加拿大移民部長John McCallum宣布最新公民修訂法案C-6。

此項政策的變更將會更推廣移民政策、縮短申請時間並更有利於計畫移民的國際學生。

修訂後的《公民法》（C-6）將有幾項重大改變，尤其是對入籍要求更加寬鬆。
包括：

l   居住五年滿三年即可成為公民 

政策更改後,對於預計移民加拿大的民眾有很大的優勢！公民申請居住天數原先需在加拿大住滿4年(1460天)，現在只需在五年中居住三年即可成為加拿大公民。

l   加拿大就讀與工作期間也可以計算在公民申請中

在Bill C-6政策中值得注意的是在申請公民前在加拿大就讀全日班與工作的天數都可以計算進入公民申請表中。一旦新的法令開始啟用，上述的天數將會每兩天以一天計算，累積成公民申請所需三年其中一年的天數。

 

除了上述變更外，加拿大政府將無權取消公民的加拿大國籍及移民申請者的語言程度也將會有所變動。

更多關於Bill C-6 請洽PARLIAMENT of CANADA

Changes to the Canadian Citizenship Act will benefit International Students

The Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, John McCallum, Liberal Member of the Canadian Parliament, has announced the introduction of the Bill C-6, a bill that represents a stepping-stone to the goal of improving the immigration process to Canada and revert changes made by the Conservative government in the past years.

The changes to the Citizenship Act will benefit international students planning to immigrate to Canada, facilitating the process and shortening times.

Potential candidates who want to apply for Canadian citizenship will find the changes favourable, as the number of days they must have lived in Canada as a permanent resident in order to apply will be lowered from 1,460 days (four years), to 1,095 days (three years) out of five years.

Another highlight of the Bill C-6 is that the days a full-time student or worker spent in Canada before becoming a permanent resident will count towards their Canadian citizenship application. Once the new laws become effective, each of these days will count as half a day, accumulating up to one year out of the three years that are mandatory to apply.

Among the changes to the Citizenship Act introduced through the Bill C-6 are also the removal of the law that allows revoking Canadian citizenship, the removal of the declaration of “intention to reside” when applying for permanent residency, and the change of the language requirements needed in order to become a Canadian.

To learn more about the Bill C-6, please read the full text of the bill here.