Why you can't become a Canadian citizen?

Highlights of Canadian Citizenship 

• In 2023, Canada granted citizenship to 354,000 new individuals.
• With citizenship, candidates can acquire permanent residency in one of the world's most thriving nations.
• Canadian citizens can participate in the country's democratic operations and processes. 
• You can own a passport popularly recognized as one of the strongest in the world.

 

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Canada Immigration Levels Plan 2024-2026

• Canada plans on welcoming 1.5 Million immigrants by 2026. 
• As per the latest Immigration Levels plan, Canada is set to issue 500,000 new PRs in 2025 and 2026, respectively.  
• Data suggests that over 85% of Permanent Residents acquire citizenship as Canada has one of the most open policies. 
• Permanent residents residing in Canada for at least three out of five years are eligible to apply for citizenship. 

 

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Eligibility for Canadian citizenship

A few Eligibility criteria for Canadian citizenship are listed below:

• Should be a permanent resident of Canada.
• Requirements of Canada's physical presence must be met.
• File all your taxes (only if necessary).
• If you fall between 18 and 54, you must pass Canadian citizenship.
• Language skills must be proved if you are between 18 and 54.

 

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Reasons that make you ineligible for Canadian citizenship

As per IRCC, you may not be eligible for Canadian citizenship:

• If you are on parole or serving a term of imprisonment in Canada.
• If you are serving a sentence outside Canada.
• Engaged in an appeal for a crime under the Citizenship Act.
• Being under investigation for a crime or having been convicted of a war.
• If your citizenship application has been rejected for misrepresenting information in the past five years.
• Canadian citizenship has been revoked because of fraud in the past 10 years.
• If you have been found guilty of a criminal offence in Canada under the Citizenship Act, and IRCC has received your application for citizenship after June 11, 2015, while the conviction took place four years before you applied.
• You were caught for a crime outside Canada 4 years before you applied for Canada’s citizenship, equivalent to an indictable offence in Canada.
• If you were convicted of spying offences or terrorism as a member of an armed force of a country involved in armed conflict with Canada.

 

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