Hello All,
Happy to say I am a proud Canadian citizen now. I had my ceremony on 16th dec at university of Toronto in the convocation hall.. I must say i thought it is my Graduation ceremony coz the hall was so huge and pretty historic. There were 500 people who were given citizenship yesterday. I am sure lot of people got cleared from the backlock.
My ceremony was at 9.30 as mentioned on my invite although i reached at 9 am to verify my documents. Good i did that since i did not know 500 people would show up for the ceremony. Many were wearing nice business casuals n looking extremely good.
I stood in the queue for verification and my husband was asked to sit in the guest area. they checked my pink invite letter, my PR card and the landing paper or permanent residence confirmation paper. After that i went to the lady who took my PR card away and signed me in and gave me the welcome package which has the national anthem and some free passes to parks and other areas.
I got seated on my assigned seat which is the number mentioned on the pink invite letter that is the order in which you would be called to give the certificate.
There were distinguished guests present on the stage alongwith the judge on the stage and before the ceremony could begin there were people playing some soothing songs.
After the judge gave some opening remarks we took the oath in english and french after which we were given the certificates in the order of our seating along with a flag and Canada 150 batch. After receiving the certificate we went out in line and signed the citizenship letter (2 signatures) and came back in and sat on our seats. After the distinguished guests gave the speeches we all stood and sang Oh Canada!! and the ceremony concluded by taking pics with all the guests and the judge. My ceremony was 3 hr long due to so many people and lot of speeches by the guests.
Must say it was an amazing moment after waiting so long and to be recognized as a Canadian Citizen.
I thank everyone on this forum who has helped me and it was a like a family here reading others posts and commenting and sharing, providing support. I would continue to do that. I wish everyone all the best and soon each one of you would be able to witness this moment and feel proud.
Happy to say I am a proud Canadian citizen now. I had my ceremony on 16th dec at university of Toronto in the convocation hall.. I must say i thought it is my Graduation ceremony coz the hall was so huge and pretty historic. There were 500 people who were given citizenship yesterday. I am sure lot of people got cleared from the backlock.
My ceremony was at 9.30 as mentioned on my invite although i reached at 9 am to verify my documents. Good i did that since i did not know 500 people would show up for the ceremony. Many were wearing nice business casuals n looking extremely good.
I stood in the queue for verification and my husband was asked to sit in the guest area. they checked my pink invite letter, my PR card and the landing paper or permanent residence confirmation paper. After that i went to the lady who took my PR card away and signed me in and gave me the welcome package which has the national anthem and some free passes to parks and other areas.
I got seated on my assigned seat which is the number mentioned on the pink invite letter that is the order in which you would be called to give the certificate.
There were distinguished guests present on the stage alongwith the judge on the stage and before the ceremony could begin there were people playing some soothing songs.
After the judge gave some opening remarks we took the oath in english and french after which we were given the certificates in the order of our seating along with a flag and Canada 150 batch. After receiving the certificate we went out in line and signed the citizenship letter (2 signatures) and came back in and sat on our seats. After the distinguished guests gave the speeches we all stood and sang Oh Canada!! and the ceremony concluded by taking pics with all the guests and the judge. My ceremony was 3 hr long due to so many people and lot of speeches by the guests.
Must say it was an amazing moment after waiting so long and to be recognized as a Canadian Citizen.
I thank everyone on this forum who has helped me and it was a like a family here reading others posts and commenting and sharing, providing support. I would continue to do that. I wish everyone all the best and soon each one of you would be able to witness this moment and feel proud.
