New Rules for Citizenship

[gosia]

this sucks.. have to wait 3 more years

 

[redstone]

I am not clear about "intent to stay". Is this mean we cant go for vacation or to visit family back home for 1/2 months during citizenship application processing time also after citizenship grant. Pls advise

 

[polara69]

Sure you can go on vacation. You are not a prisoner here.

 

[redstone]

thanks,,, i got relief now

 

[links18]

Sure you can go on vacation. You are not a prisoner here.

Of course, it might mean you get an RQ and your application gets sent to the bureaucratic black hole.

 

[nina.roy]

Their Residence Calculator still says "you must have lived in Canada for at least three years (1,095 days) out of the four years (1,460 days) preceding your application" -> https://eservices.cic.gc.ca/rescalc/resCalcStartNew.do

Does anyone know when will the new Residence Calculator (with the new residency requirements) be made available?

 

[txboyscout]

Their Residence Calculator still says "you must have lived in Canada for at least three years (1,095 days) out of the four years (1,460 days) preceding your application" -> https://eservices.cic.gc.ca/rescalc/resCalcStartNew.do

Does anyone know when will the new Residence Calculator (with the new residency requirements) be made available?

The residence calcualtor still says that because that is what the current requirement is

The calculator will be updated if/when the bill becomes law. When that will happen is anyone's guess

 

[PMM]

Hi

The before PR rule not counting is such a downer. For people like us, it delays our application submission by 2 years. I hope this gets raised and the bill be amended.

The max it could delay it is 1 year (which is 1/2 of the 2 years that you could count for time prior to PR)

 

[YorkFactory]

The max it could delay it is 1 year (which is 1/2 of the 2 years that you could count for time prior to PR)

Yeah, but it also tacks another year onto the residency requirement, so the aggregate effect of the bill is to delay some people's eligibility by close to two years.

 

[kazemsd]

By the current law, the time spent in Canada before PR counts towards citizenship requirement up to 1 year(each day before PR as half a day).
In the proposed bill, the time spent before PR is not counted.
So, for some people if the new bill passes, they will be delayed by two years.

Hi


The max it could delay it is 1 year (which is 1/2 of the 2 years that you could count for time prior to PR)

 

[harry_aussie]

Yeah, but it also tacks another year onto the residency requirement, so the aggregate effect of the bill is to delay some people's eligibility by close to two years.

True, my wife would be eligible to apply for Citizenship in September this year according to current rules. This bill has moved the tentative date to september 2016. The question is " what is the reason behind elimination off time spent in Canada before getting PR" ?. What are these guys trying to prove ?.

I live in Australia and here the residency requirement is of 4 years. Upto 3 years can be subtracted for the requirement by living in Australia on any kind of temporary visa and one year must be as a PR. I believe this country is none less than Canada but there seems to be some problem with commonsense of Canadian politicians. Yes, safeguarding and keeping the value of Citizenship is very important but this does not provide an excuse to turn peoples lives upside down and act stupid.

 

[Dejaavu]

Harry Aussie,

Right on.
My wife is in the same situation. She could apply in Sep 2014 but because of these proposed changes, this could delay her by 2 years...

I will call my MP and sent a letter to NDP party MP as well.

It looks like the Conservative party of Canada likes the US so much that they want to introduce and implement US style reforms. In the US you can't use pre PR days to count for citizenship application.

 

[defrontier]

True, my wife would be eligible to apply for Citizenship in September this year according to current rules. This bill has moved the tentative date to september 2016. The question is " what is the reason behind elimination off time spent in Canada before getting PR" ?. What are these guys trying to prove ?.

I live in Australia and here the residency requirement is of 4 years. Upto 3 years can be subtracted for the requirement by living in Australia on any kind of temporary visa and one year must be as a PR. I believe this country is none less than Canada but there seems to be some problem with commonsense of Canadian politicians. Yes, safeguarding and keeping the value of Citizenship is very important but this does not provide an excuse to turn peoples lives upside down and act stupid.

May be they wanna run the pipelines and mess up with environment quietly. Before year 2000, Canadians who vote in elections was very few. Now this number is increasing and immigrants have great effect on that percentage in future elections. I cant still believe half of the country is not voting. And harper government squeeze us. I have been here more than ten years and just got chance to apply for pr and none of that tax paying years will be respected.

 

[vic48912]

May be they wanna run the pipelines and mess up with environment quietly. Before year 2000, Canadians who vote in elections was very few. Now this number is increasing and immigrants have great effect on that percentage in future elections. I cant still believe half of the country is not voting. And harper government squeeze us. I have been here more than ten years and just got chance to apply for pr and none of that tax paying years will be respected.

Conservatives are happy that 60% of the country population do not bother to vote. Turn out rate for Tory base 65 years+...their voters participation rate is 85%, below that age group that might likely not vote conservative, their voter participation rate is below 45%, ......the status quo favours conservatives at the moment.

 

[MasterGeek]

Harry Aussie,

Right on.
My wife is in the same situation. She could apply in Sep 2014 but because of these proposed changes, this could delay her by 2 years...

I will call my MP and sent a letter to NDP party MP as well.

It looks like the Conservative party of Canada likes the US so much that they want to introduce and implement US style reforms. In the US you can't use pre PR days to count for citizenship application.

Anyone have a sample of the letter to send to MP to ask that they ammend the bill regarding the counting of pre-PR days ?