![]() You will need to confirm that you are physically present in Canada, and whether you will be signing the oath form on paper or electronically. Breakout Room: before the oathĪn IRCC clerk will join you in your breakout room, and ask for your full name. ► The administrator will ask for your last name, and will give you a seat number which is the Zoom Breakout Room number that you will be put in (a Breakout Room in Zoom is simply a sub-room, a session that is split off from the main Zoom meeting to allow the participants to meet in smaller groups). ► Type in the meeting ID and the password and wait for the host to start the meeting. ✔ Check your computer camera and microphone. ✔ Make sure your Wi-Fi is correctly working. A printed, unsigned copy of the Oath or Affirmation of Citizenship form and a pen, if you wish to sign the oath on paper.Scissors to cut up your permanent residence card on-screen in front of the clerk.Optional: a holy book, of your choice, if you want to use one to swear the Oath of Citizenship.A signed copy of the Permission Release and Consent form (included with the notice).– if they’re not in English or French, you must provide a translation with an affidavit from the translator. – foreign ID documents must be government-issued, Canadian ones don’t need to be government-issued. – one piece of ID must have your photograph and signature (minors are not required to show identification with a signature). Two pieces of ID, unless you’re under 18:.Your landing papers or Confirmation of Permanent Residence (COPR).Your permanent residence card, whether it’s expired or not.You’ll need a number of documents such as: IRCC will also send you a form to sign after you have taken the oath. It will include the date, time, Zoom link and log-in instructions. IRCC will provide all the details of the citizenship ceremony in an invitation letter. You’ll attend the video oath ceremony via a Zoom videoconference call. If you use a hand-held device, it should be stable. ![]() Your head and shoulders should be visible. IRCC asks for you to be in a quiet room for the Zoom call, free of noise and/or distractions. You can wear traditional or religious clothing, but you might need to remove any face coverings if they need to identify you at some point during your virtual ceremony. IRCC doesn’t state any strict dress code but you should dress respectfully. IRCC will tell you if your ceremony will be mostly in English, mostly in French, or bilingual. IRCC will contact you with your next steps after they receive your email. ![]() – In the body of your message, include: your full name, your application number, a detailed explanation of your situation. – Put “Outside Canada – Oath of Citizenship” in the subject line If you get your invitation while you’re outside Canada, reply to the invitation email to explain your situation in detail. You need to be in Canada to take the Oath of Citizenship. If your contact information changed, tell them using their web form. IRCC will contact the email address or phone number you gave in your application. The virtual Oath ceremony will take about one hour, including registration, the ceremony itself and post-ceremony instructions.Īn official and a clerk from IRCC will oversee the video ceremony and administer the oath. This article presents the detailed steps regarding the Virtual Canadian Citizenship Ceremony (Video Oath Ceremony). Due to COVID-19, IRCC (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada) cancelled all in-person citizenship ceremonies, inviting applicants to video Oath ceremonies instead.
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