Do the citizenship requirements change if you marry a Canadian citizen?

[alexis2010]

Hi, a friend told me that if you are a PR and you marry a Canadian citizen you can apply for your citizenship after a year. Is that true? I always thought you'd still need 3 out of 4 years to get the citizenship even if you marry a Canadian citizen. My friend insists that there's an immigration law that supports this and even listed names of people who benefited from this law. I can't find it anywhere on the CIC website. I'd appreciate any help. Thanks!

 

[Leon]

It's possible that it used to be a law at some point in the past but there is certainly no such law now. You have to do your 3 years like everybody else.

 

[PMM]

Hi

Hi, a friend told me that if you are a PR and you marry a Canadian citizen you can apply for your citizenship after a year. Is that true? I always thought you'd still need 3 out of 4 years to get the citizenship even if you marry a Canadian citizen. My friend insists that there's an immigration law that supports this and even listed names of people who benefited from this law. I can't find it anywhere on the CIC website. I'd appreciate any help. Thanks!

No, you need 3 years of physical residence for citizenship in the 4 years prior to the date you apply. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizenship/become-eligibility.asp

PMM