Marriage to a Citizen

[chitra singh]

Hello,

I am a Indian citizen living in India. If I marry a Canadian guy can i get Canadian citizenship right away?

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Chitra

 

[Leon]

No, he needs to sponsor you for permanent residency first. After you move to Canada as a permanent resident, you have to live in Canada for 3 years before you can apply for citizenship. Processing citizenship takes an average of 1 year so the whole thing could be a 5 year process.

 

[med]

yes thats right , first application for permanent residence then once u are there for three years then u can apply for citizenship