November 2017 - Citizenship Applicants

[HLR]

Stays updated to DM for my father.

Congrats, updated the sheet

 

[CityZen11]

Still no update. Been "In Process" since Feb 13, 2018. No test invite. I applied at the ottawa center since thats where i live, really suprised it's so slow here..starting to feel concered now..

 

[ZingyDNA]

Still no update. Been "In Process" since Feb 13, 2018. No test invite. I applied at the ottawa center since thats where i live, really suprised it's so slow here..starting to feel concered now..

I went IP on Feb 6 and got test invite on May 2. IRCC Ottawa is issuing invites by email so keep an eye on your inbox and spam folder. You should get it by the end of this month hopefully.

 

[Kamal.Aly]

Some officers are grumpy and in order to assert their authority making things complicated and delaying things. My fathers is 80+ and the ofiicer told him that some seniors do not become citizen as during the oath ceremony they are not able to repeat the oath after the judge. I told that I will practice with him before the ceremony and she said he must be able to understand what the judge is saying and repeat after him. My father speaks good English but he has issues understanding different English accents and of course age is a factor as well and he does not pick up things fast and his hearing problem makes thing more complicated.

This is an asshole officer.

 

[ChippyBoy]

This is an asshole officer.

I can hope that that story's simply being inaccurately reported due to some kind of misunderstanding. If it is accurate, however, then that's a clear case of reportable & duly prosecutable Elder Abuse, and the officer who treated the gentleman in this way would certainly lose her/his job.

 

[benjis_monikuss]

After 94 days I just received my test invite a few minutes ago to appear at Surrey IRCC June 20 @ 8:30am. Glad to finally get to this step, now to start restudying the guide.

 

[permafrost_can]

I'm a bit late with my updates. Got the letter for the test/interview on April 30th, test date May 24th.

 

[Bobby_Zhou]

Hi Buddy, one more question, I have applied for citizenship together with my son who is 19 yrs old. But why it has only one case number with my name? The test invite notice letter is also like this.Is it normal? Thanks in advance.

 

[HLR]

I'm a bit late with my updates. Got the letter for the test/interview on April 30th, test date May 24th.

Congrats, updated the sheet. Good luck for the test.

 

[Manuellaa]

I have taken the exam today and passed it.

Could you please update it?

Thank you!

 

[saini01]

I can hope that that story's simply being inaccurately reported due to some kind of misunderstanding. If it is accurate, however, then that's a clear case of reportable & duly prosecutable Elder Abuse, and the officer who treated the gentleman in this way would certainly lose her/his job.

This is not reported inaccurately. I was present in the office with my father at the interview. I was just surprised that the officer mentioned that some seniors do not get citizenship as they are not able to repeat. From what I recall during my oath ceremony there was a group of around 80 people in the hall and all took the oath at the same time. How can the officer find out who is repeating and if they are repeating correctly in that crowd?

I just don’t like filing a complaint against anyone unless it goes to extreme and may be that is my mistake.

 

[rajmalhotra7]

After 94 days I just received my test invite a few minutes ago to appear at Surrey IRCC June 20 @ 8:30am. Glad to finally get to this step, now to start restudying the guide.

Updated. Congrats!!

 

[ZingyDNA]

This is not reported inaccurately. I was present in the office with my father at the interview. I was just surprised that the officer mentioned that some seniors do not get citizenship as they are not able to repeat. From what I recall during my oath ceremony there was a group of around 80 people in the hall and all took the oath at the same time. How can the officer find out who is repeating and if they are repeating correctly in that crowd?

I just don’t like filing a complaint against anyone unless it goes to extreme and may be that is my mistake.

If they really want to, they can. Technology nowadays can do lots of things... The cheap way is have officers randomly pay attention to some applicants' lips and voice...

 

[liwei8759]

You're 6 months in process ?????

Mississauga sure is slow

I'm 5 months since Dec 12, 2017

 

[saini01]

If they really want to, they can. Technology nowadays can do lots of things... The cheap way is have officers randomly pay attention to some applicants' lips and voice...

Yes that is possible and a viable solution.
As for repeating oath after the officer, in case the applicant keeps the written oath in their hand and repeat the oath by reading from it just in case they are not able to understand or hear the officer then this should be fine as well.