Legal Question in Immigration Law in California
Citizenship
I wanted to know if you can become a citizen before the 5-year period requirement. I've been married to a US citizen for 4 years, and I've been a resident since August '98. Please let me know if there is a procedure I can follow to avoid the 5-year requirement.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Citizenship
The Minister shall grant citizenship to any person
who
(1) has been lawfully admitted to Canada for
permanent residence,
(2) and who, since such admission, has not ceased
to be a permanent resident by reason of intending
to abandon Canada as the place of permanent
residence, nor by reason of being outside Canada
for more than 183 days in any one 12-month period,
(3) and who has, within 4 years immediately before
the application for citizenship, accumulated 3
years of residence in Canada calculated in the
following manner:
(i) for every day during which the person was
resident in Canada before becomming a
permanent resident, the person shall be deemed to
have accumulated one half day of residence, and
(ii) for every day of residence in Canada after
becoming a permanent resident, the person shall be
deemed to have accumulated one day of residence.
The law might change soon. It will probably read
something like....has lived in Canada as a
permanent resident for 3 years out of the six
years immediately preceeding the application for
citizenship....
You are misinformed about any 5 year period. As
you can see, the 3 year period goes faster after
you become a permanent resident. Permanent
residence is more than ordinary living here. An
immigrant makes application for permanent
residence. When the application succeeds the
person gets landing, that is lawful permission to
establish permanent residence in Canada. An
immigrant is a person who seeks landing.
There is a way to shorten the 3 year requirement.
There must be involved some sort of special and
hardship or Canada's need to reward a service of
exceptional value to Canada. Examples of reward
include Olympic atheletes.
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