Canadian Immigration focuses on Canada: According to the Sing Tao Daily, the Canadian federal government has previously passed the Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act (Bill C-24), which includes new regulations regarding residency requirements for citizenship applications, the detailed content of which has yet to be announced. Chris Alexander, the Canadian Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, indicated that the new regulations will officially take effect this summer.
According to the provisions of Bill C-24, new immigrants applying for citizenship will need to reside in Canada for 4 years within a 6-year period to be eligible to apply; however, the official implementation date of the new regulations has not yet been announced. Alexander stated that the new regulations will take effect this summer. He explained that the delay in implementing the new policy is to ensure fairness for new immigrants under the old system. The current citizenship requirement is that applicants must have resided in Canada for 3 years within a 4-year period.
Alexander also stated: “Traditionally, many people consider June 1 as the start of summer. However, the actual start date of summer is June 21. The specific implementation date of the new regulations is still to be announced.”
