Hi last week I filed Mandamus for citizenshipapplication, yesterday I received a no reason letter, today I received a Notice for Apearance, I replied to that email and they told me that IRCC decided to go for a hearing?
What is my next step, who had this experience?
Talk to your lawyer.
If you do not have a lawyer and you want to pursue Mandamus relief, get a lawyer.
Mandamus is not really, not practically anyway, the kind of procedure a person can handle pro se (by self-representation). Mandamus is complex enough that even lawyers are known to sometimes struggle properly pursuing it.
Beyond that . . .
I was drafting some
if this, then that observations about the Mandamus procedure, but I suspect the "
Notice for Appearance" means IRCC is proceeding to defend its position before the Federal Court, so if you do not know how to proceed from here you are really way in over your head. Be aware that if your case is unsuccessful the Federal Court can assess costs including fees (that is, order you to pay the government for the government's costs in defending the action), and these can be quite a lot.
Note, among the most common mistakes made in pursuing mandamus relief in regards to citizenship applications:
-- error in framing the relief sought (Federal Court cannot order IRCC or the Minister to grant citizenship, so an application for an order to compel IRCC to grant citizenship will not succeed)
-- failure to properly establish the grounds for mandamus relief (mere delay, for example, is NOT enough to establish grounds for relief)
-- failure to adequately or properly make the requisite demand for relief prior to making an application to the Federal Court for mandamus relief
Again, this is
lawyer-up stuff.
