Canada's naturalization policy for new immigrants

New Canadian immigration naturalization policy: you can be naturalized after living for three years within five years.

According to the old policy, it is required to live for four years within six years and live for 183 days every year; The new law shortens the residence time requirement in Canada, and you can be naturalized after living for three years within five years, and cancels the requirement of 183 days per year.

The calculation of residence time is more flexible: the old government stipulated that the residence time in Canada as a non-permanent resident was not counted; The time spent in Canada as a non-permanent resident in the new law can be counted. The calculation method is every two days 1 day, and the upper limit of two-year residence for non-permanent residents is converted into 1 year.

If you have lived in Canada for 2 years before becoming a permanent resident, you can apply for naturalization after becoming a permanent resident in Canada, and you only need to live for 2 years within 5 years.

Language requirements are reduced: the old political regulations require1naturalization applicants between the ages of 4 and 64 to pass the language and civic knowledge examination; New law:/kloc-applicants aged 0/8-54 need to pass the language and civic knowledge examination, and the age range is narrowed.

Simplify tax declaration requirements: the old political regulations require applicants to declare their income to the tax bureau for at least four years within six years; Applicants for the new law declare their income for three years to the Canadian Taxation Bureau during the five-year waiting period. There is no tax requirement for naturalization applicants in the current law, but the new law stipulates that only those who have Canadian tax records in four of the six years are eligible to apply for naturalization.

Criminal record: The new law does not allow anyone with a criminal record to apply for naturalization, while the old law only prohibits those with a Canadian criminal record from applying for naturalization.