Does it also apply for people who already got their citizenship?
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Does it apply to people whose application is currently in processing with CIC?
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Does it apply for future applicants once the law is passed?
It doesn't apply to anyone yet, since the bill has not passed and isn't yet law.
Once it becomes law, we will have to see what final form the law takes (it can still be amended).
At that point, it can only apply to people who have not yet taken the Oath of Citizenship, and most likely only people whose applications have not yet been acknowledged as received by CIC.
It doesn't apply to anyone yet, since the bill has not passed and isn't yet law.
Once it becomes law, we will have to see what final form the law takes (it can still be amended).
At that point, it can only apply to people who have not yet taken the Oath of Citizenship, and most likely only people whose applications have not yet been acknowledged as received by CIC.
I would beg to differ from you here .Don't you think it will apply ONLY to those people who would sign the new form containing the Intend to reside clause . As per my understanding the ones who have already applied (and will apply before the implementation of new law) will be safe , no matter at what stage their application is.
I would beg to differ from you here .Don't you think it will apply ONLY to those people who would sign the new form containing the Intend to reside clause . As per my understanding the ones who have already applied (and will apply before the implementation of new law) will be safe , no matter at what stage their application is.
That's entirely possible, and legally you're probably right.
But I'm not convince that when the new citizenship law comes into force if the CIC will process applications in the mail (not yet acknowledged as received) under the old (and no longer applicable) citizenship law. Additionally, the CIC is sometimes a bit sneaky about this. My friend signed and sent her application two weeks before the new language requirements came into force. Her application was returned as incomplete two months later due to her lack of language proof, regardless of the date that she signed the application.
I wouldn't worry who the "intent to reside applies to" if it is interpreted the same way New Zealand did after they brought in a similar rule a few years ago. Provided you want to make Canada your permanent home it will have no effect. The only people it will affect will be those who intend and plan to leave Canada permanently as soon as they get Citizenship.
If your circumstances change unexpectedly and you then end up leaving Canada, your Canadian citizenship will be unaffected.
And those people should never have been granted citizenship to start with -- that's citizenship of convenience and that sort of activity is what delays applications for legitimate reasons.
And those people should never have been granted citizenship to start with -- that's citizenship of convenience and that sort of activity is what delays applications for legitimate reasons.
