I applied on paper and due to covid I did not travel and our passports were expired. I couldn't get a new passport due to overload in the embassy taking 2 months or more to get a new one. I hope expired passports do not make an issue for my citizenship application.
Besides, I sent oue application using Canada xpresspost from Toronto. It was a nightmare the tracking number was stuck being processed in a center. After a month of calling them 7 times, 2 hours, multiple emails (un-answered), opening tickets left without an answer, I finally asked one of the customer service to kindly connect to a manager. She finally accepted to talk to me. The manager said they have a contact at case processing center sydney, NS, to ask if they received it. After 24 hours they responded it was received.
I wish the xpress canada post could be tracked normally instead of all the worry and stress I had.
I prepared all documents for our family of 4 and put everything in a separate folder for each member bought from staples and each folder had segments marked for application form, photos, payment, pass copies, birth cert, IDs ... to ease the job for IRCC employees.
I really hope that I get the AOR soon to make sure that they have received it
Application type: Paper
Location: Toronto, ON
Physical presence:1096 days
Application: Family (4)
Application submitted: Sept 22, 2021
Application sent: Sept 22, 2021
Application received: Sept 24, 2021 (based on Canada post claim
)
If
@rajkamalmohanram has issues importing applicants to the excel file, I can write a code to extract all applicants written their status from this forum and other topics in this format and put them in an excel file in 24 hours.