Tuesday, August 18, 2015

New rules to apply for Canadian Citizenship


What I was afraid to happen really happened, the rules explained at the previous post Applying for Canadian Citizenship changed.  Ohhhh noooooo!!!!!

 Now please, please use the CIC online tool to find out if you have lived in Canada long enough to apply to become a citizen.
  • You must have been physically present in Canada as a permanent resident for at least 1,460 days during the six years immediately before the date of your application. You must also be physically present for at least 183 days during each of four calendar years that are fully or partially within the six years immediately before the date of application.
  • These requirements do not apply to children under 18.
  • Buaaaa!!!!!!  and the 1/2 day time counted before you receive your PR is no longer valid (you can only count time spent after you became a permanent resident of Canada).

So what  does the new rule mean? For example, my fiancée arrived in 2006, received his PR in 2012, traveled a little bit outside of Canada, and under the older rules he would had applied for his Canadian Citizenship in Nov 2015, by the new rules it will happen in Jan 2017.
 

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