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I am considering moving back to Europe as well. I have been in Canada since 2009 (PR since 2012). I accepted a new position recently (for 2 years) because I wanted to get the citizenship and settle down. Now that the prospect of getting citizenship is so uncertain and holding it becomes...

Do you have any data about this: do they ask for RQ for everyone who apply less than 1095 days of physical residency? My residency requirement would be completed by September 2014. But because I have work-related absences I meet the physical residency conditions only by March 2015. If the law...

I disagree. Physically residing in a country counts in many parts of the world. Student visa etc. counts towards citizenship in many countries (such as in Australia as somebody mentioned earlier). But even residing in a country without official documents often counts. Maybe not in US, but in the...

Hopefully, you are right. But if Canada is not a "one man decision country" then why they want to give ministers the full power to revoke citizenship? Things like "intention to reside" and "terrorist activities" leave much room for subjective interpretation which can be used to justify revoking...

Meanwhile: CBC reports that: "The Canadian government is reforming the immigration system to offer "express entry" to skilled immigrants who want to come here as permanent residents, as a way to fill open jobs where there are no available Canadian workers" On the one hand, with Bill C-24, they...

Sorry, I cannot post the link, but here is Amnesty International's response to Bill C-24: New citizenship revocation powers in Bill C-24 should be withdrawn, says Amnesty International The new provisions fall short of a range of international human rights obligations, including...

the fact that 'most of the people' are not worried does not mean that the bill is not problematic. you can pretty much justify anything with 'most of the people' argument. that's what they do in many non-democratic countries. any bill has to be in line with fundamental rights and this one is...