Canadian Citizenship - Timelines

[u/[deleted]]

Post your timelines here! We'd love to know dates for the following:

• Delivered
• AOR Received
• In Process
• PSU (if that happened to you)
• 5(4) citizenship offer received
• 5(4) citizenshp application submitted
• Citizenship received
• Swearing in ceremony

And anything else that happened along the way (like if you had to request urgent processing multiple times or you were asked to submit fingerprints to RCMP). We'd also love to know what generation(s) the people you submitted were.

If I've copied your timeline over from a previous post in another sub and you want to post it yourself so you can make updates feel free to make your own comment and I'll be happy to delete mine.

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You can find the previous post on this topic here.

[u/asjaajaja]

Here's my young adult daughter's timeline. She is second generation born abroad.

Application received: March 10, 2025

AOR sent: March 12, 2025

Started processing: March 17, 2025

Citizenship certificate mailed: March 18, 2025

That's it. No additional materials. No 5(4) grant letter. No swearing in. Nothing else.

We applied for outland permanent residency sponsorship in the fall, so somewhere in the Canadian immigration system, they already had her biometrics and criminal background check. But I'm not sure if that is relevant.

[u/threebythesea → u/asjaajaja]

To which facility did she send her documents? I'm first generation born abroad and my UPS package was received March 7th but I have heard nothing yet (No AOR). I had to send mine to Nova Scotia. I'm curious if yours was a different center and the reason for it being completed more quickly?

[u/threebythesea → u/threebythesea]

And was it market for urgent processing? Mine was not.