Hi all,
I have a friend who wants to re-apply for Canadian citizenship grant. Now he has an issue with CIC.
in 2010 he applied for citizenship and while his application was being processed, he left Canada in March 2011 and went back for his native country.
CIC sent him two letters during 2011 to write the test, but he could not come to Canada due to personal problems over there.
After he came back to Canada last January, he wanted to apply again for his citizenship grant.
He called CIC and they told him his application is closed now and he should re-apply.
When he did the residence calculation, it shows him that he is eligible to apply in July 2016 (current law - 3 out of 4 years). And as you know by that time the bill C-24 will be implemented, so he has to wait anothrer year because it would be 4 out of 6 years.
He called CIC again and told them about his issue, they told him you could apply now and maybe a judge will decide to open your old file because he has been in Canada since 2006.
What do you advise him ? to apply now and take the risk of a new application and pay all the fees again and he also must take the language test! and to wait to see if a judge will accept to open his old file !
or he should wait until he is eligible again in 2016 ?
Thanks,
I have a friend who wants to re-apply for Canadian citizenship grant. Now he has an issue with CIC.
in 2010 he applied for citizenship and while his application was being processed, he left Canada in March 2011 and went back for his native country.
CIC sent him two letters during 2011 to write the test, but he could not come to Canada due to personal problems over there.
After he came back to Canada last January, he wanted to apply again for his citizenship grant.
He called CIC and they told him his application is closed now and he should re-apply.
When he did the residence calculation, it shows him that he is eligible to apply in July 2016 (current law - 3 out of 4 years). And as you know by that time the bill C-24 will be implemented, so he has to wait anothrer year because it would be 4 out of 6 years.
He called CIC again and told them about his issue, they told him you could apply now and maybe a judge will decide to open your old file because he has been in Canada since 2006.
What do you advise him ? to apply now and take the risk of a new application and pay all the fees again and he also must take the language test! and to wait to see if a judge will accept to open his old file !
or he should wait until he is eligible again in 2016 ?
Thanks,