Immigrants in Canada are waiting to apply from their Canadian citizenship applications to be approved due to a large backlog of applications. The present waiting period is about 15 to 19 months to have Canadian Citizenship approved. To obtain Canadian citizenship, an applicant must have been a permanent resident for at least two years and have lived in Canada at least three of the four years preceding an application. In addition the applicant, amongst other requirements, must be able to show knowledge of English and/or French.
It was advised in 2009 that , changes to the Immigration Act meant that more people were eligible for citizenship, leading to an increase in citizenship applications. Immigration and Naturalization fees are an important source of funding for Citizenship and Immigration Canada. Many nationality applicants are unhappy with the processing delays. Citizenship and Immigration as a department has a fixed amount of resources and are facing increasing applications in all of our program areas.
One reason for the delay on process is because Canada has become more and more popular with Skilled Worker Visas, where applicants wishing to live and work abroad.
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