October 11th 2017 - Citizenship Applicants under 3/5 rule

[singh7k]

You guys are so lucky ... your office is so fast with applications just like rocket

100% agree with you. 7 month total. (13 Oct 2017 to 11 May 2018 )

 

[shenlong1]

Congratulations! I am so happy for you!
Do you mind sharing a little bit of the oath experience specific to Vancouver, please? (Location, venue, procedures, etc.)
Coming from a Vancouver applicant waiting for oath.

Hi Quiches. Thanks.

The ceremony was quick, it was in the Vancouver office, next to BC Place, same place where the test was given if your application is being processed in that office (as opposed to the Surrey office). The hour in the invitation was 8am, which is the time at which the office opens so about 15 or 20 minutes before everyone was lining up on the sidewalk waiting for the office to open. Once it opened everything went very smoothly, guests go to one room, candidates go for check-in, to hand in documents (invite, PR card, etc) and then the actual ceremony started at about 8:30-8:40. It lasted about 40 minutes. And that was it.

Cheers

 

[A.H.A]

100% agree with you. 7 month total. (13 Oct 2017 to 11 May 2018 )

 

[papu]

Hi Guys,

I have done my test today in Calgary and was out in 10 minutes. Got 20/20 and interview was very brief and it took just 10 minutes for that she just verified the docs and took signature on 2 forms and done. New waiting for the oath invite. I see in spreadsheet they are already books the Calgary till June 22. I guess it would be after that now

 

[sho78]

my status is changed to Decision made today, please update, though its not updated for my daughter its still shows as "In Process" is that normal?

 

[iwodamiorie]

Summary of October 2017 applicants (by Date Delivered) as per Google tracker:

Date	#Total	#AOR	#IP	#Test Invite	%Test Invite	#Test Held	#DM	%DM	#Oath Invite	%Oath Invite	#Oath Held
2-Oct-17	5	5	5	3	60.0%	3	3	60.0%	2	40.0%	2
3-Oct-17	2	2	2	2	100.0%	2	2	100.0%	2	100.0%	2
5-Oct-17	4	4	4	4	100.0%	4	3	75.0%	2	50.0%	2
6-Oct-17	7	7	7	5	71.4%	5	5	71.4%	4	57.1%	4
10-Oct-17	8	8	8	6	75.0%	6	6	75.0%	4	50.0%	3
12-Oct-17	26	26	25	18	69.2%	16	13	50.0%	8	30.8%	6
13-Oct-17	104	102	95	69	66.3%	63	46	44.2%	28	26.9%	22
16-Oct-17	331	325	296	217	65.6%	204	155	46.8%	108	32.6%	88
17-Oct-17	60	58	51	31	51.7%	29	21	35.0%	12	20.0%	9
18-Oct-17	76	76	73	48	63.2%	46	34	44.7%	26	34.2%	15
19-Oct-17	124	119	110	70	56.5%	67	48	38.7%	25	20.2%	13
20-Oct-17	68	67	60	41	60.3%	36	26	38.2%	15	22.1%	6
23-Oct-17	53	52	48	29	54.7%	27	19	35.8%	13	24.5%	4
24-Oct-17	9	8	8	7	77.8%	7	3	33.3%	2	22.2%	-
25-Oct-17	24	22	20	11	45.8%	11	5	20.8%	2	8.3%	1
26-Oct-17	35	33	32	16	45.7%	11	7	20.0%	5	14.3%	3
27-Oct-17	22	21	18	7	31.8%	6	2	9.1%	-	-	-
30-Oct-17	29	27	24	16	55.2%	14	11	37.9%	5	17.2%	4
31-Oct-17	11	10	10	4	36.4%	4	4	36.4%	3	27.3%	1
Total	998	972	896	604	60.5%	561	413	41.4%	266	26.7%	185

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Summary of October 2017 applicants (by Visa Office) as per Google tracker:

Visa Office	#Total	#AOR	#IP	#Test Invite	%Test Invite	#Test Held	#DM	%DM	#Oath Invite	%Oath Invite	#Oath Held
Blank	13	11	5	1	7.7%	1	1	7.7%	-	-	-
Calgary	118	114	103	83	70.3%	74	59	50.0%	58	49.2%	34
Edmonton	70	65	59	48	68.6%	47	32	45.7%	24	34.3%	20
Fredericton	5	5	5	2	40.0%	2	2	40.0%	-	-	-
Halifax	8	8	8	6	75.0%	6	4	50.0%	3	37.5%	2
Hamilton	32	30	29	22	68.8%	21	14	43.8%	10	31.3%	7
Kitchener	34	34	34	19	55.9%	16	13	38.2%	9	26.5%	9
London	11	11	11	6	54.5%	6	4	36.4%	4	36.4%	-
Mississauga	108	106	99	37	34.3%	33	28	25.9%	21	19.4%	17
Montreal	131	127	118	88	67.2%	88	68	51.9%	39	29.8%	20
Niagara Falls	3	3	3	3	100.0%	3	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1
Ottawa	78	77	73	69	88.5%	66	47	60.3%	35	44.9%	35
Regina	15	15	14	10	66.7%	10	6	40.0%	-	-	-
Saskatoon	25	25	21	16	64.0%	15	11	44.0%	10	40.0%	10
Scarborough	108	108	106	88	81.5%	81	64	59.3%	2	1.9%	-
St. John's	6	6	6	4	66.7%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Surrey	10	10	8	6	60.0%	5	3	30.0%	3	30.0%	2
Toronto*	85	80	64	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vancouver	110	109	103	83	75.5%	74	47	42.7%	39	35.5%	23
Windsor	9	9	8	4	44.4%	4	3	33.3%	3	33.3%	1
Winnipeg	19	19	19	9	47.4%	9	6	31.6%	5	26.3%	4
Total	998	972	896	604	60.5%	561	413	41.4%	266	26.7%	185

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Monthly/ Weekly Summary of October 2017 applicants as per Google tracker:

Month/ Week of	#AOR	#IP	#Test Invite	#Test Held	#DM	#Oath Invite	#Oath Held
October, 2017	42	-	-	-	-	-	-
November, 2017	612	151	-	-	-	-	-
December, 2017	239	417	37	-	-	-	-
January, 2018	53	265	241	80	35	7	1
February, 2018	24	54	178	214	142	55	17
March, 2018	2	8	94	195	168	121	69
Apr 01 - Apr 08	-	-	23	16	14	16	30
Apr 09 - Apr 15	-	-	12	25	20	32	29
Apr 16 - Apr 22	-	1	15	26	28	24	30
Apr 23 - Apr 30	-	-	4	5	6	11	9
Total	972	896	604	561	413	266	185

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* Toronto: Applicants have reported to be located in Toronto. Once applicants receive test invites, their location will be changed to Visa office sending the test invite, most probably either Scarborough or Mississauga.

Thanks a lot for this breakdown. I found it helpful to see the big picture of the whole this and not focus on myself.

 

[A.H.A]

my status is changed to Decision made today, please update, though its not updated for my daughter its still shows as "In Process" is that normal?

When did u take your test?

 

[HLR]

received a invitation to take Oath on 11 May (Edmonton). Could you please update the spreadsheet?

congrats, updated the sheet

 

[HLR]

my status is changed to Decision made today, please update, though its not updated for my daughter its still shows as "In Process" is that normal?

congrats, updated

 

[sho78]

When did u take your test?

Last Wednesday on Apr 18th

 

[sho78]

my status is changed to Decision made today, please update, though its not updated for my daughter its still shows as "In Process" is that normal?

Please advise?

 

[Juiceycow]

Hi Guys,

I have done my test today in Calgary and was out in 10 minutes. Got 20/20 and interview was very brief and it took just 10 minutes for that she just verified the docs and took signature on 2 forms and done. New waiting for the oath invite. I see in spreadsheet they are already books the Calgary till June 22. I guess it would be after that now

Congrats! I was in that same exam!

 

[emamabd]

my status is changed to Decision made today, please update, though its not updated for my daughter its still shows as "In Process" is that normal?

Yes its normal, my kids are still in In Process and i have Decision Made since January,

Someone in this forum mentioned that the kids stay "In Process" until one of their Parents/or both Parents take the Oath. Only then their status would change in the system, however it just seems to be a formality. You and your daughter will receive your citizenship certificates at the same ceremony.

 

[sns204]

Is your oath ceremony in scarborough? reason i ask this is 28th May is Monday. Scarborough typically does oath ceremonies on wednesday and saturdays. this is something new..

Check the Toronto oath schedule. Scarborough sometimes has one at a place downtown.

 

[mrlahori]

Looks like Mississauga is the slowest office to work on the applications. How do you know which office your application is being worked on.

My Application is in Progress since Dec 13 and i live in Mississauga but i didnt see any indication of where my application is being processed.