Possible Strike Action by IRCC employees starting mid-April

[felipeoxavier]

My correspondence from SCR office after my initial ceremony date for April 27, 2023 was cancelled due to the strike:

"Good Day

Thank you for your email. Please note you have been rescheduled for your Virtual Citizenship Ceremony on May 30, 2023 @ 11:00 am. You will receive the Notice to Appear 1 week prior to the event.

Thank you.

IRCC Scarborough Team
SUP/JG"

Did they just send you this on their own or did you email them asking?
My cancelled ceremony was also on April 27 and my office is SCR.
Considering if I should drop them an email tomorrow asking about my new date.

 

[sumeet169]

Did they just send you this on their own or did you email them asking?
My cancelled ceremony was also on April 27 and my office is SCR.
Considering if I should drop them an email tomorrow asking about my new date.

what should be the email for SCR office?

 

[Limerick]

Yes 100%.

Thank you.. where/how I can request for e-certificate?

 

[alwo]

Yes got email today

From SCR office?

 

[alwo]

My oath is schedule for May 9th as well. When did you get the reschedule notice? Does it show up on the tracker?

May 9th is my original schedule — I got the notice from the tracker on March 25th. However I haven’t got any email invitation yet.

 

[javier.abraham]

My oath was on April 19th (Niagara office) haven't gotten a reschedule email, tracker update or call yet. Hopefully they solve this soon and congrats to everyone who already had theirs rescheduled

 

[segunalad]

I suppose that even if it gets approval by June, there may not be an immediate implementation since infrastructure such as a webpage and a system for generating e-certificates needs to be created.

That won't be difficult, I've had the privilege to consult on numerous IT projects for the government, this is a functionality that will be done in one sprint. In my opinion, if the self-administered oath will be rolled out either June or July - It means they already have a webpage that will general the e-certificate, and you can see the pattern, e-certificate has already been adopted, thus they would only be importing that template into the webpage.

 

[segunalad]

Thank you.. where/how I can request for e-certificate?

The e-certificate was just started in April - And if you had received email invite for the oath ceremony, it was mentioned that you can now choose to receive the oat certificate by mail or the e-certificate. My thinking is that, it is during or after the oath you will mention your preference to them.

 

[yyzstudent]

The e-certificate was just started in April - And if you had received email invite for the oath ceremony, it was mentioned that you can now choose to receive the oat certificate by mail or the e-certificate. My thinking is it is during or after the oath you will mention your preference to them.

April???

I applied in March and had the option to chose E-cert if I wanted it.

 

[segunalad]

April???

I applied in March and had the option to chose E-cert if I wanted it.

You applied March of which year?

 

[B. B.]

The e-certificate was just started in April - And if you had received email invite for the oath ceremony, it was mentioned that you can now choose to receive the oat certificate by mail or the e-certificate. My thinking is that, it is during or after the oath you will mention your preference to them.

I got the oath email in April 11th, but there was no option to choose e-certificate

 

[segunalad]

I got the oath email in April 11th, but there was no option to choose e-certificate

My thinking it they started it after then, I know someone who got oath email for April 19th and she had the option to choose e-cert, Infact she was the first person mentioning it to me, so it is possible they started it from the week of 17th April.....

 

[shiremag]

I got the oath email in April 11th, but there was no option to choose e-certificate

e-certificate is available to all applicants who applied online or paper early on or after January 4, 2023. One can pick e-certificate or paper certificate as an option as a part of the application process. If the application was submitted before January 4, 2023 - one can only get e-certificate if you were randomly chosen for the e-certificate pilot. This selection e-mail comes as a part of the test invite. If one did not receive the invite or if they declined to participate, the only other choice is a regular paper certificate.

 

[segunalad]

e-certificate is available to all applicants who applied online or paper early on or after January 4, 2023. One can pick e-certificate or paper certificate as an option as a part of the application process. If the application was submitted before January 4, 2023 - one can only get e-certificate if you were randomly chosen for the e-certificate pilot. This selection e-mail comes as a part of the test invite. If one did not receive the invite or if they declined to participate, the only other choice is a regular paper certificate.

Based on your comment, does that mean I was randomly picked? I applied since Nov 2021.

 

[shiremag]

Based on your comment, does that mean I was randomly picked? I applied since Nov 2021.

Correct! If you did not have an option to pick as a part of the application process, you were randomly picked

You can get more information on IRCC website:
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/become-canadian-citizen/apply.html#paper

Screenshot about e-certificate pilot:
https://ibb.co/mCvHzqd