Category: Citizenship
Canadian Citizenship without residing in Canada?
How to Interpret the Residence Provision for Canadian Citizenship Mrs. Katharina Kontaxis, RCIC-IRB wrote an article on interpreting the physical presence criterion entitled “The Interpretation of the Residency Requirement for Canadian Citizenship”, which was published at myconsultant.ca on December 6, 2022. A person who fulfills the residency criteria of the Citizenship Act and the Citizenship Regulations can…
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in Canada
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) started recently to implement new procedures to limit the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Canada. As part of the enhanced screening measures at air, land and marine port of entries (POE), CBSA officers give masks to ill voyagers and escort them through the POE. The individuals have…
New Canadian Exit Information System
The federal government is currently implementing a new Canadian exit information system to collect basic biographical data (full name, date of birth, gender, nationality, travel document type / number and issuing authority) from travellers leaving the country. Background Canada was the only member of the Five Eyes (an intelligence alliance consisting of the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, New Zealand and…
Quality Assurance When Applying for Canadian Citizenship
Excel in the Quality Assurance Exercise: be honest, pass the test and attend the interview! This article will show you how. Background According to the Office of the Auditor General of Canada, “Report 2 – Detecting and Preventing Fraud in the Citizenship Program,” Spring 2016 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada, Ottawa, 2016, pp.…
Bill C-6 is now law! – The long-delayed citizenship bill
Bill C-6 The House of Commons passed an Act to amend the Citizenship Act (Bill C-6) without amendments on June 17, 2016. The primary objective of Bill C-6 is to return Canadian citizenship law to its state before the changes introduced by Bill C-24, the Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act. The long-delayed citizenship bill The bill has…