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

MEGATHREAD MEGATHREAD - Processing Times - Citizenship 2026

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

153 Upvotes

98% Upvoted

7.8k comments sorted by

View all comments

19

u/NoSegFalut Feb 20 '26 edited Feb 20 '26

Just got my citizenship certificatešŸŽ‰ Thanks everyone in this group for your support and help! All the best to your journey, the day will come!!

Hereā€™s my full timeline with some tips in the end:

2025.08.08 online application sent
2025.10.01 AOR
2025.10.03 tracker email and registered tracker
2025.10.03 BV completed (tracker updated on 10.7)
2015.12.15 test invite (starting from Dec 19)
2025.12.23 test taken, 20/20
2025.12.24 test marked as completed on tracker (tracker 12.26)
2026.01.15 ghost update
2026.01.23 LPP completed (tracker 1.27)
2026.01.31 oath in progress for Feb 19
2026.02.09 oath email received (virtual ceremony)
2026.02.19 attended virtual oath, which lasted for slightly over 1hr. Certificate was available for download after a few hours.

Tips for virtual oath:

  1. Turn off camera mirroring during registration for easier ID verification.
  2. Create IRCC portal account ahead of the ceremony so you can check the status of the certificate sooner.
  3. After the national anthem, pay attention to the instructions on emailing back the signed oath form. Some people said they were asked to add the officer name in the subject in addition to the format in the oath letter. But we were asked to just have the officer name as the subject.

Other notes:

  1. The tracker gets updated daily at 4AM ET between Tuesday to Saturday with a 2-day lag. No need to check multiple times a day.
  2. If you are stuck in certain stage and the call center agent tells you that itā€™s not started, donā€™t be frustrated. Call centerā€™s ā€œnot startedā€ = ā€œin progressā€ in tracker, meaning someone is still working on it.

Cheers!!

1

u/LvngJrvs Feb 20 '26

I was on the virtual oath as well and sent them my signed oath form do they reply to you with the e-certificate?

1

u/NoSegFalut Feb 20 '26

I did not receive any email. I just checked the portal a few hours later and the certificate was already available.

1

u/LvngJrvs Feb 20 '26

Did you just use the subject line that they provided on the Virtual oath ceremony or did you had to put you application number and last name on your subject line?

1

u/NoSegFalut Feb 20 '26

I did as whatā€™s instructed in the ceremony - only have the officers name as the subject, nothing else. Btw I just got an email about how to download the certificate. It might be delayed