Thanks! I'm pretty doubtful at this point but I guess we'll see. It's definitely frustrating!
July 2020 - Citizenship application
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There’s slow down for sure, at the same time, not a lot of people are reporting their Decision made (maybe cause ecas is no longer checked by many) plus i see the tracker is not being updated regularly as it was before (mine is not updated).
just my 2 cents.
It seems the excel hasn't been updated on this thread. I went back to ~mid Feb and updated ~10 rows total. So now it's on 52% for DM and 42% for Oath.
Oath ceremony done Monday, Edmonton AB. Ecas changed to complete today March 23.
Hey, thanks for checking in. I got in touch with a CIC call centre agent Monday morning, who sent an urgent email on my behalf. Ironically, my webform was rejected with copy-paste links to the website for common questions, today, so my heart skipped a beat when I saw an email from CIC at 3pm... Lol.
Alas, I never received my notice for my citizenship oath ceremony. To say I'm disappointed wouldn't be fair, because I honestly expect these types of issues with CIC. I had plenty of friends with similar issues during our PR applications - one friend had her entire application lost by CIC, and she had to go to the media with her GCMS notes to prove they had logged parts of the application they were now claiming she didn't include (such as her background checks). Magically, it was found the next day
I sound bitter, but really, it's not a big deal. I will be fine.
It's more that I've done everything I was supposed to, and then some, such as emailing the VO directly and reaching out ahead of time to say "hey, is there a problem? FYI, I didn't receive my invite for my ceremony". And still, nothing.
I guess I will just hope they reschedule sooner than later.
Extremely sorry to hear your ordeal. This is limits of lousiness on their part. Especially when you sent them an email to their direct ID. I can assure you from experience that they do read each and every email within 24 hours, but only respond to some. Very surprised that they couldn't look into your issue. I hope you get the new invite very soon. Do keep checking your tracker daily. Mine got updated sometime around 8 AM. Same VO. Best of luck!Hey, thanks for checking in. I got in touch with a CIC call centre agent Monday morning, who sent an urgent email on my behalf. Ironically, my webform was rejected with copy-paste links to the website for common questions, today, so my heart skipped a beat when I saw an email from CIC at 3pm... Lol.
Alas, I never received my notice for my citizenship oath ceremony. To say I'm disappointed wouldn't be fair, because I honestly expect these types of issues with CIC. I had plenty of friends with similar issues during our PR applications - one friend had her entire application lost by CIC, and she had to go to the media with her GCMS notes to prove they had logged parts of the application they were now claiming she didn't include (such as her background checks). Magically, it was found the next day
I sound bitter, but really, it's not a big deal. I will be fine.
It's more that I've done everything I was supposed to, and then some, such as emailing the VO directly and reaching out ahead of time to say "hey, is there a problem? FYI, I didn't receive my invite for my ceremony". And still, nothing.
I guess I will just hope they reschedule sooner than later.
I am holding out a modest hope they are simply waiting to reach out because they are in the process of rescheduling my "group" and want to email us with the new date at the same time. Which may be the most efficient use of their time, albeit a bit rude. I have seen posts on these forums where people in my situation heard back a week or two later with an email stating, "there was a problem, your stated ceremony date can be rescheduled at any time", and receive the new date + invite info. But then, you have others who have been waiting months with no word. As usual, no rhyme or reason to this bureaucratic fever dream, but I am naively hoping to hear from them sooner than later. I cannot imagine being in the position of those who passed their tests in 2019, 2020, and are still waiting for an oath ceremony. It could always be worse. Appreciate the support. It will always be a bit frustrating when they drop the ball.
I am not sure what you're referring to; I applied for spousal PR in 2014 and was approved 8 months later.
I have also ordered my GCMS notes. I tried to be reasonable up until this point, but failing to provide me with my ceremony invite for the date given, while giving them ample opportunity in advance to rectify the situation, means I am gearing up to become super annoying about this. I am incredibly busy in my med program, but I refuse to fall thru the cracks. Hopefully, I will hear from them by the time I get my GCMS notes and then it need not escalate further.
My professors were so understanding about this all. "Hey instructors - I may or may not miss my critical labs today, depending on whether or not I get an email to become a citizen". At first they were so happy for me, and then we were all disappointed together, today, lol.
Good thing that you ordered GCMS, although it takes 1-2 months. Wait for a week for two, and email your MP with your ordeal. They do intervene and help sometimes. And to your earlier post regarding 2019 Test cancellations, its true that they were the worst hit and few are waiting to this day! However, fortunately for you, the same is not entirely true for Oath cancellations. When they restarted virtual Oath, the "general" trend at the time was to accommodate 2019-20 oath cancellations on priority.