keesio said:
Yes. Remember that when C-24 passed, it took CIC almost a year to implement it. So the rules from C-24 came into effect only about a year or so after it passed. The same will apply to C-6. Maybe IRCC will implement it much faster than C-24. But even if they move quickly, it will be a few months at least.
No one can answer that. Maybe it will create a backlog and slow things down. Or maybe because the standards are more relaxed that it makes processing a little easier? Who knows.
Also I wanted to ask one more question as following:
Since the Bill C-6 is not a law yet and since no one can predict whether and when it will be a law I will rather depend on qualifying for the current 4 of 6 years' rule. In which case and based on my current physical presence calculation and also considering my planned out of country travel in the next year, I will complete 1460 days some time during January 2018.
Now the current rule also says that one need to be physically present in Canada 183 days in each of four calendar years that are fully or partially in the six years immediately before the date of the application.
So my question is if ANY four calendar years (with min. 183 days each) that are fully or partially in the six years immediately before the date of my application are okay or they have to be immediate successive calendar years to my date of application for the Citizenship?
In my case the tentative scenario looks as following:
CY - Days
2012 - 18
2013 - 78
2014 - 365
2015 - 316
2016 - 356
2017 - 305
2018 - 22
Total 1460 Days
Date of eligibility - 22-Jan-18
Is my calculation of the above date of eligibility accurate or I will need to complete 183 days also in the calendar year 2018 before I can apply for the Citizenship?
Thank you kindly for your insight..