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March 2021 - Citizenship applications

Finland

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Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
So when do you think the 4 elements start to be be complete ? Is it at one time or one by one ,
What is the time frame
 

Rakit

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Apr 2, 2018
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Congratulations!!! the spreadsheet has been updated and yes you have to wait at least 24 hours to find your information in ECAS.
thank you so much , under my ECAS it shows the following
1-we received your application for Canadian citizenship (grant of citizenship) on March 17,2021
2-we sent you correspondence acknowledge receipt ..... on July 12, 2021
does this mean that they did not start processing it yet correct!
 

Strongfaith42

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thank you so much , under my ECAS it shows the following
1-we received your application for Canadian citizenship (grant of citizenship) on March 17,2021
2-we sent you correspondence acknowledge receipt ..... on July 12, 2021
does this mean that they did not start processing it yet correct!
AOR means they open your package and review that all documents were signed, dates were correct and all documents in check list are attached. My guess is that from here it goes into another pile in the queue and it will take another couple of months to start processing (two to six months). In other forums they have said that when in changes to In process in ECAS it means your file has been transferred to your local processing office, but who knows.
 

Shmak2017

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Category........
Visa Office......
ND
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
30-08-2016
AOR Received.
2016/09/26
File Transfer...
SA 2016/09/30 & AOR2 on 2016/10/11
Med's Done....
12-08-2016
Interview........
BG IN PROGRESS 30-March-2017 DM :31-March 2017
Passport Req..
10 April 2017
Question on filling out employment history under bullet 11: What to write if for a certain duration if you are unemployed?

Should I mention: " Not Applicable " under name of the employer? What should I write in address / City /Country?
 

Rakit

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Hello
Please is it true if someone update his address his application move to a non routine one?
Under the new system message ( 27th april Application filed :we received your application and we begun process ....)
 

Strongfaith42

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Mar 24, 2015
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Hello
Please is it true if someone update his address his application move to a non routine one?
Under the new system message ( 27th april Application filed :we received your application and we begun process ....)
I don't think that is enough to flag your application as non routine as you are changing the address at the start of the process, probably what will add a little bit of more work is if you change provinces, but I don't think that will delay the processing of your application. Maybe someone with more experience in this area can comment.
 

Cynicalmonk

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Please add to tracker

Location: New Brunswick
Physical Presence Days: 1118
Application: Single
Application sent: March 13, 2021
Delivered: March 13, 2021 (Online)
5 Year Eligibility: 2016-Mar-13 to 2021-Mar-12
AOR:
Have you received AOR? I applied on the same date but haven't heard from the IRCC.
 

CanadaVisaRamaraju

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Jun 25, 2017
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Update: After AOR received, Background Verification completed on Jun 24th for myself and my wife. Interestingly my son's Background verification is still showing 'In Progress'

Does anyone see such status like few members in family have Background verification 'Completed' but for few members in family still 'In Progress' ?
 
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Finland

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So it took around one month from AOR to get back ground check what about the other elements
 

CanadaVisaRamaraju

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Jun 25, 2017
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So it took around one month from AOR to get back ground check what about the other elements
Here you go:
Background verification - Completed
Language skills - In Progress
Physical presence - In Progress
Prohibitions - In Progress
Citizenship test - Not Started
Citizenship ceremony - Not Started
 

Strongfaith42

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Mar 24, 2015
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Update: After AOR received, Background Verification completed on Jun 24th for myself and my wife. Interestingly my son's Background verification is still showing 'In Progress'

Does anyone see such status like few members in family have Background verification 'Completed' but for few members in family still 'In Progress' ?
Yes, it is normal that minors don't change status while the other family members do. I have a minor in my application and 4 of us got the background verification completed the minor has not gotten any updates since April 23, 2021, but as per others comments this is normal.

Are you able to check in old ECAS when your application was set to In Process?

Thanks
 

CanadaVisaRamaraju

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Jun 25, 2017
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Yes, it is normal that minors don't change status while the other family members do. I have a minor in my application and 4 of us got the background verification completed the minor has not gotten any updates since April 23, 2021, but as per others comments this is normal.

Are you able to check in old ECAS when your application was set to In Process?

Thanks
No, I never checked old ECAS. I am just following the new one.