No update from IRCC on citizenship oath ceremony. Next steps?

[cestcaquejm]

Hello everyone, as I posted in another thread, today I called IRCC and the agent told me "the candidates are randomly selected for oath invites. Anyone else was told the same by IRCC? I hope she was making a joke...

 

[hardnut]

Hello everyone, as I posted in another thread, today I called IRCC and the agent told me "the candidates are randomly selected for oath invites. Anyone else was told the same by IRCC? I hope she was making a joke...

I called them a few days ago, she told me " your file is in line for scheduling, you just have to wait. We are working with very limited staff."
Nothing else.

 

[HMJC]

Do we need to print out the Oath form to be signed after the ceremony or i can electronically sign the document and email them back. the email says i can prefer to sign electronically if i want.
But the remainder phone call from IRCC mentioned to have the print out ready. Those who had completed ceremony did you take printout and sign it physically?

I printed mine. Signed it during the ceremony. Scanned it and Sent it back after the ceremony.

 

[simoneofcanada]

Mississauga Office:

1 applicant
Apply July 2019
Passed test March 2020

Decision made the day after on ECAS

Call from unknown number August 11- schedule Zoom oath in 2 weeks. Agent said an email will follow up with the details e.g. exact time and instructions

Email Aug 24: Confirmation and instructions of Virtual Ceremony

Virtual Ceremony completed today, lasted about 30 mins - Group Ceremony

No previous oath schedule

Hello and congrats. How many people were in the group ceremony?

 

[Alberta30]

@Alberta30 You can do it either on laptop (with webcam) or mobile phone (with front-facing camera). You can download and install Zoom app. After, you can also test it for checking audio/video quality, speakers, good distance to ensure full face picture up to the shoulders, etc. It's up to you how you feel more comfortable with either of the devices. Here are the links for Zoom:

https://zoom.us/download
https://zoom.us/test

Thanks

 

[TARTAR]

Hello and congrats. How many people were in the group ceremony?

10 (3 couples and 4 individuals)

 

[dookilooki]

for people who are taking virtual oath, can you ask that the certificate be mailed to different address? would this cause any delay?

 

[jonkrav]

I did my test and passed in January but I have not had any invite for the oath since, should I be calling the IRCC or just patiently keep waiting?

 

[zam7]

I did my test and passed in January but I have not had any invite for the oath since, should I be calling the IRCC or just patiently keep waiting?

Send them an IRCC Webform. Worked for me. Good luck!

 

[Loyalandtrue]

Send them an IRCC Webform. Worked for me. Good luck!

How long did it take to hear back from IRCC after you used the web form? I emailed them on there 2 days ago and haven't heard back?

 

[hardnut]

HI,

Send them an IRCC Webform. Worked for me. Good luck!

Hi Zam7, what did you write to them in the webform?

 

[zam7]

How long did it take to hear back from IRCC after you used the web form? I emailed them on there 2 days ago and haven't heard back?

Well I haven’t yet heard back from them regarding my Webform inquiry but I sent the Webform on Sunday Aug 30th and got the oath invite on Tuesday Sep 1. Could be coincidence but no harm in trying!

 

[zam7]

HI,

Hi Zam7, what did you write to them in the webform?

I just wrote "passed my test and DM on Jan 30th and it’s been over 7 months and haven’t heard on the oath invitation yet. Please let me know. My application was over 14 months".

 

[puj]

Same here, I applied for web form on Aug 31, and Sept 1 i got an email from personal email for Oath on Sept 4.

Application sent - Feb 2019
Test & DM - 5th Feb 2020
Scarborough location.

 

[s23srinivas]

for people who are taking virtual oath, can you ask that the certificate be mailed to different address? would this cause any delay?

You may ask them to mail the certificate to a new address. It will not have any impact on the application processing or delay in getting the certificate.
But even after asking them to send the certificate to a new address, they might still end up sending it to your existing address as noted by some reported in this forum.