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Possible Strike Action by IRCC employees starting mid-April

segunalad

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so looks like they are assuming there will be no resolution for next couple of days at least. :(
Possibly but they also could be feeling that 24hrs is not enough time to play catch up, cos imagine the amount of rescheduling they have to start planning for, I think rescheduling will take priority - so maybe the new strategy is to start cancelling 48hrs in advance.
 
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Has anyone gotten an invitation for Oath ceremony since the strikes began? I wonder if there might be some of IRCC staff still working on these?

My LPP was completed on April 14th - no OATH invite yet
 

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Possibly but they also could be feeling that 24hrs is not enough time to play catch up, cos imagine the amount of rescheduling they have to start planning for, I think rescheduling will take priority - so maybe the new strategy is to start cancelling 48hrs in advance.
If they can prioritize, will be good, let's see whats next with IRCC.
 
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If you go to the IRCC website, that is exactly what it says! Right from the horse's mouth, so to speak!

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/become-canadian-citizen/citizenship-ceremony.html

"Due to the Government of Canada labour disruption, Citizenship events will be rescheduled. Some urgent applications may still be processed."
Rescheduling doesn't mean prioritizing. Rescheduling can happen in 2 months or 2 days. Unless IRCC actually says the word "prioritize", everything is open to interpretation.
 
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Just received: Oath ceremony scheduled for 26th April is cancelled. Niagara Falls office.
I have my oath on 26th as well but no letter yet. I think that could be because I only got a tracker update and no letter. But this could be a good sign as I feel that they plan to clear the queue in the same order it was before. May be the oaths will shift by the number of days the strike goes on or fewer if they plan an aggressive approach
 
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Rescheduling doesn't mean prioritizing. Rescheduling can happen in 2 months or 2 days. Unless IRCC actually says the word "prioritize", everything is open to interpretation.
Yes, technically you're correct. But what I meant to say, is that there might be some people who still think that their ceremonies dates are still valid even though they did not get an email invitation, and that all the rescheduled ceremonies will go behind them at the back of the line.

That sentence clearly states that ALL events will be rescheduled. If they're going to reschedule everything, then I can't imagine why they would not do it according to the original schedules' priority.

But then again, this is IRCC, and as erratic as they are, they could reschedule randomly, I suppose. But I still think if they have any credibility, they would do it in some sort of order of priority of the original schedules!
 
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