Also, wow. They announced you can take the oath from outside Canada!! How come?? Shouldn't we tear the PR card down during the oath? Would they cancel that and let us keep it till we're back in Canada? Or we'll still have to destroy it and they will send us the certificate internationally and we'd apply for the passport from a Canadian embassy/consulate?
"You need to be in Canada to take the Oath of Citizenship. If you get your invitation while you’re outside Canada, reply to the invitation email to explain your situation in detail.
In your email
- put “Outside Canada – Oath of Citizenship” in the subject line
- In the body of your message, include
- your full name
- your application number
- a detailed explanation of your situation
We’ll contact you with your next steps after we receive your email."
Well, we'll have to tread carefully with oath. The wording is a little different when you compare it with the wording under Citizenship Test "If you’re outside of Canada" section.
It says "
You need to be in Canada to take the Oath of Citizenship. If you get your invitation while you’re outside Canada, reply to the invitation email to explain your situation in detail."
I am NOT sure if they will allow applicants to take oath outside Canada because of the reasons I mentioned
here.
It is extremely unlikely (practically impossible) that IRCC will allow applicants to take oath from outside Canada. The reason being at the end of the ceremony, you'll have to cut your PR card in front of the camera. This will leave them with no documentation to come to Canada. It takes a few weeks before citizenship certificate reaches you in the mail. Without the original citizenship certificate, they can't apply for a passport.
Now, if IRCC has found a way to workaround this (like mailing the citizenship certificate outside Canada using a secure courier OR letting the applicant use his/her valid PR card to return to Canada after oath), then it is possible that the applicant will be allowed to take oath from outside Canada.
We'll need confirmed reports from a few applicants to see if IRCC allows this.