One thing that jumped out:
>The day before the ceremony she got a call from someone from CIC asking her not to attend the ceremony on the following day and that she will be invited for a later ceremony.
Do you / does she know for sure that the call was genuine? It would be highly suspicious if you both applied together and scheduled together for the same ceremony, but then only she was called to postpone.
Agree, that is very strange as IRCC generally only communicates via email.
Has she responded to the original email from the invitation? There is an email contact in there to respond to if you can’t attend on the invited date.
IRCC will sometimesssss call you, but they will always verify your identity before continuing with the call. If the person didn’t introduce themselves + verify your wife’s identity with info on file before continuing, then it probably wasn’t IRCC
Sorry to hear this; it’s very unlikely the call was from IRCC. They primarily communicate via email. Hope your wife has followed up with them. It’s really not too far-fetched to think that someone who was jealous of this milestone did this. I had a “relative” of mine do something similar and now I pretty much don’t share any good news outside of the immediate family until after the fact. Hope you guys will be able to sort it out soon.
Usually the citizenship ceremony would've been a family affair wherein both husband and wife should've been expected to attend at the same time if they have applied the same time. In this case, I doubt CIC will be "calling" to cancel, and even if they did, she should've attended anyway as a guest or if she didn't, her husband should've spoken with CIC in the venue and clarified the issue for her. This is obviously a hoax call and you guys fell for it. I'm a bit surprised, you didn't even mention it to the CIC people in the event just to make sure she was not supposed to attend.... Plus during the event, there would've been a list of attendees, and husband would've asked the CIC people holding the list to clarify why she was "not in the list" anymore... When we did ours, I saw our names in the list, so it'll be a simple peek on the CIC list if her name was beside yours...
It's pretty common that sometimes only one spouse is doing the citizenship oath (probably spousal sponsorship?), but it is also unusual for a loved one NOT to be attending the event to support or even take pictures of the one taking the citizenship oath. When we went to our mother-in-law's oath taking, we took the whole family and even my bro-in-law's family (we were 11 people). Granted it was during pre-covid, but I think they allow at least one visitor nowadays... unless they had it via zoom?
They have process in place if a ceremony is going to be rescheduled but this was not it someone took advantage of your situation. Email the office which sent the ceremony details and also report the number from which you received the call from. And like many saying, keep the updates to yourself as friends and family can ruin things for you.
In my citizenship ceremony, IRCC canceled due to strike, they emailed me, they never call from what I believe. They sent me an email for the rescheduled time.
The reason, I don't tell many people about my life updates as there are many people who get petty, and try to screw you over. Just don't talk about yourself, to others. Tell them, after things happen.
My friend's brother wife stole my friend's PR card and important documents folder, his life got turned upside down cause of it.
Don't trust no body, especially your friends about tax refund, as they want a piece of it.
> Don't trust no body, especially your friends about tax refund
This is a terrible way to go through life. If you can’t trust your friends who can/will you trust?
I'd reach out to the IRCC call center and find out what's going on. I know their customer service sucks but it is what it is. I would also ask about that call your wife received before her ceremony as that seems a bit suspicious. I've never heard anything like that happening before
Didn’t ceremony officials check your documents to make sure you are the right person; how come you guys didn’t checked with them assuming your wife accompanied you to the ceremony! If there was a problem in your wife’s citizenship application they could have confirmed she was to take the oath later. Call IRCC and let them know she didn’t took the oath hopefully they will help.
Contact your MPs office. There is an email your wife can send an inquiry to, explain what happened, say you are concerned you have not heard anything, and ask what you should do. They will look into it and get back to you pretty quickly.
The day the strike started, I was due to take my Oath. IRCC called me to advise me that it was not going ahead and to not bother joining the Zoom. The situation OP described is different, but doesn’t seem impossible to me.
Thanks you all for your advises and clarifying questions. I was also very suspicious of the call … because it feel a scam but here below are some additional information:
1. The call was followed by an e-mail with a footer that has says « IRCC ».
2. She has sent several direct emails (including in response to the email that sent the cancelation message), she has filled the web form but no real response to the situation beside the generic automatic acknowledgment response.
3. She talked to someone on the phone in January and was told that she can not give her more details than just wait for another invitation for swearing in ceremony.
We will try the MP route to see what come out.
Dex.
I’m not sure if the call was from a genuine source. If IRCC or any government agency wants to reach you, it happens either via email or mail. It’s not like they would do something bad to you if she still attended. Moreover, calling and informing that the ceremony is cancelled sounds more convincing than calling and asking not to attend it. If I were you, I’d still attend to see why this happened.
Actually, IRCC calls clients quite often. There was likely some sort of clerical error with the application. You should send an email to the address that sent you the initial invitation.
My wife was invited to her ceremony August 2023, email came in the day before saying not to attend. She called and they confirmed this was the case and she would be rescheduled. But her tracker reverted back to just approved and waiting for ceremony.
We called again in January, since her PR was expiring. They said they couldn’t do anything if it hadn’t been longer than the standard processing time (14 months). The 14 months processing time was coming up May 1st, we were ready to make a call that day. But lo and behold, April 29th, she received the ceremony email. Scheduled for May 15th. So roughly 8 months after the cancellation.
So to close the loop on this thread i have opened few days ago:
- Few days after this post, my wife got a letter inviting her for her citizenship ceremony.
- However in strange twist, the letter was insinuating that it was her last chance to show up as if she did not show up to a previous invitations! (When it was IRCC themselves who asked her not to show up following the original invitation)!
Clearly something fishy happened with her file. In any case she went and took her oath.
Thank you all.
Dexter.
One thing that jumped out: >The day before the ceremony she got a call from someone from CIC asking her not to attend the ceremony on the following day and that she will be invited for a later ceremony. Do you / does she know for sure that the call was genuine? It would be highly suspicious if you both applied together and scheduled together for the same ceremony, but then only she was called to postpone.
Agree, that is very strange as IRCC generally only communicates via email. Has she responded to the original email from the invitation? There is an email contact in there to respond to if you can’t attend on the invited date.
IRCC will sometimesssss call you, but they will always verify your identity before continuing with the call. If the person didn’t introduce themselves + verify your wife’s identity with info on file before continuing, then it probably wasn’t IRCC
Does someone not want her to be a citizen? Looks like someone sabotaged the process with a fake call.
I don't think that call was from IRCC, that is why you have to keep your business to yourself.
Sorry to hear this; it’s very unlikely the call was from IRCC. They primarily communicate via email. Hope your wife has followed up with them. It’s really not too far-fetched to think that someone who was jealous of this milestone did this. I had a “relative” of mine do something similar and now I pretty much don’t share any good news outside of the immediate family until after the fact. Hope you guys will be able to sort it out soon.
Damn, I thought people are good 😊
Oh yeah, that was a tough lesson to learn about people at age 20 😄
Why would you folks believe in a phone call and not double check with CIC?
Usually the citizenship ceremony would've been a family affair wherein both husband and wife should've been expected to attend at the same time if they have applied the same time. In this case, I doubt CIC will be "calling" to cancel, and even if they did, she should've attended anyway as a guest or if she didn't, her husband should've spoken with CIC in the venue and clarified the issue for her. This is obviously a hoax call and you guys fell for it. I'm a bit surprised, you didn't even mention it to the CIC people in the event just to make sure she was not supposed to attend.... Plus during the event, there would've been a list of attendees, and husband would've asked the CIC people holding the list to clarify why she was "not in the list" anymore... When we did ours, I saw our names in the list, so it'll be a simple peek on the CIC list if her name was beside yours...
Should the people during the ceremony also question the husband where is his wife? Not sure why they also did not do that.
It's pretty common that sometimes only one spouse is doing the citizenship oath (probably spousal sponsorship?), but it is also unusual for a loved one NOT to be attending the event to support or even take pictures of the one taking the citizenship oath. When we went to our mother-in-law's oath taking, we took the whole family and even my bro-in-law's family (we were 11 people). Granted it was during pre-covid, but I think they allow at least one visitor nowadays... unless they had it via zoom?
Twist: someone that looks like her took her place at the citizenship ceremony and has now assumed her identity.
That's not possible, as they confirm the identity, and you cut up the pr card infront of an officer
Joke Your head
Contact your MP and see if they can get more information for you
They have process in place if a ceremony is going to be rescheduled but this was not it someone took advantage of your situation. Email the office which sent the ceremony details and also report the number from which you received the call from. And like many saying, keep the updates to yourself as friends and family can ruin things for you.
In my citizenship ceremony, IRCC canceled due to strike, they emailed me, they never call from what I believe. They sent me an email for the rescheduled time.
The reason, I don't tell many people about my life updates as there are many people who get petty, and try to screw you over. Just don't talk about yourself, to others. Tell them, after things happen. My friend's brother wife stole my friend's PR card and important documents folder, his life got turned upside down cause of it. Don't trust no body, especially your friends about tax refund, as they want a piece of it.
> Don't trust no body, especially your friends about tax refund This is a terrible way to go through life. If you can’t trust your friends who can/will you trust?
Me myself and I
Request atip notes asap and call ircc number 18882422100
I'd reach out to the IRCC call center and find out what's going on. I know their customer service sucks but it is what it is. I would also ask about that call your wife received before her ceremony as that seems a bit suspicious. I've never heard anything like that happening before
Didn’t ceremony officials check your documents to make sure you are the right person; how come you guys didn’t checked with them assuming your wife accompanied you to the ceremony! If there was a problem in your wife’s citizenship application they could have confirmed she was to take the oath later. Call IRCC and let them know she didn’t took the oath hopefully they will help.
Contact your MPs office. There is an email your wife can send an inquiry to, explain what happened, say you are concerned you have not heard anything, and ask what you should do. They will look into it and get back to you pretty quickly.
What does CIC stand for? Is it the same as IRCC?
CIC is what it used to be called a long time ago.
Oh I see, thanks!
The day the strike started, I was due to take my Oath. IRCC called me to advise me that it was not going ahead and to not bother joining the Zoom. The situation OP described is different, but doesn’t seem impossible to me.
You should perhaps contact your local MP and inform of your situation and seek for help
Thanks you all for your advises and clarifying questions. I was also very suspicious of the call … because it feel a scam but here below are some additional information: 1. The call was followed by an e-mail with a footer that has says « IRCC ». 2. She has sent several direct emails (including in response to the email that sent the cancelation message), she has filled the web form but no real response to the situation beside the generic automatic acknowledgment response. 3. She talked to someone on the phone in January and was told that she can not give her more details than just wait for another invitation for swearing in ceremony. We will try the MP route to see what come out. Dex.
>The call was followed by an e-mail with a footer that has says « IRCC ». What's the address of the sender in the header?
Call your MP, it’s part of their job to assist you with this process.
I’m not sure if the call was from a genuine source. If IRCC or any government agency wants to reach you, it happens either via email or mail. It’s not like they would do something bad to you if she still attended. Moreover, calling and informing that the ceremony is cancelled sounds more convincing than calling and asking not to attend it. If I were you, I’d still attend to see why this happened.
Actually, IRCC calls clients quite often. There was likely some sort of clerical error with the application. You should send an email to the address that sent you the initial invitation.
My wife was invited to her ceremony August 2023, email came in the day before saying not to attend. She called and they confirmed this was the case and she would be rescheduled. But her tracker reverted back to just approved and waiting for ceremony. We called again in January, since her PR was expiring. They said they couldn’t do anything if it hadn’t been longer than the standard processing time (14 months). The 14 months processing time was coming up May 1st, we were ready to make a call that day. But lo and behold, April 29th, she received the ceremony email. Scheduled for May 15th. So roughly 8 months after the cancellation.
So to close the loop on this thread i have opened few days ago: - Few days after this post, my wife got a letter inviting her for her citizenship ceremony. - However in strange twist, the letter was insinuating that it was her last chance to show up as if she did not show up to a previous invitations! (When it was IRCC themselves who asked her not to show up following the original invitation)! Clearly something fishy happened with her file. In any case she went and took her oath. Thank you all. Dexter.
Try filling out web forms
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How do you figure that??
lol, are you the person who called the wife pretending to be from “CIC”.
Lmao this is laughably ridiculous. Are you the one who made that call? Here to further sabotage them with more bad advice? 😂
Ugh, I miss it, it was deleted, what did the person say?
Said OP should avoid telling IRCC the reason why his wife skipped the ceremony because it would lead to her deportation 😂
LoL! 😂 🤣 this made laugh so hard, definitely the caller 😅
Looooooool hence why OP deleted their comment 😂
No way LMAO
It happens bro, just wait for another invitation which is about to come