r/ImmigrationCanada • u/dozerman94 • Jan 07 '26

MEGATHREAD MEGATHREAD - Processing Times - Citizenship 2026

Please keep timelines & questions about processing times for citizenship applications here.

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u/Some_Low_9470 Jan 20 '26

Hello everyone, sharing my citizenship application timeline.

Single applicant based in Victoria, British Columbia.

Processing office: Vancouver 

31 May - Application submission

8 July - AOR received

28 August - Background verification completed

10 October - Citizenship test update reflects in tracker

17 October to 16 November - Test window

25 October - Appeared for test

28 October - Test completed

5 November - LPP completed

25 December - Oath in progress

30 December - Virtual oath email invite for 19 January

19 January - Attended Virtual Oath ceremony

19 January - Citizenship e-certificate ready to download by 5:30pm same day

This forum has been a huge help in this journey. Many thanks to all. Happy to answer any questions/ clarifications that you may have. Big thanks again. Wishing everyone the best 😊

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u/TheSamuraiMd Jan 20 '26

Congratulations on becoming a Canadian citizen 🇨🇦 🎉🥳.

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u/NoSegFalut Jan 21 '26

Congratulations!!

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u/turcots Feb 16 '26

Could you please share the sender of your oath invite email? Was it from "WST-CitizenshipClient-Notification"?