Thunder Bay office

Good question, for all of three or so of us who may be affected.

Of course an applicant does not apply to any particular office except Sydney. The question is, is there anyone who has applied for citizenship whose local office is (or likely will be) Thunder Bay? (There is a CIC office in Thunder Bay but it is not listed as one processing citizenship applications; that said, I have noticed both citizenship tests and oath ceremonies being conducted in Thunder Bay. I really do not know how it works for NWO.)

I have seen one other person posting here who I think this applies to . . . but perhaps that was you earlier?

I have been watching for ceremonies in Thunder Bay. In previous years they were usually a Canada Day event. This year, though, it was earlier; I do not recall the month for sure, but I think it was in May.

I have not noticed any other ceremonies in Thunder Bay. While I only occasionally (just a few times a year) check the online ceremony site maintained by CIC generally, so I cannot say I have watched it at all closely, I have never seen Thunder Bay events listed. (I know about oath ceremonies and such due to reports in news media, not from CIC sources.)

Looking forward to finding out what you learn.

I have not applied yet (even though I am well over the residency threshold) for reasons alluded to in other discussions, but by the time I apply Thunder Bay is most likely where at least the oath will be located . . . assuming the occurence of more than a few contingencies, including my survival.

I am from Thunder Bay and I have attended some of the Citizenship ceremonies as Volunteer photographer (for my friends and families who ask me to-no fees). I know uncountable people from Dryden, Atikokan, Sault Ste Marie, Thunder Bay and Neebing who had the ceremony there (like wise some Lakehead University students from other towns who get the oat in Thunder Bay.  They normally get the ceremony done twice June and November each year. There is no Citizenship judge in Thunder Bay (up to June this year), so there is one female judge who comes from Windsor to administer the oats ceremony. This year however, the Judge (Judge George Springate) came from I think Montreal or so for the ceremony. My office mate got his citizenship in November 2010 and wrote the exams in September. There are others who wrote the exams in October and still got the ceremony the same November. If the oats ceremony is in June, then you MAY  wait for longer from the time you write the test (for example if you write the test in December, you wait until June). However, if you write the test in June-October, you attend the ceremony in November (am assuming you will pass). Please note, these dates change from time to time as I heard at one of the ceremonies the date depend on the availability of the out-of town Judge.

I overlooked your post Forestmember. Thank you for the heads up about two ceremonies. I thought something like that was the case, but was aware of only the late spring/early summer date not the fall date. I think the one this year was indeed earlier than June and that was a little disconcerting to me, given my anticipated schedule for filing, thinking it could mean having to wait a full extra year just because of the location.

I am not surprised jojo2000 that you got no where in your inquiry. The location of the local CIC office in T Bay is generally known, but there is little known about what the local office actually handles.