What are the requirements for Canadian citizenship?
How to become a Canadian citizen? Generally speaking, although a person was born outside Canada and his parents were not Canadian citizens at that time, he can still become a Canadian citizen as long as he meets all the conditions stipulated in the Canadian Nationality Act. The conditions for Canadian citizenship are as follows: 1. Applicants must first be legal permanent residents of Canada, that is, they already have immigration status; 2. As the main applicant, to apply for naturalization, you must be at least 18 years old; 3. The applicant must have lived in Canada for three years in the past four years from the date of applying for naturalization (in these four years, one day after the applicant officially becomes a legal immigrant in Canada can only be counted as one day, and the day before officially becoming an immigrant can only be counted as half a day. In other words, an applicant who has lived in Canada for two years can be considered as an official immigrant for one year. Before becoming a formal immigrant, no matter how long the applicant lives in Canada, it can only be counted as one year at most. Four years ago, even if the applicant had lived in Canada, it didn't count. During this four-year period, the applicant can leave Canada, but the cumulative time of residence in Canada must reach three years. For example, applicants who came to Canada on 1988 1 month 1 day cannot apply for naturalization before 19901February 3 1 day. If the applicant has left Canada during this period, the time of leaving Canada must be deducted. In addition, the term of imprisonment or conditional parole cannot be counted as three years of residence in Canada); 4. Without any of the following circumstances; Is considered a threat to Canada's security; An expulsion order has been issued; Conditionally released from prison or supervised or paroled; He is still in prison; He has committed criminal offences in the past three years since he applied for naturalization. 5. Can use French or English, that is, can use one of the two official languages of Canada to communicate; 6. Have a certain understanding of Canada, including the rights and obligations of citizens, Canada's political system, history, geography and so on. (During the naturalization class, two booklets, Canadian Citizens and A Glance at Canada, will be distributed to applicants, which contain the above contents); 7. Complete the naturalization oath and signature procedures. In addition, the openness, fairness and social stability of the Canadian system provide people with fairer opportunities and can better meet the expectations of immigrants for the stability of wealth. Friends who are planning to immigrate to Canada can refer to it. Immigrants should plan ahead as much as possible and do a good job in the early stage, so that the chances of winning will be greater.