Bill C24 4/6 year rule

[dnyfyn]

Hello Friends,

Is anybody aware or have any indication when will the 4 year rule of 6 will be implemented? June 2015 or July 2015?

 

[walmzd]

I called CIC two months ago to ask for the cut off date and they told me it was not specified yet, between June and July 2015

Hello Friends,

Is anybody aware or have any indication when will the 4 year rule of 6 will be implemented? June 2015 or July 2015?

 

[Donvalley]

The government celebrates the passage of reforms to the Citizenship Act
June 19, 2014 — Ottawa, ON
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Quick facts
Requiring 14-64 year-olds to meet knowledge and language requirements provides an incentive for more individuals to acquire official language proficiency and civics knowledge, which helps them successfully integrate into Canadian society.
Citizenship applicants will need to be physically present in Canada for a total of four out of their last six years. In addition, they will need to be physically present in Canada for 183 days per year for at least four of those six years. These provisions will come into force in approximately a year.

http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?crtr.sj1D=&crtr.mnthndVl=12&mthd=advSrch&crtr.dpt1D=6664&nid=859509&crtr.lc1D=&crtr.tp1D=1&crtr.yrStrtVl=2014&crtr.kw=&crtr.dyStrtVl=1&crtr.aud1D=&crtr.mnthStrtVl=1&crtr.page=4&crtr.yrndVl=2014&crtr.dyndVl=31


June 16, 2014 Passed That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.
http://openparliament.ca/bills/41-2/C-24/

While the new laws have been enacted, they have not yet come into force and will not for approximately one year. It is expected that they will come into effect in the spring or summer of 2015. Applicants can still apply under the previous citizenship criteria until official pronouncement of the date that these new laws are in effect.

 

[MUFC]

When people call the CIC call centre they will hear many different months, but basically it will go into effect between March2015 and September2015.

They have chosen the word Approximately for a reason.
They will let the people know few weeks before the cut off date, so it might be any time between March-September 2015.

 

[SinghLovCan]

Does anyone know what the new form will be like?

 

[Donvalley]

They will let the people know few weeks before the cut off date, so it might be any time between March-September 2015.

Well; I doubt that, knowing what happened at the time of fees hike in last February. My guess is that they will just modify the forms and everything else for reflecting the changes and announce it on any date they choose comfortable.

 

[MUFC]

Absolutely agree with Donvalley. They might announce the Cut off date @ the very last moment or retroactive.

Smoke and mirrors.

 

[tiarachel85]

According to rexdale community legal clinic 'it won’t come into force until next June,'

Please visit http://www.thestar.com/news/immigration/2014/08/04/residents_urged_to_apply_for_canadian_citizenship_to_avoid_hurdles_on_horizon.html

thanks

 

[MUFC]

Unfortunately the allocation of the cut off date doesn't depend on Rexdale community legal clinic.

They just assume that based on the wording "Approximately" , but everybody understand "Approximately" in a different way.

It seem like the government understand it like June/July +- 3 months.

So it might be any date from March to September next year

 

[tiarachel85]

Unfortunately the allocation of the cut off date doesn't depend on Rexdale community legal clinic.

They just assume that based on the wording "Approximately" , but everybody understand "Approximately" in a different way.

It seem like the government understand it like June/July +- 3 months.

So it might be any date from March to September next year

In that case how you came to conclusion of +-3 months???
It could be +-4, +-5 +-2 or any thing.

In this post you yourself mentioned 'after canada day 2015'
http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/effective-date-of-bill-c24-t234238.0.html;msg3580516#msg3580516

 

[MUFC]

Start calling the CIC call centre everyday, you will speak with different agents on the line and right down the answers they will give you... all of them will be in the range March-Sepember 2015

 

[tiarachel85]

Start calling the CIC call centre everyday, you will speak with different agents on the line and right down the answers they will give you... all of them will be in the range March-Sepember 2015

I believe immigration experts in government legal clinics must be more knowledgeable than the agents. They surely must have received some directions from the government.

March or September is not approximate. Its 100 days, man !!!

 

[MUFC]

4 moths after the Bill became a law there is no official information as of when the cut off date will be... everything else is speculation from different sources.

What a funny organisation.

Their policy sounds like "Wait and see"

I trust only on the official statements... but still there is none.