Canadian Citizenship Requirements

If you want to be a Canadian Citizen you have to meet several requirements. Although the procedure involves so many requirements to be qualified, there are six major requirements that necessarily need to be fulfilled to become eligible for Canadian Citizenship. These six requirements are status of permanent residence, age, years residing in Canada, abilities of language, criminology history and knowledge about Canada.

There are some strict guidelines in Canada for the immigrants which are required to be adhered to be qualified. Age is a vital fact in that case, and any person below 18 cannot apply for immigration. On the other hand anyone below age 18 must have legal guardian or parents. Permanent residence is necessary for a child or people aged below 18 to proceed through Canadian Citizenship. In this circumstance the child does not require certificate of three years Canadian resident. Parent who is a legal Canadian Citizen can easily process his/her child’s immigration. On the other case the parent applying for his/her immigration to Canada must apply for the child’s Citizenship at the same time.

After that, permanent resident status comes in the qualification procedure of Immigration to Canada which necessarily needs to be ranked well. Years’ living in Canada is the third major requirement in this process. If you are lining in Canada for minimum of three years, you can easily apply for citizenship.

Fourthly, your language capabilities will be counted strongly to have the eligibility to apply. English and French are two official languages of Canada. If you want to be qualified for Canadian Citizenship you need to have thorough knowledge about one of these two languages. During the Citizenship knowledge test you skill on languages will be justified to ensure your capability.

Then history of your criminal acts will be evaluated carefully. If the officials find any kind of criminal acts in three years of living period, you will be disqualified from the process. Crime against humanity will be strongly evaluated, and on the other hand there is no position for those who were involved in war previously. The persons who have left the country before according to the order of Canadian officials will not be eligible for Canadian Citizenship.

Finally, you need to have clear idea about Canada such as- history of Canada, human rights in Canada, responsibility, social status, values, and cultures and so on.

An Immigrant has to go through a strict and tough process to become eligible for Canadian Citizenship. Obtaining Citizenship of Canada will be fairly a simple process for those who meet all the major requirements successfully.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Citizenship_Test