MarkG

I'd imagine it gets a low priority behind the rest of the queue who don't need special treatment.

JamesM

Frightening article.

dgagitw

It's not such a big deal so long as you're planning on staying in Canada for the long term although I take the point about not being to vote. I can see why people with passports from places like Iran who have no intention of ever going back other than for a holiday would be much more animated about it though. I once went through US immigration with a British guy who had been born in Iran and moved to the UK when he was a baby. They took him aside and gave him the 3rd degree for 4 hours before letting him in just on the basis of his passport having Tehran as his place of birth. I can't begin to imagine what it must be like trying it with a full blown Iranian passport!

arctic_gardener

Gotta love the irony of telling the inventors of the English language to learn English.

FlyingDutchman6666

Are you crediting today's Britons with inventing the English language?

dgagitw

I've met British citizens who didn't speak much in the way of English. It doesn't seem unreasonable to me that Canada would ask for some sort of proof. It's not like you have to jump through a whole load of hoops after all, a copy of your A-level certificate(s) seems to be sufficient and, according to the nice lady from the CIC call centre I talked to, a degree certificate for any subject taught in English from a UK university is certainly adequate proof.

magnumpi

My 1999 C.S.E. result sheet worked good for me, i had 2 English passes on them (English Lit and English)

Novocastrian

<ahem>

magnumpi

LOL oops , i sorta screwed that up, 1979 i mean, wow feels odd just typing that number now...

bats

"worked good"......

magnumpi

So went today Dec 20th, and sat the test, then after had a short interview and passport stamp checks and now all done bar the swearing.

The employees at Mississauga were very polite and very organised. I got the results of my test, a pass no errors, and the date and a form for the ceremony on Jan 2, 2014.

Novocastrian

Welcome aboard. The greater good of Canada has been served.

Probably.

<congrats>

magnumpi

Thanks

JamesM

Now all you have to do is learn the "Star Spangled Banner"

Did you show them any of your videos?

magnumpi

No I didn't, I did not want an unfair advantage.