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Great discussion folks and thanks Dpenabill Here are my responses to some of the points: 1. Some people say it should take longer to get Canadian citizenship and cite Switzerland. OK that's not for me to decide, but I would suggest that countries like Switzerland and Austria still have many...

At any rate, it seems like C6 will receive Royal Assent before Parliament goes on recess in the summer. Sad how Harper has changed the fabric of Canada over 10 years, venturing into the realm of policies that would violate fundamental UN charters. The only thing I agreed with him on was revoking...

Very convenient for you to say behind your keyboard- until a situation develops when you have to leave Canada (or your loved ones) for a while. Let's see what you think then. Canada's financial state is the result of incompetent politicians mismanging the economy over soooo many years. I know...

I find this whole convenience debate non-sensical to say the very least. 1. Once someone gets Canadian citizenship, the Charter guarantees him or her mobility rights- you cannot ban people from leaving the country once they are citizens. If the government actually stopped whining about this...

Congrats mate!

Hi mate, As the others said being a UK citizen doesn't grant you extra privileges when applying to immigrate to Canada. I had to do it like everyone else (apply for PR, spend time, apply for citizenship, test, etc.). Another option would be if you can come to Canada on a working holiday visa...

Are any of parents Canadian? In Canada they go by the status of the parents if you weren't born in Canada. The status of your parents is more important in this case. In 2009 they changed the rules to limit "citizenship by descent" to only 1 generation so you have to ask your parents if they...

Yes GCSE certificates should be fine.

That's a good point. That being said, I don't think Canada prevented EU citizens from boarding planes. That was the US, which introduced stipulations to the VWP that ban dual citizens of some middle eastern countries from using the VWP even if they have European citizenships. What the US does is...

Wow this is getting more absurd...amateurish from baby-boy Justin and his Liberal goons. https://www.euractiv.com/section/trade-society/news/romania-will-veto-the-eu-canada-trade-deal/

If UK citizen English is your mother tongue. I only included degrees from my UK universities; that plus my UK and Canadian work experience was enough to demonstrate language evidence. I'd include all educational/vocational qualifications and that should do.

Not sure if serious...see this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airports_in_Papua_New_Guinea

Absolutely Politren makes a great point I totally overlooked the fact that Trudeau has committed to removing the visa requirement for Mexicans. By the way, I'm not against that- Mexico is a G20 country and an emerging power. It is also a NAFTA partner. I also advocate visa free travel for...

But apparently citizens of Papua New Guinea can visit Canada visa free, and their GDP per capita is lower than either Romania's or Bulgaria's? I'm neither Romanian nor Bulgarian by the way but seems that every other country has a consistent visa policy except Canada. With respect to Scylla's...

Technically it shouldn't matter when you change your name legally. Having said that, in practice I've been told it's better to do so after you get the citizenship simply to avoid any issues that could stall your application. It's happened to a friend of mine and she now wished she'd waited and...

Hello all, Has anyone seen this? http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/eu-visa-romania-bulgaria-trade-ceta-1.3526513 I fault the Liberals for this: I don't see how Romania and Bulgaria represent any kind of security threat to Canada. I don't think it will come to pass simply because the European...

Hey guys, Quick question re passport (I tried to post earlier but it didn't work): just curious can someone chose to have the name of the city of birth but not the 3 letters of the country? Just been thinking about this today- cheers

Thanks for this- I was under the impression that we only add the qualifying hence my advice earlier. If they ask for ALL then there's no debate, but appreciate the clarification.

Hello all, So after getting my citizenship I applied for legal name change: I have a long name and so I removed three names and kept my first name (which is now middle name) and one of my middle names (now my surname), and added a new first name. 24 hours after sending my application I'm having...

I understand where OP is coming from: sometime there are other personal reasons why someone would want to do this. Practically, I would rather you kept your citizenship. I don't agree with the point that Canada doesn't have freedom of movement regulations as a reason: the US doesn't either, and...