Possible Strike Action by IRCC employees starting mid-April

[Cece450]

April 27, haven't received the email yet.

oh mine is the 27th as well haha. I guess we will wait and see if we receive a notice to appear or a resceduling email tomorrow

 

[sumeet169]

oh mine is the 27th as well haha. I guess we will wait and see if we receive a notice to appear or a resceduling email tomorrow

Mine is on 26th. Lets see how things shape up during the next few days

 

[sumeet169]

My Ceremony is Scheduled on the 25/4 based on the tracking .
Until now i didn't get any email or mail for the information about the invitation is it normal ?
If yes when i am supposed to get it ?

Should have gotten a week before the ceremony. Thats strange since it wasnt a strike until today.

 

[GwenFayeth]

Just dropping in here to say I am so sorry you all are going through this. This is disrupting all of our livelihoods and lives. We are in it together and better days will come. Keep your spirits high and strong. <3

 

[Cece450]

Just dropping in here to say I am so sorry you all are going through this. This is disrupting all of our livelihoods and lives. We are in it together and better days will come. Keep your spirits high and strong. <3

Thank you! Sending you the same positive vibes as well <3

 

[sumeet169]

Just dropping in here to say I am so sorry you all are going through this. This is disrupting all of our livelihoods and lives. We are in it together and better days will come. Keep your spirits high and strong. <3

This situation is same like checking the tracker. You dont know when will it start.

 

[Neveen89]

Should have gotten a week before the ceremony. Thats strange since it wasnt a strike until today.

I have no Idea
I checked the Junk even the mail nothing

 

[longt]

Hi all,
Does anyone know if the stirke will affect outland temporary resident applications (processed outside of Canada)?

 

[sumeet169]

Hi all,
Does anyone know if the stirke will affect outland temporary resident applications (processed outside of Canada)?

They said that anything outside Canada is working as usual.

 

[LeaveItGold]

Just dropping in here to say I am so sorry you all are going through this. This is disrupting all of our livelihoods and lives. We are in it together and better days will come. Keep your spirits high and strong. <3

Thank you for the positive vibes.

 

[sumeet169]

Very interesting thing I found out. PSAC only have the budget to last for 4 days to pay for workers on strike. And politically, people are being affected by this and over all not happy with the strike, so the political parties supporting this will not be getting a lot from supporting the PSAC. But the main point it, PSAC can only pay for 4 days of strike pay and after that people on strike. So there is a huge incentive for PSAC itself to get back out of strike, else they will bankrupt themselves.

 

[pinkberries]

I think it means that you will be at the back of the line. But back of the line of all those who got their Citizenship Ceremony in Progress or all the applications being processed by that agent?

Great, that’s not too bad I guess. I was invited to do my April 19 oath ceremony on March 27. So I am roughly 3 weeks at back of the line whenever the strike ends.

 

[Cece450]

Hi all,
Does anyone know if the stirke will affect outland temporary resident applications (processed outside of Canada)?

You should ask that in the temporary resident forum. This is for citizenship ceremonies

 

[pinkberries]

Very interesting thing I found out. PSAC only have the budget to last for 4 days to pay for workers on strike. And politically, people are being affected by this and over all not happy with the strike, so the political parties supporting this will not be getting a lot from supporting the PSAC. But the main point it, PSAC can only pay for 4 days of strike pay and after that people on strike. So there is a huge incentive for PSAC itself to get back out of strike, else they will bankrupt themselves.

I remember reading somewhere that during one of PSAC’s previous strikes, they ran out of money and had to get loans from other unions and banks. So they might have a few more buffer days before they truly run out of money. But your point is still valid, this would incentivize PSAC to reach a deal as soon as possible.

 

[shiremag]

Globe and Mail Article about how the strike is affecting Immigration (IRCC)
(paywall): https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-federal-workers-strike-to-slow-immigration-process/
(archive): https://archive.is/wip/ZAi1y

It's getting a lot of media attention. CBC Vancouver Radio 1 had a segment about a person missing citizenship ceremony etc.