I have a surgery outside of Canada and my flight is on March 14, 2022. My oath ceremony was on Feb 25, 2022. The ECAS status online says "complete". When will I receive the certificate in mail? What can I do to speed up this process because I need to leave the country in literally 14 days.
When will I receive the certificate? I need to travel for surgery urgently.
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I suggest you contact your MP with proof of urgency and then ask them to contact Mississauga office to let you pick up certificate in person or send it via express mail. You can email Mississauga office (on the email address you received oath invite from) directly but it will take them a few business days to read your email so first option is probably better.
thank you so much man for replying. what's an MP and where do i get their contact info?
You can send an enquiry email to the same email address where you had submitted oath form. Explain your situation to them. Once you get that info, schedule your appointment for passport office. You can literally get your passport the next day with express pickup which will cost you extra $110.
This is good news. So, I would suggest you go ahead and submit online appointment form and take appointment for mid next week just to be safe. And get express pick up. You should be fine. Normally within province delivery time is 3 business days for regular mail.
I asked "Will I be able to receive it in a few days" and they just said "It all depends on how long Canada Post takes to deliver it. We advise clients to allow 2-4 weeks for delivery."
They're being super unhelpful
May I know which visa office you took oath from?
If it is already sent then it should not take more than 3-5 business days as it is their standard delivery time for regular mail.
Yes, it was virtual but in the Oath form it mentions which visa office you are taking oath from. Like Niagara, Mississauga etc.My oath was virtual on Feb 25th 2022.
I really hope it doesn't take long
My deep belief based only on guesswork is that when IRCC says 'it was sent' that what they mean is it was sent or the button pushed to print and send through their own mail room, NOT physically passed to CanadaPost. Otherwise the delivery delays that they have don't make sense.
Did you mention your situation during the oath when they check for your document etc.? Usually they ask if you have to travel outside country? I have a conference coming up in the US but that's on March 24 so they may not expediate it. But she did say that within the big cities the delivery should be fast and expect in 2 weeks.My oath was virtual on Feb 25th 2022.
I really hope it doesn't take long
They asked and my parents answered for me. My family doesn't know about the surgery or the fact that I'm leaving, so I couldn't speak. That's helpful to know by the way that the delivery might only take 2 weeks. Hopefully it gets here. If it doesn't, I'm going to go anyway. And then I won't be able to come back but I'll deal with that problem when I have it