March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

[simonclarke1]

Hi, new to this forum..

However, applied start of March.
AOR March 4th
Application filed 19th March
Citizenship test changed to in progress April 11th
Citizenship test scheduled between April 17th and May 17th (on tracker April 17th).
Test sat on April 18th. (Good Friday). Offices closed over Easter weekend! (passed 18-20)
Test complete on tracker April 22nd. (showed up on tracker April 24th)
Test was turned around within 1 working day once reopened after Easter.
Everything else still in progress..

 

[mano99]

Hi, new to this forum..

However, applied start of March.
AOR March 4th
Citizenship test changed to in progress April 11th
Citizenship test scheduled between April 17th and May 17th (on tracker April 17th).
Test sat on April 18th. (Good Friday). Offices closed over Easter weekend! (passed 18-20)
Test complete on tracker April 22nd. (showed up on tracker April 24th)
Test was turned around within 1 working day once reopened after Easter.
Everything else still in progress..

not sure how you got aor on 4th march and you sent app on march 19th , i guess there is a mistake there

 

[simonclarke1]

Hi, new to this forum..

However, applied online start of March
AOR March 4th.

you got aor in in three days after you sent your application ?

I think it was submitted around the end of Feb beginning of March so it was quite quick... ( maybe around a week?)

 

[mano99]

Hi, new to this forum..

However, applied online start of March
AOR March 4th.

I think it was submitted around the end of Feb beginning of March so it was quite quick... ( maybe around a week?)

okey because i saw that you mentionned Application filed 19th March , i thought u reversed aor date with sent date .

 

[JohnnyDamien]

I spoke with an IRCC agent who told me that since criminality has passed but security is still in progress, it’s unlikely that I’ll receive a fingerprint request, although it's not 100% certain.

I also asked why my AOR listed the processing center as Sydney, NS, while my test came from Montreal (where I actually live), and now my file is being processed in Vancouver. She said files are distributed based on workload, although I’m not sure if that’s the real reason. Moreover, although LPP shows as in progress, they havent been started yet.

 

[mac2025]

it is reaching to the end of my test window and it still has not been marked. I guess I would feel more relieved if there was some kinda auto confirmation email after completing the test...

 

[joyrealdv]

Type: Online application
Location: Montreal, QC
Application: Single
Application sent: 2025-03-11
AOR: 2025-03-31
Invitation to take online exam: 2025-04-29
Online exam taken: 2025-05-03
Citizenship test status completed: 2025-05-06

 

[macord2k20]

it is reaching to the end of my test window and it still has not been marked. I guess I would feel more relieved if there was some kinda auto confirmation email after completing the test...

yeah my test window passed 2 days ago, test passed 2 weeks and a half ago ... still no update

 

[Can-Brits]

Finally had our tests status updated to complete! Nearly 6 weeks after our we took the test.
Status updated on the 12th of May, reflected on the tracker today (14th May).

Common trend I think I've noticed seems to be that family applications take over 1 month to update test, while single applications seem to be updated within 1 week (as an average, I know there are some still waiting)!

Type: Online application
Location: Toronto, ON
Physical Presence Days: 1097
Application: Family (2 people)
Application sent: 05-Mar-2025
Delivered: Online
AOR: 20-March-2025
Test invite (via email): 25-March-2025
Test start & end dates: 4-April-2025 to 3-May-2025)
Test taken: 4-April-2025
Test status: Completed 12-May-2025 (Updated 14-May-2025)
Language Skills: In Progress
Physical Presence: In Progress
Prohibitions: In Progress
Background Verification: Completed (Updated 24-March-2025)
Citizenship Ceremony: Not Started

 

[Kees]

Type: Online application
Location: Ottawa, ON
Physical Presence Days: 1107
Application: Single
Application sent: 28-Mar-2025
Delivered: Online
AOR: 30-Apr-2025
Test: Invite on tracker 14-May-2025 with test date scheduled for May 23-June22

 

[sarvesh90]

Type: Online application
Location: Thorold, ON
Physical Presence Days: 1149
Application: Single
Application sent: 15-Mar-2025
Delivered: Online
AOR: 04-Apr-2025
Test: Invitation email 22-Apr-2025
Test Window: 25-Apr to 25-May
Test Taken: 13-May - passed (not updated on tracker yet)

Wanted to ask how long does it take to update the test on tracker on average?
Also, how long is the trend from Test completion to oath invite? Has anyone on this group miraculously reached that point yet?

 

[Choong97]

Hi, new to this forum..

However, applied start of March.
AOR March 4th
Application filed 19th March
Citizenship test changed to in progress April 11th
Citizenship test scheduled between April 17th and May 17th (on tracker April 17th).
Test sat on April 18th. (Good Friday). Offices closed over Easter weekend! (passed 18-20)
Test complete on tracker April 22nd. (showed up on tracker April 24th)
Test was turned around within 1 working day once reopened after Easter.
Everything else still in progress..

which city are you in?

 

[armoured]

Tracker updated for spouse's application with note that interview required and scheduled for end May (no email notice yet).

My only guess so far as to reason is a lot of travel and related (more than one passport for a country that allows more than one). Who knows though? Wouldn't be language etc as not applicable (age).

If it is the travel question (and physical presence) from my perspective a good sign as at least it's moving. We've no concerns about the physical presence, documentation more than in order, even though applied with just a few days over 1100. (There was one exit not in CBSA report but we can show that).

We got the invitation (titled 'notice to appear'). More or less as expected but:
-It's an online meeting.
-The invitation states that 'if you were sent a "notice to applicant - request for supplementary evidence" ' you have to submit the evidence beforehand. (No such attachment in our email, only a permissions form).

I interpret the latter part in particular (no formal supplementary evidence thingy) to be a mostly good sign; I figure if they thought there was something that was seriously wrong or deficient in the application, they'd include that requirement. (Spouse's travel and employment history a wee bit unusual, and as noted a missing CBSA exit record that we can back up with an entry stamp at other end).

The rest is usual IRCC stuff (you can request to have someone else attend eg interpreter).

 

[armoured]

-The invitation states that 'if you were sent a "notice to applicant - request for supplementary evidence" ' you have to submit the evidence beforehand. (No such attachment in our email, only a permissions form).

I interpret the latter part in particular (no formal supplementary evidence thingy) to be a mostly good sign

I spoke too soon, of course: later in same day got a request for scans of all pages of travel documents. Tedious but manageable.

Unlike what's written above, it just says request letter.

The wrinkles are:
-Their intended limits of 5mb for colour(!) scans of passports with ~50 pages total is absurd - and we have more than one.
-If they extend this idea that everything should be translated including the passport stamps, it's simply unmanageable (12+ languages etc).
-I don't intend to translate anything - the passport itself is native language plus french or english fields (save a boilerplate page), and no way it makes sense to translate all the stamps.

 

[mac2025]

Finally had our tests status updated to complete! Nearly 6 weeks after our we took the test.
Status updated on the 12th of May, reflected on the tracker today (14th May).

Common trend I think I've noticed seems to be that family applications take over 1 month to update test, while single applications seem to be updated within 1 week (as an average, I know there are some still waiting)!

Type: Online application
Location: Toronto, ON
Physical Presence Days: 1097
Application: Family (2 people)
Application sent: 05-Mar-2025
Delivered: Online
AOR: 20-March-2025
Test invite (via email): 25-March-2025
Test start & end dates: 4-April-2025 to 3-May-2025)
Test taken: 4-April-2025
Test status: Completed 12-May-2025 (Updated 14-May-2025)
Language Skills: In Progress
Physical Presence: In Progress
Prohibitions: In Progress
Background Verification: Completed (Updated 24-March-2025)
Citizenship Ceremony: Not Started

it's crazy isn't it? while some applicants had their test being marked "completed" within a day or a week