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Hello,

For those of you that have applied for the passport, is it possible to pick one of your last names and then use it as the "official last name" in Canada afterwards?

In my home country we have many last names which is a bit cumbersome over here.

TIA!
Try to use the one you have on all the documents. Specially how it is on the Certificate you receive. I have similar situation where all documents I do not have Given name. On the certificate as well. I want to change it but then I saw the Section I of the form which explains everything. I think you have to match it with the certificate otherwise there is a process to change it.
 
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it is finally over!! good luck everyone!!

Oath date - October 26, 2021
Case closed - October 28, 2021
Certificate - October 29, 2021

Big Congrats.!

How did you manage to get the certificate in 3 days? Did you request urgent? Any travel request/proof shown?
 
Oath taken Oct 26
Status close Oct 29
Waiting for the certificate... how long this might take, 4 weeks?
Yes mostly receive it in 4 weeks time. Hoping to get it less than 4 weeks though and won’t complain…:)
 
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Calgary Office

Finally! Oath done today (yes on a Saturday)!!!! We were over 100 people earlier!

It was pretty smooth for 1.5 hours from registration to end of ceremony!!!

Feels great!!!!

Congrats to everyone!!!!
 
Hi posting again in case someone can help please.

I applied for citizenship in March 2020. I am a frequent traveler to US. I was asked to submit I94 entry/exit details but I94 website only have last 100 entries. I have too many more trips in last 5 years. So I requested FOIA. But it came with only few records from2015-2017 only and have many missing and incorrect entries. I have submitted the appeal now nd waiting.

Can anyone please suggest if they were in similar situation? Or suggest what can be done?

Thanks for the help here!
 
Calgary Office

Finally! Oath done today (yes on a Saturday)!!!! We were over 100 people earlier!

It was pretty smooth for 1.5 hours from registration to end of ceremony!!!

Feels great!!!!

Congrats to everyone!!!!
Congrats. 100+ people is a good number. I mostly say < 50 people per ceremony. Also, 90 minutes for 100 people is a remarkable time (not long).
 
So IRCC can hold more than 5 oaths per day.
Hope they are.
I am not sure if they hold more than one ceremony per day in different provinces. In one ceremony they can have applicants from multiple provinces, though. To have two oaths in the same day and in the same province/office, that's unlikely.