My spouse is currently awaiting her Oath invitation - she's a May 2019 applicant, passed the test on 10 Jan 2020, and got CIT 0520 shortly after passing the test requesting travel itineraries, boarding passes, etc. (app sent in with 1097 days physically present - in hindsight perhaps a little early, however given the current situation, she may have missed out on the test altogether had we waited). Several months after sending those in, her ECAS has been showing as "Decision Made" since early July.
At this time, we are set to move to Europe at the end of next month, for at least 12 months, as we have both been working on lining up work for nearly a year now (pre-covid), clearly expecting this citizenship process to be completed within the 12 month timeframe IRCC provides, and in keeping with most pre-COVID timelines on this forum.
My questions are as follows:
1. How do we go about arranging she take her Oath abroad, in person or virtually? Needless to say travel will be difficult to arrange with a 1-week lead time, and utterly pointless given that the ceremony would be virtual anyway. While we do plan on returning after 12 months, we probably won't want to travel for a 30-minute zoom call during COVID.
2. If not possible, will IRCC reschedule this to a more convenient time for her, and if yes, how can we have them move her up the line for virtual Oath to sort this out before we leave Canada at the end of September? We have several acquaintances whom applied for this AFTER my wife, and have already had their ceremony (set up by the same processing office), and are now citizens and she is not!
Given how we've been inconvenienced by this whole process, and being singled out for being diligent, paying the fees, and applying as soon as was possible, this is the bare minimum one would expect.
If anyone has any experience or idea on what can be done, your feedback will be greatly appreciated!
At this time, we are set to move to Europe at the end of next month, for at least 12 months, as we have both been working on lining up work for nearly a year now (pre-covid), clearly expecting this citizenship process to be completed within the 12 month timeframe IRCC provides, and in keeping with most pre-COVID timelines on this forum.
My questions are as follows:
1. How do we go about arranging she take her Oath abroad, in person or virtually? Needless to say travel will be difficult to arrange with a 1-week lead time, and utterly pointless given that the ceremony would be virtual anyway. While we do plan on returning after 12 months, we probably won't want to travel for a 30-minute zoom call during COVID.
2. If not possible, will IRCC reschedule this to a more convenient time for her, and if yes, how can we have them move her up the line for virtual Oath to sort this out before we leave Canada at the end of September? We have several acquaintances whom applied for this AFTER my wife, and have already had their ceremony (set up by the same processing office), and are now citizens and she is not!
Given how we've been inconvenienced by this whole process, and being singled out for being diligent, paying the fees, and applying as soon as was possible, this is the bare minimum one would expect.
If anyone has any experience or idea on what can be done, your feedback will be greatly appreciated!
