Hey Lush,
I would suggest you to chase up and ask for your passport back, Same thing happened with me.
I dont think they look at the application unless you follow up for some reason!!

Hey Guys, Sorry for the delayed response. No it was not accompanied by any letter with it. Just said that we are sending your passport back. Having said that last week I got a letter saying my application is moved to next stage and the date on the application is the one when I called them and not th...

Hey Guys,
I called the office on Tuesday and asked them how long will it be. They said if I am going to travel they will return my passport and request it at a later date if they require it again and today I got my passport back.

Same here guys, I have not yet received my passport back. Applied on 6th of November.
Please let me know if you receive yours. I have to travel in a month, not too sure if I will receive it in time!!!

I just have the residency Calculator returned to me.

Hey Guys, I applied for my citizenship last week and received a letter stating that I do not meet the criteria of applying for naturalization. Looks like there was a gap of 8 days in 2015 between 2 gnib cards and I have to apply it again because of 8 days. I called the immigration office and they re...