Bill C-24: Residency requirements (time spent before PR)

[nadeem55]

Under the old Citizenship Act, each day that applicants spent in Canada before they became permanent residents counted as a half day of residence toward fulfilling their residency requirement for citizenship. Under the new measures, designed to ensure applicants have a stronger connection to Canada, time spent in Canada as a non-permanent resident will no longer count toward meeting citizenship residency requirements.

http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?mthd=tp&crtr.page=1&nid=863319&crtr.tp1D=930

Can anyone tell when this act going to become the law specifically this paragraph?

 

[hoping_canadian]

Under the old Citizenship Act, each day that applicants spent in Canada before they became permanent residents counted as a half day of residence toward fulfilling their residency requirement for citizenship. Under the new measures, designed to ensure applicants have a stronger connection to Canada, time spent in Canada as a non-permanent resident will no longer count toward meeting citizenship residency requirements.

http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?mthd=tp&crtr.page=1&nid=863319&crtr.tp1D=930

Can anyone tell when this act going to become the law specifically this paragraph?

well they said next year but no date yet

 

[screech339]

Under the old Citizenship Act, each day that applicants spent in Canada before they became permanent residents counted as a half day of residence toward fulfilling their residency requirement for citizenship. Under the new measures, designed to ensure applicants have a stronger connection to Canada, time spent in Canada as a non-permanent resident will no longer count toward meeting citizenship residency requirements.

http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?mthd=tp&crtr.page=1&nid=863319&crtr.tp1D=930

Can anyone tell when this act going to become the law specifically this paragraph?

Since there is no official date the 4 / 6 year rule to go into effect, the consensus is somewhere between June 19, 2015 (1 year after June 19, 2014 (law signed)) and July 1st 2015 (Canada Day).

It is all speculation at the moment. Just have to wait until CIC make an official statement of date. No amount of contacting CIC is going make them speed up the official announcement of official date.

Screech339

 

[SinghLovCan]

I use to live in the US before as a student and had frequented to Canada on tourist visa to visit my brother. Does my pre-PR time count?

 

[CanadianCountry]

Only if you were a student in Canada and only under the pre Bill C-24 laws.

I use to live in the US before as a student and had frequented to Canada on tourist visa to visit my brother. Does my pre-PR time count?

 

[screech339]

Only if you were a student in Canada and only under the pre Bill C-24 laws.

Technically singhlovcan can claim the days in Canada as a tourist but it isn't worth it as it would likely cause an RQ. My wife can claim her days as a visitor before landing as PR as well so my wife is no different from singhlovcan's.

Screech339

 

[Silver77]

I am asking for my friend. This new bill covers all immigrants or just new immigrants after bill accepted?

 

[hoping_canadian]

I am asking for my friend. This new bill covers all immigrants or just new immigrants after bill accepted?

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