I am not sure if you guys noticed or it was posted before but this is what is written on page 3 of the Notice to Appear (Ceremony):
You shouldn’t finalize any travel plans until you get your citizenship certificate and then your passport. Before applying for a passport or other government services, you will require your paper citizenship certificate. It may take up to approximately 2 to 4 weeks to receive it. For up-to-date passport information, please consult the Canadian passports and other travel documents: Applying in Canada webpage.
My wife has been waiting for the certificate for 4 weeks now. We called IRCC yesterday and were told that it has not been even sent. The IRCC agent advised us that we should wait for 6 weeks and call them back then. We have a trip in 20 days and made a decision to proceed with the oath based on the writing above and conversation with the agent prior to the ceremony.
I think we should push IRCC by submitting Webforms, calling IRCC and contacting your local MP (I think they will be happy to help you since you can vote after becoming a citizen). IRCC looks really unprofessional and incompetent.
Hello, My oath ceremony is scheduled for 1 July at an in-person event in Saskatoon. I am yet to receieve a formal invite, but the IRCC rep who called me said that I will be given a paper certificate at the time of ceremony.
She also said that I will be able to use it for passport application after 48 hours.
I did not realize this over phone, but does any one know what is the 48 hours constraint here?
My tracker closed on May 20th oath was conducted by Edmonton office on May 16th, Certificate sent by Vancouver office on May 24th, Still waiting to receive it in the mail…
I called them yesterday, they said sometimes it takes up to 6 weeks to get it, but I think they have not sent it yet, I checked Canada Post delivering times from Vancouver to Alberta and ii is 2 days
I called them yesterday, they said sometimes it takes up to 6 weeks to get it, but I think they have not sent it yet, I checked Canada Post delivering times from Vancouver to Alberta and ii is 2 days