Hi,

My spouse and I split this year and will get our divorce early next. We qualify for citizenship about march or so. We both have PR status here, but someone said to my ex that our divorce could adversely impact citizenship. I cannot for the life of me work out why it has anything whatsoever to do with it. My PR was issued on basis of being an economic migrant through PNP in British Columbia. Yes my spouse got her PR through marriage but she now has it. Again don't see how a divorce would affect this. But this place has some pretty crazy rules.

Any thoughts?

I don't think the divorce has anything to do with the qualification for citizenship, three years of PR and you can become a citizen; that's that.

Got to agree with you. I can't see any reason why getting divorced would affect a citizenship application.

What they said ^^^

VVV, in my case.

Great - first time I posted something and had everyone agree. Thanks for the responses. Makes sense but just checking.

Cheers

Just a further question then. When I qualify in March / April time, having 1000 days residency on PR within 4 year window, can I apply then leave Canada or have to hang around? I figure that once I'm qualified on my time in Canada I could move outside of Canada and still qualify for citizenship.

Thoughts?

It's 1095 days.

also
http://britishexpats.com/wiki/Canadi...ng_application

Oh yes I remember it being 3 years but for some reason thought that equated to 1000 days. Thanks for the link.

The wiki article suggests that it's possible to become a citizen after qualifying provided one maintains a canadian mailing address and can come back to do the quiz and be sworn in. But then suggests this never happens in reality. Just wondering why?

I can use my lawyers address for correspondence and unless they only give a couple of days' notice it's not a big deal to come back. Probably hypothetical.

Anyone know how long after applying for citizenship it takes for the whole process? Official website suggests 18 months or so but is this the reality?

Thanks

My citizenship application took about 8 months to process and you do only get a few days notice when you're are called for the test and the ceremony.

I was given a couple of weeks' notice, about a year after sending my application. Rather unusually, the test and ceremony were done the same morning.

Do they call you for the citizenship test as a matter of course or do you have to apply for the test/ceremony?

If you apply, you will eventually be called for the test. If you pass the test, you will be given a date for the ceremony. It's not up to you. In my case, both were the same day. Quebec is a bit different to the rest of Canada, in more than one way.

The test is a farce, BTW.

They call you (or rather send you a letter).

Just for general info, when I was called the date set clashed with pre-existing business travel to Europe. I was told to put that in writing, so I did, and was given a later appointment about three weeks after the first.

Like a previous poster, it was also about 9 months from application to completion (in Toronto).

On edit: if Ms Action was asking whether or not they'll call you after 1095 days, then no. You have to apply; they'll call you for the test/ceremony.