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yeah....when i saw ur post, I immediately checkd my ecas....and it was there..........it shows that they sent the letter on Dec 06,2012...which was thursday.....hopefully will receive the letter within couple of days....wat about u???have u received the letter yet???
 
kingmaker said:
yeah....when i saw ur post, I immediately checkd my ecas....and it was there..........it shows that they sent the letter on Dec 06,2012...which was thursday.....hopefully will receive the letter within couple of days....wat about u???have u received the letter yet???

nope, nothing yet. Canada post slows to a turtles pace when they have the holiday season excuse. they can always plan for it better like all the retail store, its not like they cannot predict it.
 
ranja said:
Thanks everyone. heres my time line

Applied on: September 12, 2011.

AOR and discover canada booklet: September 12, 2011.

processing started: March 16, 2012.

Letter for additional documents: April 13, 2012.

First letter for citizenship test: June 25, 2012 test on July 5, 2012 (did not take this one)

Second letter for citizenship test: September 28, 2012 test on October 22, 2012

Oath letter: December 6, 2012 (have not received in mail yet) for ceremony on December 21, 2012

Hope that helps everyone.


Thanks! Wow, you could have been done much sooner if you had taken your test in July. Congrats again!
 
Westwood818 said:
Thanks! Wow, you could have been done much sooner if you had taken your test in July. Congrats again!

I know but I was busy preparing for my finals in the first week of august. That's why I was worried about getting stuck with an Oath ceremony after December as I probably would not have been able to make it. But luckily I won't have to worry about that now.
 
kingmaker said:
ranja....have u received the letter ??? i havent received it yet.....

got it yesterday but my home address is different from my current address so i going to use a scanned copy. i know its stressing but i know you will get the letter by friday (thats the usual variance with mail originating from cic)
 
ranja said:
got it yesterday but my home address is different from my current address so i going to use a scanned copy. i know its stressing but i know you will get the letter by friday (thats the usual variance with mail originating from cic)
Oh great.....oh ok...yeah u r rite....i might receive it today or tomorrow......
 
I got my CITIZENSHIP today. Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo happy to become a Canadian Citizen.
Long Journey successfully completed. :D ;D ;D :D ;D :D
 
miltonian said:
I got my CITIZENSHIP today. Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo happy to become a Canadian Citizen.
Long Journey successfully completed. :D ;D ;D :D ;D :D
congrates!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.....tell us the details how it started???how much time it took the duration of whole ceremony.....and how did u sit like any sequence for chairs???? did u submit ur PR etc?????? any further interview CIC ppl took???????
 
Congrats all!, Ranja I wonder how you rescheduled your test date.? Did you get the letter first then call them to reschedule ? Did you know for the next test date right away? Your answer would be appreciated. Thanks
 
@Kingmaker
Its been really memorable event. You will enjoy the same. Ceremony scheduled at 9: am. we reached at 08:30 am. at 8:45 one lady clerk asked for invitation letter and PR card ready for get in the ceremony room.Checked for everyone through line up. at entrance door another lady clerk received PR cards and allocate our seats which were already on our invitation letter under the with # sign.
Everyone was advised to be seated as per given number. Initially lady clerk introduce herself and explain about the procedure.
Judge showed up at 10:00 am. Very nice and jolly person. Gave a speech,presentation,information about rights and responsibilities,importance of vote and volunteer work importance.
After that all asked to get up for oath. Then distribution of Citizenship certificates according to seat number started with number 1.
Picture were allowed with judge during and after ceremony if some one just missed during distribution.
Last step was national anthem.
Refreshment served outside of ceremony hall.
No interview before ceremony,no questions and obviously no risk of RQ.
Must bring PR card and invitation letter.

Good luck :D :D
 
miltonian said:
@ Kingmaker
Its been really memorable event. You will enjoy the same. Ceremony scheduled at 9: am. we reached at 08:30 am. at 8:45 one lady clerk asked for invitation letter and PR card ready for get in the ceremony room.Checked for everyone through line up. at entrance door another lady clerk received PR cards and allocate our seats which were already on our invitation letter under the with # sign.
Everyone was advised to be seated as per given number. Initially lady clerk introduce herself and explain about the procedure.
Judge showed up at 10:00 am. Very nice and jolly person. Gave a speech,presentation,information about rights and responsibilities,importance of vote and volunteer work importance.
After that all asked to get up for oath. Then distribution of Citizenship certificates according to seat number started with number 1.
Picture were allowed with judge during and after ceremony if some one just missed during distribution.
Last step was national anthem.
Refreshment served outside of ceremony hall.
No interview before ceremony,no questions and obviously no risk of RQ.
Must bring PR card and invitation letter.

Good luck :D :D

Thanks alot for the detailed information.......one more question...i M single applicant...can i take my parents with me????? are enough chairs available for relatives of applicants who will be taking oath???
 
galingal said:
Congrats all!, Ranja I wonder how you rescheduled your test date.? Did you get the letter first then call them to reschedule ? Did you know for the next test date right away? Your answer would be appreciated. Thanks

I originally called them after receiving the letter but the agent said do not worry about it, just dont show up (so the first time you miss it you don't have to do anything). A few weeks after the scheduled date i got a call from immigration asking why i was not able to make it. i told them the reason, they noted it down and said they will put me back in queue and asked me to wait for the next letter.(the person did not tell me the next date, they asked me to wait for the letter)
 
kingmaker said:
Thanks alot for the detailed information.......one more question...i M single applicant...can i take my parents with me????? are enough chairs available for relatives of applicants who will be taking oath???

you got the letter???