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

[rajmalhotra7]

Decision Made today.

The officer said yesterday that he did not have any issues with our files and information provided and we will receive a letter for Oath ceremony soon.

Test was damn easy .......my recommendation: just read book a couple of times and do a few tests provided by Toronto Library and Richmond library

Good Luck to everyone

Updated

 

[rajmalhotra7]

Please update. Invitation of Oath taking was emailed yesterday at 4pm. Oath taking will be on July 17. Thanks and good luck to everybody.

Updated. Congrats!!

 

[rajmalhotra7]

Name: ta2 (App 1)
Oath Letter Date: 2018-06-15
Oath Ceremony Date: 2018-07-13

Updated. Congrats!!

 

[rajmalhotra7]

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	4	80.0%	4	3	60.0%	2	40.0%	2
3-Oct-17	3	3	3	3	100.0%	3	3	100.0%	3	100.0%	3
5-Oct-17	4	4	4	4	100.0%	4	4	100.0%	2	50.0%	2
6-Oct-17	7	7	7	7	100.0%	7	5	71.4%	4	57.1%	4
10-Oct-17	8	8	8	6	75.0%	6	6	75.0%	5	62.5%	4
12-Oct-17	30	30	29	20	66.7%	20	18	60.0%	14	46.7%	13
13-Oct-17	110	108	102	81	73.6%	80	67	60.9%	49	44.5%	41
16-Oct-17	345	339	313	257	74.5%	252	199	57.7%	165	47.8%	145
17-Oct-17	61	59	52	36	59.0%	35	30	49.2%	25	41.0%	20
18-Oct-17	82	82	80	58	70.7%	57	48	58.5%	35	42.7%	30
19-Oct-17	132	127	118	81	61.4%	81	66	50.0%	47	35.6%	41
20-Oct-17	77	77	70	55	71.4%	53	44	57.1%	33	42.9%	22
23-Oct-17	56	55	51	35	62.5%	34	29	51.8%	19	33.9%	15
24-Oct-17	10	9	9	8	80.0%	8	4	40.0%	3	30.0%	3
25-Oct-17	26	25	22	14	53.8%	14	8	30.8%	6	23.1%	5
26-Oct-17	39	37	36	23	59.0%	22	14	35.9%	13	33.3%	7
27-Oct-17	26	25	22	13	50.0%	12	9	34.6%	4	15.4%	2
30-Oct-17	32	30	29	21	65.6%	21	18	56.3%	13	40.6%	10
31-Oct-17	12	11	11	6	50.0%	5	5	41.7%	4	33.3%	4
Total	1065	1041	971	732	68.7%	718	580	54.5%	446	41.9%	373

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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	12	10	4	1	8.3%	1	1	8.3%	-	-	-
Calgary	122	118	107	94	77.0%	92	78	63.9%	78	63.9%	59
Edmonton	74	70	64	56	75.7%	56	43	58.1%	34	45.9%	31
Fredericton	5	5	5	2	40.0%	2	2	40.0%	2	40.0%	2
Halifax	8	8	8	6	75.0%	6	6	75.0%	5	62.5%	5
Hamilton	34	32	32	24	70.6%	23	20	58.8%	17	50.0%	12
Kitchener	37	37	37	27	73.0%	25	17	45.9%	15	40.5%	14
London	11	11	11	8	72.7%	8	6	54.5%	4	36.4%	4
Mississauga	130	128	121	58	44.6%	55	48	36.9%	41	31.5%	35
Montreal	143	140	132	103	72.0%	103	87	60.8%	72	50.3%	69
Niagara Falls	4	4	4	4	100.0%	4	3	75.0%	2	50.0%	1
Ottawa	83	82	78	75	90.4%	75	58	69.9%	54	65.1%	52
Regina	13	13	13	11	84.6%	11	8	61.5%	5	38.5%	5
Saskatoon	28	28	24	19	67.9%	19	16	57.1%	14	50.0%	14
Scarborough	138	138	137	124	89.9%	120	97	70.3%	28	20.3%	9
St. John's	6	6	6	5	83.3%	5	3	50.0%	2	33.3%	-
Surrey	11	11	11	10	90.9%	10	8	72.7%	6	54.5%	4
Toronto*	64	59	43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vancouver	112	111	105	86	76.8%	86	67	59.8%	57	50.9%	47
Windsor	9	9	8	6	66.7%	5	4	44.4%	3	33.3%	3
Winnipeg	21	21	21	13	61.9%	12	8	38.1%	7	33.3%	7
Total	1065	1041	971	732	68.7%	718	580	54.5%	446	41.9%	373

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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	44	-	-	-	-	-	-
November, 2017	647	158	-	-	-	-	-
December, 2017	263	450	40	-	-	-	-
January, 2018	58	291	253	84	37	7	1
February, 2018	25	59	195	234	153	55	17
March, 2018	3	11	107	207	178	123	70
April, 2018	-	2	89	98	104	121	119
May, 2018	1	-	40	78	87	105	128
Jun 01 - Jun 10	-	-	6	12	16	17	29
Jun 11 - Jun 17	-	-	2	5	5	18	9
Total	1041	971	732	718	580	446	373

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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 either Scarborough or Mississauga.

 

[ta2]

Updated. Congrats!!

Hi, please remove Oath Letter and Oath Date from "ta2 (App 2)".

Thanks

 

[jaggy257]

Gave test yesterday and passed...decision made today..please update...office is Winnipeg...no oath invitation yet

 

[razerblade]

Gave test yesterday and passed...decision made today..please update...office is Winnipeg...no oath invitation yet

Updated. Congrats!

 

[foxy75]

PR Renewal takes around 70 working days and that is the wait time frame only. As soon as you get AOR for PR Renewal, you get your PR renewed and sent to you in a week. Best part is that they keep on updating the processing date (for example, "now processing application received on...") so you know when to expect your application to be processed.

I also had to renew my PR Card looking at the time it is going to get Citizenship. I chose to renew it because I travel to US every 3 months and don't want to be in a situation where I have to travel and don't have PR Card. Always good to have a backup.

There is no point in getting frustrated over anything. It affects you, not them ! Calling them is not going to expedite your case, in my humble opinion.

I don't want to call because that takes up their time too. It's just frustrating because it's a postcode lotto. People who applied long after with less time in the country are already citizens. I'm wondering why 2 offices seem to have had no movement at all from IP. I recognize they're smaller offices but I would still expect to see movement for some applications. I suppose I will have to put my frustration and money into PR renewal instead. I don't want to be without for travel purposes. Thank you all for your supportive responses.

 

[paulh]

I don't want to call because that takes up their time too. It's just frustrating because it's a postcode lotto. People who applied long after with less time in the country are already citizens. I'm wondering why 2 offices seem to have had no movement at all from IP. I recognize they're smaller offices but I would still expect to see movement for some applications. I suppose I will have to put my frustration and money into PR renewal instead. I don't want to be without for travel purposes. Thank you all for your supportive responses.

I agree with you. It raises frustration. But then I asked why am I putting a time scarcity on my application. Even if takes me two years to get my citizenship, I am ok with it. I am not in race with anyone. It is not like if I get it sooner than you, I get any special treatment or trophy. It is not stopping me from accomplishing any of my life's priorities, activities or goals.

I understand people are in situation where they have to go out for few months and nothing to take away from them. I am only speaking for myself. But, I found it frustrating only when I allowed it to become frustrating. People are counting days, and some are counting seconds as if they don't get it in next few months, they will loose their status in Canada. We attract what we think the most. If we are thinking frustration, delays etc, that is what we attract.

Have patience, enjoy the summer, get busy achieving your goals and citizenship will come !

Best wishes !

 

[caroline12]

Please add me to the spreadsheet:

Application Received: October 26, 2017
AOR: December 9, 2017
In Process: January 3, 2018
Location: Scarborough
Type of application: family of three

Is there anyone with the same case like me? We still don't have test invite. Some of the people that I know already passed their test but they sent their applications 2-3 weeks behind me. I am confused and worried.

 

[rajmalhotra7]

Please add me to the spreadsheet:

Application Received: October 26, 2017
AOR: December 9, 2017
In Process: January 3, 2018
Location: Scarborough
Type of application: family of three

Is there anyone with the same case like me? We still don't have test invite. Some of the people that I know already passed their test but they sent their applications 2-3 weeks behind me. I am confused and worried.

Added you to October sheet of global 2017 tracker. Link is in my signature.

 

[canadatryingguy]

Friends,

Do you get test invite through email or postal mail?

Thanks

 

[Seym]

Friends,

Do you get test invite through email or postal mail?

Thanks

For most people, through email, but could be one or the other.

 

[emamabd]

Please add me to the spreadsheet:

Application Received: October 26, 2017
AOR: December 9, 2017
In Process: January 3, 2018
Location: Scarborough
Type of application: family of three

Is there anyone with the same case like me? We still don't have test invite. Some of the people that I know already passed their test but they sent their applications 2-3 weeks behind me. I am confused and worried.

Nothing to worry about, you are still within the normal processing time, the longer you wait for the test - the shorter you'll wait for Oath after the test. At the end your overall processing time will be similar/comparable to other October applicants.

 

[jaggy257]

Updated. Congrats!

thank you