Moe... said:
Congratulations! bangloboy
Please let us know how your oath day went. Like how much time it takes from the moment you arrive in the hall and what happens after that. What to do and do nots. What items to take along with us on the oath date. Your information is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
The Oath experience was wonderful, great moment and great feeling. You can take family with you - I'm the last one in my family to get the citizenship so today my wife and my dad tagged along. Was in Scarborough - 130pm. The designated area was actually packed including new citizens and their guests. The whole process ended at 245pm and then you can wait to take pics with the judge.
I arrived at 120 and we had to make a line. On the pink letter there is actually a number - that will be your seat number. We then surrendered our PR card and landing document. I took 2 pcs of ID but they actually didn't check that LOL. Once we handed them we went and sat at our numbered seat. My family sat on the opposite side (room was crammed and filled up). Staff was very courteous and judge was in a very jovial mood. We were also given a flag and a pin
also some nice reading material about Canada to keep and 2 printed letters from Stephen Harper and minister Alexander.
The judge said a few things about our values. Then we all stood up and said our oath together. Then they called our names based on number to get our certificate. Then we sang the national anthem for the first time as a CANADIAN! It was a great great feeling. There was some closing remarks and we were done!
All in all it was wonderful to see all kinds of nationalities (today from 29) and total of 95 new citizens.
Good luck to the rest of you from st Clair awaiting oath dates. You are almost there and now I can say it - to welcome you to my nation of Canada
Cheers!