Generally, people applying for Canadian Citizenship have to meet six different criteria. Note depending on your own case and situation, items on this list may NOT apply to you. Further, you or your family may require additional qualifcations beyond this list. So always seek legal advise before embarking on a citizenship Application. Learn About Canada [...]
DNA Test Costs Toronto Couple's Son Canadian Citizenship
Toronto Parents Unable To Get Canadian Citizenship For Their Son A couple from Toronto has been stuck in India for five years after traveling there to find a surrogate to have their son. The father’s sperm and anonymous eggs were placed in a surrogate, who then gave birth to a set of twins – a [...]
Higher number of immigrants failing Canadian citizenship test: To what end?
New Canadian citizenship test had five times the failure rate A new Canadian citizenship test was introduced this past March, along with a special, more in-depth citizenship guide that was designed to inform immigrants of Canada’s laws, culture and politics. Since this new test and accompanying study guide have come out, failure rates have increased [...]
Citizenship Week Citizenship Award recipients announced
This week is Citizenship Week in Canada, and once every year during Citizenship Week the Canada Citizenship Award is given out in a citizenship ceremony. The award was formerly called the Citation for Citizenship. The award is given out to recognize the contribution of those who help newcomers while promoting the rights and responsibilities that [...]
Canadian Citizenship Week: Canada a role-model to other countries for its diversity
Last weekend, German Chancellor Angela Merkel made comments at a party youth convention saying, “This multicultural approach, saying that we simply live side by side and are happy about each other, this approach has failed, utterly failed,” she said in response to a lack of jobs in Germany. In Germany, the Chancellor is the head [...]
Citizenship Act changes in 2009 easily forgotten
Citizenship Act changes in 2009 have serious repercussions This week a story on CBC publicized how the changing of the Citizenship Act last year can have serious repercussions for many Canadians. In particular, one man who was born in Scotland to Canadian parents 40 years ago, whose parents registered him as a Canadian born abroad. [...]
Canadian-born man faces deportation from unusual immigration law
Canadian-born man faces deportation: Can you be deported from Canada if you’re born here? Apparently. It is not unusual for foreign-born people living in Canada as Permanent Residents who run into trouble with the law face to face immigration troubles, and even less unusual for them to face deportation from Canada if the crimes are [...]
Does having Canadian adoptive parents result in automatic Canadian Citizenship?
Canadian citizenship for adopted kids Last week, a hearing began for a teenager who is under threat of deportation back to his native Congo for committing a crime. Immigrant young offenders, unlike their age of majority counterparts, are not typically deported when they commit a severe crime. The teenager was recently released from a juvenile [...]
Gay and Lesbian Immigration to Canada: Minister Kenny Accepts Responsibility for Same Sex Omission in Canadian Citizenship Guide
Gay and Lesbian Immigration to Canada: Information on Canada’s gay rights removed from immigration guide This week, the Canadian Press obtained internal government documents that showed praise for the country’s acceptance of gay and lesbian Canadians had been recommended for removal from a study guide released in November 2009 for Canadian citizenship applicants The documents [...]
Canadian Citizenship Application a Success
Dear Mariana Clotilde and I would like to express our thanks to you and Michael for seeing us through to a successful conclusion of the Canadian citizenship application process. It was a long road but your work and advice made everything possible. It was almost 10 years since I first met Michael under somewhat dire [...]
Permanent Resident Card and Canadian Citizenship Requirements
Our family got Canadian Permanent Residence and a Record of Landing in 1995. I traveled back to Hong Kong and returned to Canada on a regular basis to meet the legal requirements. In 2000, I stayed in a Hospital (I have medical records) for some months and I did not to return to Canada for [...]
Olympic Hopeful Kaitlyn Weaver Becomes Canadian Citizen
Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney today welcomed Olympic hopeful Kaitlyn Weaver as a Canadian citizen at a ceremony in Kitchener, Ontario. “On behalf of the Government of Canada, I am proud to welcome Kaitlyn Weaver as a Canadian,” Minister Kenney said. “Our citizenship is one of the most valuable things we can possess. [...]
CIC Plans to revoke Canadian Citizenship after investigation
Posted on by Michael Niren in Canadian Citizenship Applications
As many as 1,800 could lose Canadian Citizenship According to an announcement by Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney, 1,800 people who recently obtained Canadian citizenship could be losing their Canadian citizenship. The news comes after a joint three-year investigation (that isn’t yet complete) between police, Citizenship and Immigration Canada and the RCMP. According [...]