Possible Strike Action by IRCC employees starting mid-April

[felipeoxavier]

Are they cancelling all ceremonies or only the ones that were in person?

 

[forw.jane]

Are they cancelling all ceremonies or only the ones that were in person?

Looks like all.

 

[Dr. Walden]

I am sure it will be only two weeks to flatten the strike.

 

[oboyzee]

Looks like all.

I just hope this strike doesn't last more than a week, my oath is up for may 8th. Hopefully everything is resolved before then, fingers crossed.

 

[ExLeo777]

All ceremony cancel
Strike to middle of June

 

[forw.jane]

I just hope this strike doesn't last more than a week, my oath is up for may 8th. Hopefully everything is resolved before then, fingers crossed.

Don't know how they will handle all the cancelled Oaths. Move everything by a week or move them to the end of the queue. Both are injustices to the applicants. More this goes on, more problem it will create for everyone.

 

[xuan]

it seems the strike will last for at least 3 month.
they want a lot of money salary increase and the federal won't give them that.

 

[HTS_QC]

just checking, the days when the workers are on strike, they don't get paid right? If so, the strike can't last that long

 

[oboyzee]

All ceremony cancel
Strike to middle of June

Source? I'm pretty sure it won't last more than a week or 2.

 

[sumeet169]

just checking, the days when the workers are on strike, they don't get paid right? If so, the strike can't last that long

They have a strike pay. If you participate in strike activity then you get paid some money. Which is very little.

 

[sumeet169]

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/labour-disruptions.html
They say the ceremonies will be rescheduled.

 

[Rawhide]

I have a feeling that all those people waiting for oath will eventually moved to self-administered online oaths that can speed up processing given the situation created by strikes

 

[sumeet169]

I have a feeling that all those people waiting for oath will eventually moved to self-administered online oaths that can speed up processing given the situation created by strikes

Yes, I was reading the same news. That can clear the backlog big time but then the Citizenship certificates will get all the backlog.

 

[felipeoxavier]

Has anyone had a chance to call IRCC and ask what will happen to people whose oaths are scheduled for the upcoming days?

 

[sumeet169]

Has anyone had a chance to call IRCC and ask what will happen to people whose oaths are scheduled for the upcoming days?

They have updated on their website that it will be rescheduled
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/labour-disruptions.html