I think what people are also missing here is that it is perfectly normal to empathize with both situations. Refugees should get prioritized, but so should applicants who invested money and time to apply legally for citizenship, PR, etc. The issue should be about having enough trained staff who effectively work on these specific applications so that they all get the attention they deserve. They are fleeing for their livelihood, and others who are not facing a threat of persecution or war have made financial and personal investments that they have worked hard for to apply.
Possible Strike Action by IRCC employees starting mid-April
- Thread starter shiremag
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I dont see any ceremony other than 2 dates for SCR on the page.My personal guess would be:
1. Since there are in-person/video ceremonies scheduled until mid-May, they might prioritize the ones that were cancelled afterward, and that puts us to end of May/June, OR
2. They might not prioritize and those people will go back to the end of the waiting line, meaning 2-3 months or more of waiting
3. "Queeze" in the cancelled people in the existing/scheduled ones for the first weeks of May
4. Add new/extra ceremonies to make up for the cancelled ones - highly improbable.
Who wants to place their bets?
https://secure.cic.gc.ca/CeremonySearch/search-recherche-eng.aspx#resultList
Looks like they removed all.
People who went on strike arent the ones who will be assessing the backlogs. The managers and high level executives may already have plans to deal with the backlogs.
I'm thinking 3 and 4My personal guess would be:
1. Since there are in-person/video ceremonies scheduled until mid-May, they might prioritize the ones that were cancelled afterward, and that puts us to end of May/June, OR
2. They might not prioritize and those people will go back to the end of the waiting line, meaning 2-3 months or more of waiting
3. "Queeze" in the cancelled people in the existing/scheduled ones for the first weeks of May
4. Add new/extra ceremonies to make up for the cancelled ones - highly improbable.
Who wants to place their bets?
Just got virtual oath email...oath on May 9th . Guys do you think it will go as scheduled?
I would say yes at this point, but I would still wait and see what happens this week to assess the next week...
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Yes, I don’t think they will go on strike again. What I am wondering is why they were cancelling some of the ones scheduled on May 5th.
That's his first ceremony invite tho, not a reschedule!
There were people getting the invite email last week during the strike for May 2nd, and then got a cancellation email today. It's a russian roulette at this point
I think they have a batch that already pushed for this week cancellation. I guess it maybe a technical issue.
From the government website:
"The Government of Canada and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) have reached a tentative agreement, ending the strike affecting many public service members. There may still be some service impacts over the next few days and weeks as services return to full capacity."
So to my previous point, it will take some time to get back into the swing of things.
"The Government of Canada and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) have reached a tentative agreement, ending the strike affecting many public service members. There may still be some service impacts over the next few days and weeks as services return to full capacity."
So to my previous point, it will take some time to get back into the swing of things.