Spousal sponsorship or start citizenship?

[Fruityfull22]

Hello all. I have recently got approval to extending my stay.
Which means i have about 8 months to get married and apply for spousal sponsorship.
However, as i have so little knowlege about all this, my question is: Do i start applying for spousal sponsorship or do i apply for citizenship? What would be the smartest to do. Thanks in advance.

 

[Rob_TO]

You need to apply for PR first.

After you are a PR and have lived in Canada for 4 years, only then can you start application for citizenship.

 

[Fruityfull22]

So first spousal sponsorship, then permanent residency, then citizenship?

 

[truesmile]

Yes. To be clear however, your spouse sponsors you to GET your PR, (so your first two are one and the same). Then you can apply for citizenship after residing 1,460 days as a PR in Canada, meeting other eligibility criteria of course.