1. Becoming a Canadian citizen brings many better benefits in life

More than 80% of permanent residents living in Canada apply for naturalization. They consider it an important goal for successful integration, bringing better benefits to themselves and their families in life.

Possessing Canadian citizenship is proof that you are a citizen of this country and enjoy full benefits permanently without any restrictions like permanent residents .

2. Conditions for naturalization of Canada

Age

Applicants for Canadian citizenship must be over 18 years old. In case, underage people can still become Canadian citizens need to meet the following requirements:

• Must be sponsored by a relative who is a parent or guardian 

• Be a permanent resident in Canada

• Parents or guardians must be Canadian citizens or applying for naturalization.

As a permanent resident

Only permanent residents of Canada are allowed to apply for naturalization. However, if one of the following is violated, a permanent resident will not be able to obtain Canadian citizenship:

• Failure to meet qualification requirements or suspicion of immigration fraud

• Received a deportation order from Canada

• Have not met the requirements for permanent resident status as prescribed, such as a health check.

Note, even if your permanent resident card is lost or has expired, you can still apply for Canadian citizenship. Because there is no requirement to submit a permanent resident card, as long as you are really a permanent resident, have lived and studied and worked in Canada for a while.

Request time to live in Canada

Within a period of 5 years, from the date of becoming a permanent resident of Canada. You must have at least 3 years of living and working in Canada. If you do not have enough time to live in Canada, you can still apply for naturalization, but you must fall into one of the following two cases:

• Is a civil servant working at a government company in Canada

• Be a family member of a public servant working in a public company in Canada.

• To be sure that your time in Canada is enough to apply for naturalization, you can visit the website of Citizenship and Immigration Canada to check.

Good language skills

Language skill is also an important factor in deciding whether to become a Canadian citizen or not. You need to be fluent in one of the two main languages: English and French. This will help you to be able to communicate well with peopl; as well as read and understand other information such as signage, newspapers, etc.

Clean criminal record

A clean criminal record is one of the conditions that must be met when applying for Canadian citizenship. This means that while living and working in Canada, you must prove that you have no criminal record and have not engaged in illegal activities.

Pay personal income tax in full

During the period of working in Canada for at least 3 years, within 5 years of becoming a permanent resident, you must pay full personal income taxes to be able to qualify for citizenship. Canada

Gain knowledge about Canada

In the citizenship test, you will be asked about knowledge such as culture, history, geography, administrative organizations, etc. of Canada. In addition, there are the rights, duties and responsibilities of a Canadian citizen. Therefore, you must learn and update the knowledge to be able to pass the test easily.

3. In case of ineligibility for Canadian citizenship

However, there will still be some cases that are not eligible for Canadian citizenship:

• Serving a prison sentence, released from prison, or on probation in or out of Canada.

• Are being investigated, prosecuted, or tried for crimes charged in or outside of Canada.

• Received a deportation order from Canada.

• Having applied for Canadian citizenship before but was rejected because of dishonesty or fraud during the naturalization application process (within the last 5 years).

• Loss of Canadian citizenship (within the last 10 years).

• Have violated the law and have a criminal record (within the last 4 years from the date of applying for Canadian citizenship).

• Have ever joined an organization or group in armed conflict with Canada.

• Time in prison, parole or probation will not be recognized as lawful time in Canada.

Most of the above cases are related to your personal profile. Therefore, "keeping" a "clean" criminal record is an important condition for Canadian citizenship. 

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