I had my oath on saturday, march 15. The oath was scheduled at 10am, but we were asked to report by 9am. 70 people had taken oath and we were done by 11am. It was certainly special and a wonderful feeling.
However, it didn't go smoothly for me. They had messed up my name in the certificate. I had done legal name change prior to my application and had requested the certificate in the new name (only a small change in the first name). However, CIC was wise enough to not paying attention to that. They had issued the certificate in my old name that always had in their file. I talked to the CIC officer at the end of the event and explained the situation. At first, she tried to tell me that CIC has certain requirements... blah... blah... Then she found that all the required papers are already in the application package. She apologised few times for that on behalf of CIC and told me that they will issue me a new certificate with the proper name and call me in about 6 weeks to pick up the certificate.
This is a weird situation for me as I had to return my citizenship certificate (meaning I can't apply for passport) and my PR card is not valid any more (she had let me keep the PR card with me for a peace of mind in the condition that I will return that when I will pick up the correct certificate). Therefore, I can't travel internationally in at least for a couple of months (I can leave Canada, but coming back will be an issue).
Though with hiccups, my journey for citizenship is almost towards it's end. All the best to everybody awaiting their citizenship.
However, it didn't go smoothly for me. They had messed up my name in the certificate. I had done legal name change prior to my application and had requested the certificate in the new name (only a small change in the first name). However, CIC was wise enough to not paying attention to that. They had issued the certificate in my old name that always had in their file. I talked to the CIC officer at the end of the event and explained the situation. At first, she tried to tell me that CIC has certain requirements... blah... blah... Then she found that all the required papers are already in the application package. She apologised few times for that on behalf of CIC and told me that they will issue me a new certificate with the proper name and call me in about 6 weeks to pick up the certificate.
This is a weird situation for me as I had to return my citizenship certificate (meaning I can't apply for passport) and my PR card is not valid any more (she had let me keep the PR card with me for a peace of mind in the condition that I will return that when I will pick up the correct certificate). Therefore, I can't travel internationally in at least for a couple of months (I can leave Canada, but coming back will be an issue).
Though with hiccups, my journey for citizenship is almost towards it's end. All the best to everybody awaiting their citizenship.
your wait is almost over!