-Cas just got updated, I'll be taking my oath on Sep 11th @ Kitchener office :D
Good luck to everyone waiting and thanks for sharing your valuable experience. It has been really helpful! :)
 

asaif

Hero Member
Sep 3, 2010
554
47
London, ON
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Nasimj said:
My E-Cas just got updated, I'll be taking my oath on Sep 11th @ Kitchener office :D
Good luck to everyone waiting and thanks for sharing your valuable experience. It has been really helpful! :)
Congratulations Nasimj !

Did your ecas status change to "Decision Made" before you see the oath date?