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The Act tightened the requirements for applying for Canadian citizenship by increasing the required length of physical presence in Canada by the applicant. [3] Canadian citizens who are dual citizens can have their citizenship revoked for fraud in obtaining citizenship, engaging in armed conflict against Canada, or being convicted of treason, espionage, or terrorism with significant prison ...
The Parliament of Canada occasionally bestows honorary Canadian citizenship on exceptional foreigners, but this distinction is symbolic and does not grant awarded individuals substantive rights in Canada. [89] Before 2015, the physical presence requirement was 1,095 days within a four-year period.
A citizenship judge is an official in Canada who assesses referred applications to ensure that they meet the physical presence requirements for Canadian citizenship and presides over citizenship ceremonies to administer the Oath of Citizenship for successful applicants. Citizenship judges also speak to community groups, schools, and other ...
The required residence prior to application for citizenship was lengthened to four years (1,460 days) out of the previous six years, with 183 days minimum of physical presence in four out of six years. Residency is defined as physical presence.
Chronology of Canadian immigration and citizenship laws [8] Act Year Description Naturalization Act: May 22, 1868 – December 22, 31, 1946 All Canadians born inside and outside Canada, were subject to the crown or "British Subjects." Canadian Citizenship Act: January 1, 1947 This Act legitimized and acknowledged Canadian citizenship ...
Qualifying days of physical presence in the current year (2022): 151 (the days after June 1 don’t count, as your spouse received lawful resident status). Qualifying days from last year (2021 ...
The Canadian Citizenship Act (French: Loi sur la citoyenneté canadienne) was a statute passed by the Parliament of Canada in 1946 which created the legal status of Canadian citizenship. The Act defined who were Canadian citizens, separate and independent from the status of the British subject and repealed earlier Canadian legislation relating ...
Prior to 1947, Canadian law continued to refer to Canadian nationals as British subjects, [4] despite the country becoming independent from the United Kingdom in 1931. As the country shared the same person as its sovereign with the other countries of the Commonwealth, people immigrating from those states were not required to recite any oath upon immigration to Canada; those coming from a non ...