@harirajmohan , what to tell at the land border crossing while traveling for Oath ceremony? Can we have IRCC ship the Oath certificate to a friend's address?
Good that you asked. Here is what happened:
Officer: Why are you coming. How come you are coming just to take oath and you are not residing here. When did you move out. etc etc.
So expect that some officer will question and delay you. So give enough time. Try to avoid traveling on same day.
I was sent inside for RO since officer was not happy even though i told that i was staying for 4 years and had stayed only 14 months outside.
In the secondary inspection, she was asking me about my stay period on when i landed, when i moved to canada, when i moved out etc. Then officer told she will check and come back and later she came back and asked about my commute (which was for few years) hence she asked if i had stayed inside Canada during pandemic and worked and i said i was inside working during pandemic. Then she said that it seems i am meeting since its less than 2 years outside etc. Then i was let go and she told some reason why i was sent inside etc for which i said that if i dont meet RO then i am not supposed to take oath which will be problem if i did later.
So just tell that truth about your travel with enough time between oath and travel time/date. Legally they cant deny but we should give them enough time to verify.
I was also thinking that i should have brought full travel log so that they can calculate/verify with theirs. I would have known, i would have brought it as i have 700+ entries.
At the border: Dont specify anything about any rule that it will allow you to apply for citizenship while outside or you have any right to enter or etc. Just answer what they asked and for some questions you dont need to answer for questions like "how do you come just for oath while you are outside" etc. Just tell that you applied while you were inside. No point in reminding anything about the rules as it will only backfire for us and at the end nothing different going to happen and you will let in which is what we want.
