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

[rajmalhotra7]

No, I did my test at scarborough

Ok. So your Oath is also from Scarborough

 

[ern365]

Hello,
This is my timeline:

1. We received your application for Canadian citizenship (grant of citizenship) on October 13, 2017.
2. We sent you correspondence acknowledging receipt of your application(s) on November 10, 2017.
3. We started processing your application on November 28, 2017.
4. We sent you a notice on April 25, 2018 to appear and write the citizenship test on May 16, 2018 at 11:45 AM.

I did the test on May 16 in Scarborough and haven't received the invite to the oath ceremony yet. Is this normal? Usually how long it takes from the test date to getting to the oath ceremony?

 

[jameswood2]

Hello,
This is my timeline:

1. We received your application for Canadian citizenship (grant of citizenship) on October 13, 2017.
2. We sent you correspondence acknowledging receipt of your application(s) on November 10, 2017.
3. We started processing your application on November 28, 2017.
4. We sent you a notice on April 25, 2018 to appear and write the citizenship test on May 16, 2018 at 11:45 AM.

I did the test on May 16 in Scarborough and haven't received the invite to the oath ceremony yet. Is this normal? Usually how long it takes from the test date to getting to the oath ceremony?

DM yet?

 

[ern365]

DM yet?

Yes, same day of the test May 16

 

[rajmalhotra7]

Hello,
This is my timeline:

1. We received your application for Canadian citizenship (grant of citizenship) on October 13, 2017.
2. We sent you correspondence acknowledging receipt of your application(s) on November 10, 2017.
3. We started processing your application on November 28, 2017.
4. We sent you a notice on April 25, 2018 to appear and write the citizenship test on May 16, 2018 at 11:45 AM.

I did the test on May 16 in Scarborough and haven't received the invite to the oath ceremony yet. Is this normal? Usually how long it takes from the test date to getting to the oath ceremony?

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

 

[DRose]

Please update!

Application Processing Centre -Scarborough
Application Received -Oct 19
AR - Nov 08
IP -Nov 24
Test scheduled on June 25
DM- July 31.

 

[rajmalhotra7]

Please update!

Application Processing Centre -Scarborough
Application Received -Oct 19
AR - Nov 08
IP -Nov 24
Test scheduled on June 25
DM- July 31.

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

Can you share your test invite date?

 

[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
02-Oct-17	5	5	5	4	80.0%	4	4	80.0%	3	60.0%	3
03-Oct-17	3	3	3	3	100.0%	3	3	100.0%	3	100.0%	3
05-Oct-17	4	4	4	4	100.0%	4	4	100.0%	3	75.0%	3
06-Oct-17	7	7	7	7	100.0%	7	6	85.7%	5	71.4%	5
10-Oct-17	8	8	8	7	87.5%	6	6	75.0%	6	75.0%	6
12-Oct-17	30	30	29	20	66.7%	20	18	60.0%	15	50.0%	15
13-Oct-17	112	110	104	84	75.0%	83	75	67.0%	63	56.3%	57
16-Oct-17	353	347	322	273	77.3%	269	228	64.6%	205	58.1%	193
17-Oct-17	62	60	53	38	61.3%	38	34	54.8%	30	48.4%	28
18-Oct-17	87	87	85	68	78.2%	67	60	69.0%	51	58.6%	47
19-Oct-17	139	135	126	98	70.5%	92	79	56.8%	64	46.0%	60
20-Oct-17	82	82	75	62	75.6%	60	51	62.2%	46	56.1%	44
23-Oct-17	57	56	53	39	68.4%	37	33	57.9%	27	47.4%	25
24-Oct-17	10	9	9	8	80.0%	8	5	50.0%	4	40.0%	4
25-Oct-17	28	27	25	18	64.3%	17	11	39.3%	9	32.1%	8
26-Oct-17	41	39	38	29	70.7%	24	19	46.3%	18	43.9%	16
27-Oct-17	28	27	24	19	67.9%	16	14	50.0%	12	42.9%	7
30-Oct-17	32	30	29	24	75.0%	21	19	59.4%	16	50.0%	13
31-Oct-17	16	15	15	10	62.5%	9	9	56.3%	8	50.0%	6
Total	1104	1081	1014	815	73.8%	785	678	61.4%	588	53.3%	543

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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	109	97	79.5%	97	85	69.7%	82	67.2%	76
Edmonton	75	71	66	59	78.7%	58	48	64.0%	40	53.3%	39
Fredericton	5	5	5	4	80.0%	4	3	60.0%	2	40.0%	2
Halifax	8	8	8	6	75.0%	6	6	75.0%	5	62.5%	5
Hamilton	35	33	33	27	77.1%	26	24	68.6%	21	60.0%	18
Kitchener	37	37	37	28	75.7%	27	20	54.1%	18	48.6%	18
London	11	11	11	8	72.7%	8	7	63.6%	5	45.5%	5
Mississauga	133	131	124	72	54.1%	68	64	48.1%	62	46.6%	53
Montreal	146	144	136	109	74.7%	109	96	65.8%	86	58.9%	81
Niagara Falls	4	4	4	4	100.0%	4	3	75.0%	3	75.0%	3
Ottawa	87	86	82	79	90.8%	79	67	77.0%	63	72.4%	60
Regina	14	14	14	12	85.7%	12	10	71.4%	8	57.1%	8
Saskatoon	27	27	23	18	66.7%	18	17	63.0%	15	55.6%	15
Scarborough	176	176	175	161	91.5%	144	121	68.8%	82	46.6%	69
St. John's	6	6	6	5	83.3%	5	3	50.0%	3	50.0%	3
Surrey	13	13	13	12	92.3%	12	11	84.6%	9	69.2%	8
Toronto*	50	45	29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vancouver	112	111	105	92	82.1%	87	76	67.9%	71	63.4%	68
Windsor	10	10	9	7	70.0%	7	6	60.0%	5	50.0%	4
Winnipeg	21	21	21	14	66.7%	13	10	47.6%	8	38.1%	8
Total	1104	1081	1014	815	73.8%	785	678	61.4%	588	53.3%	543

​

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	45	-	-	-	-	-	-
November, 2017	666	164	-	-	-	-	-
December, 2017	279	467	40	-	-	-	-
January, 2018	62	307	254	84	38	7	1
February, 2018	25	61	204	238	156	56	17
March, 2018	3	12	115	215	186	123	70
April, 2018	-	2	98	105	106	121	120
May, 2018	1	1	47	89	99	106	128
June, 2018	-	-	22	34	54	100	73
July, 2018	-	-	34	19	38	71	129
Aug 01 - Aug 05	-	-	1	1	1	4	5
Total	1081	1014	815	785	678	588	543

​

* 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.

 

[hassan51214]

1. We received your application for Canadian citizenship (grant of citizenship) on October 23, 2017.
2. We sent you correspondence acknowledging receipt of your application(s), and a study book called Discover Canada on January 4, 2018.
3. We started processing your application on January 9, 2018.
4. We sent you a notice on April 13, 2018 to appear and write the citizenship test on May 10, 2018 at 10:00 AM. The notice you will receive by mail will be your official confirmation of your appointment. If you have not received this notice prior to the date of your scheduled appointment, please contact us.
5. We sent you a notice on July 13, 2018 to appear and take the oath of citizenship at the citizenship ceremony to be held on August 24, 2018 at 8:00 AM. The notice you will receive will be your official confirmation of your appointment. If you have not received this notice prior to the date of your scheduled appointment, please contact us.

 

[sns204]

Hello,
This is my timeline:

1. We received your application for Canadian citizenship (grant of citizenship) on October 13, 2017.
2. We sent you correspondence acknowledging receipt of your application(s) on November 10, 2017.
3. We started processing your application on November 28, 2017.
4. We sent you a notice on April 25, 2018 to appear and write the citizenship test on May 16, 2018 at 11:45 AM.

I did the test on May 16 in Scarborough and haven't received the invite to the oath ceremony yet. Is this normal? Usually how long it takes from the test date to getting to the oath ceremony?

It can take several months. There are some still waiting for oath invitations that had DM much earlier in the year.

 

[rajmalhotra7]

1. We received your application for Canadian citizenship (grant of citizenship) on October 23, 2017.
2. We sent you correspondence acknowledging receipt of your application(s), and a study book called Discover Canada on January 4, 2018.
3. We started processing your application on January 9, 2018.
4. We sent you a notice on April 13, 2018 to appear and write the citizenship test on May 10, 2018 at 10:00 AM. The notice you will receive by mail will be your official confirmation of your appointment. If you have not received this notice prior to the date of your scheduled appointment, please contact us.
5. We sent you a notice on July 13, 2018 to appear and take the oath of citizenship at the citizenship ceremony to be held on August 24, 2018 at 8:00 AM. The notice you will receive will be your official confirmation of your appointment. If you have not received this notice prior to the date of your scheduled appointment, please contact us.

What was your visa office for test and Oath?

 

[Toronto88]

Just got the Oath letter.

Oath ceremony: August 22 at Mississauga

My test was at Scarborough tho!

 

[SpiceIsland]

Just got the Oath letter.

Oath ceremony: August 22 at Mississauga

My test was at Scarborough tho!

Congrats! It’s the new norm it’s seems everyone from Scarborough is getting Oath Invite in Mississauga.

 

[razerblade]

Just got the Oath letter.

Oath ceremony: August 22 at Mississauga

My test was at Scarborough tho!

Likewise. Congrats! Oath at Sauga on August 22 at 12:30PM.

 

[DRose]

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

Can you share your test invite date?

Test Invite Date: May 29