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That sounds way too short. Until a few years ago you needed to be a resident (=reside) three years before you can apply (which takes about another year). I thin
by yhager 8y ago
That sounds way too short. Until a few years ago you needed to be a resident (=reside) three years before you can apply (which takes about another year). I think now it's four + application processing time.
- techie128 8y agoCanada requires you to be a PR holder and in the country for 1095 days in the past 5 years to apply for citizenship.
- raquo 8y agoUp to 365 of those can be accounted for while being a temporary resident (on a work or study visa) on a "1 day for 2 days" basis. You also need to actually be in Canada all those days. Any day that you're outside delays your citizenship by a day. Then it takes about a year to process your citizenship application. Overall, it's still much faster than most anywhere else.
- Scoundreller 8y ago> Up to 365 of those can be accounted for while being a temporary resident (on a work or study visa) on a "1 day for 2 days" basis. I think it's more like every day that you are physically present in Canada pre-PR counts as 0.5 days. There's no such thing as a "tourist" under Canadian immigration law: you get a temporary resident visa/status/permit for your temporary "tourist" visits. I think the part-day test applies (if you arrive in Canada at 10PM, even though you were only present for 2 hours, it counts as a half day).
- digianarchist 8y agoIt’s 3 years but applications are taking 12 months to process so 4 years total.