1. First, to apply to be a citizen of Canada you need to be 18 years or older. Someone under 18 needs to have a Canadian parent who is already a citizen or who is simultaneously applying for citizenship. A parent can apply on behalf of a child.

2. The second requirement is that you have to be a permanent resident before you can apply for citizenship.

3. The third criterion has to do with residency, or the time that you have lived in Canada. You have to have accumulated 1095 days (3 years) of residence in a four year period. Minors, people under 18 years of age whose parents are applying on their behalf, don’t need to meet the residency obligation. Residency in Canada is not well defined for purposes of citizenship, and the result has been a lot of litigation and some leeway such that applicants with less than1095 days physical presence have still been able to meet the residency requirement.

4. In addition to the residency requirement, you need to have some basic language ability either in English or French, one of the two official languages of Canada. You do not have to be completely fluent, but you need to be able to make yourself understood and to understand other people in either of those two languages.

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To obtain citizenship, there are three ways in general:

• You were born in Canada – jus soli or citizenship by birth on soil:
• You were born outside of Canada, but entered Canada as a permanent resident or landed immigrant and obtained a citizenship – naturalization;
• You were born to a Canadian parent – jus sanguis, jus sanguinis or citizenship by descent.

Please note that I did not discuss any adopted persons by a Canadian parent, because such matters are more complex, depending on the timing and method of adoption taken place.

A new Canadian citizenship rule came into effect on April 17th, 2009 to deal with the third category to obtain Canadian citizenship for those born to a Canadian parent outside Canada.

Background:
Under the Citizenship Act, 1947, a person born outside Canada in wedlock to a Canadian mother and a non-Canadian father was not a citizen by birth. Subsequently, in 1977, the Citizenship Act was amended to allow the above-described individuals to apply for a grant of Canadian citizenship for a limited time, until August 14th, 2004. After August 14th, 2004, if such an individual did not apply for citizenship, then that individual was not a citizen.

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As of April 17, 2009, Canada’s new citizenship law has done two things.  Firstly, it has retroactively restored Canadian citizenship to many who had lost it due to obscure and outdated provisions in past legislation.  Secondly, it has henceforth limited citizenship by descent to first generation Canadians.

Citizenship is now restored to anyone born in Canada or who became a Canadian citizen on or after January 1, 1947 (when the Citizenship Act was created), and then lost their citizenship.  Some of the affected individuals who will have their citizenship reinstated are children who were born abroad to Canadian parents; or they are children born in Canada but whose parents later became citizens of another country.  Also receiving citizenship under the new law are foreign-born family members of Second World War veterans, who were granted citizenship when they moved to Canada after the war, but later lost it because they were not aware that it subsequently needed to be reaffirmed.

The government’s intent of the second part of the new law is to protect the value of Canadian citizenship for the future by limiting citizenship by descent.  The implications for Canadians who were born abroad are that, if they give birth to their children abroad, Canadian citizenship will not automatically be bestowed upon these children.

There are approximately 2.7 million Canadians currently living abroad who may be affected.

“This important change will ensure that future generations of Canadians have a real connection to this country and the remarkable benefits of Canadian citizenship,” stated Rudyard Griffiths, author of Who We Are: A Citizen’s Manifesto.

Exceptions will be made for children of parents who are working abroad with the Canadian Armed Forces or for the federal or provincial governments.

With the government facing an acute skills shortage in the next 5-10 years due to retirement ages in the medical, teaching and engineering fields, Canada remains one of the few developed nations to maintain immigration numbers for 2009.

Recent changes to immigration policy mean that visa applications in the federal skilled worker program are being fast-tracked and processed within six months to a year, making it even more attractive to the 240,000 to 265,000 Canadian visas available in the year ahead.

The government is also combating the expected 70% shortfall within the next 10-15 years and targeting overseas talent wanting to move to Canada and become Canadian citizens.

“We need to be flexible, prudent and ensure that our response to short-term conditions does not counter out long-term goals, in which immigration will play a significant role,” he said.  “We don’t want to turn off the tap of the future growth that is represented by immigration.”

To find out if you are eligible to live and work in Canada, with the added benefit of Canadian citizenship after three years, forward your CV to Global Visas today and complete our online assessment form on this page.

You may qualify if:

• You are aged between 21 and 49
• You speak English or French
• Your job is on the list of qualifying occupations
• You have over one years experience in your chosen field

If your occupation is not on the list you might still qualify under the following routes:

• Self Employed Immigrant Programme
• Entrepreneur Programme and Immigrant Investor Programme (IIP)
• Canada Investor Visa
• Canada Sponsor Visa

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