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Citizenship Certificate After Oath

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Moguchka

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Jun 25, 2014
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Moguchka said:
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.
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Just called IRCC again and were told that the certificated was mailed on June 1st...
 
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Keatonkc

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Jun 28, 2016
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manjocan said:
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?
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I think they need this time to share your new citizenship information with the passport office.
 
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kenfan

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Jun 5, 2023
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Hi!

I finished my oath on May 30, 2023. Tracker is closed on June 7. (Your citizenship application status: Closed)

I just called them, they said that citizenship certificate mailed out on June 6 from Vancouver.

I am still waiting for citizenship certificate? Any one did the oath on May 30 and still not receive certificate ? (Oath Office : Edmonton)
 
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Greninja

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kenfan said:
Hi!

I finished my oath on May 30, 2023. Tracker is closed on June 7. (Your citizenship application status: Closed)

I just called them, they said that citizenship certificate mailed out on June 6 from Vancouver.

I am still waiting for citizenship certificate? Any one did the oath on May 30 and still not receive certificate ? (Oath Office : Edmonton)
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which office is processing your file ?
 
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AT90

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Jul 20, 2021
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Djeinj said:
Should I be concerned that it is 18 days since I took my oath and my tracker has not been updated for a month nor have I received my certificate?
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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…
 
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Jimmy4574

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Mar 23, 2019
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kenfan said:
Hi!

I finished my oath on May 30, 2023. Tracker is closed on June 7. (Your citizenship application status: Closed)

I just called them, they said that citizenship certificate mailed out on June 6 from Vancouver.

I am still waiting for citizenship certificate? Any one did the oath on May 30 and still not receive certificate ? (Oath Office : Edmonton)
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I am still waiting, oath May 17(Edmonton office), certificate sent from Vancouver on May 24
 
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Jimmy4574

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Mar 23, 2019
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AT90 said:
Same as you certificate sent by Vancouver on May 24th still waiting for it…
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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
 
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AT90

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Jul 20, 2021
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Jimmy4574 said:
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
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So trueeee… let’s hope for the best.
 
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bd2017

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My tracker still hasn’t been transitioned to closed over a week after oath!
 
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