ebsta

Unless I'm reading this wrong,why would a guy thats born in England need to prove he can speak either English or French? Pay for a test that seems like its more of a memory game than a English test?

Vulcanoid

Because you want to immigrate to/become a citizen of Canada, a country whose official languages are English and French, and you likely weren't built with a pre-installed language pack for either of those, so the only way to know you have a modicum of understanding is to test it?

scilly

Because not everyone born in England can speak or write English so that everyone can understand them.

Have you never listened to people speaking, or tried to understand a newspaper article?

........... and, please note, that I am NOT talking about immigrants' children here ............. I'm talking about people who can trace their ancestry back hundred years or more.

If you listen, it's absolutely appalling how poorly so many people understand English.


Anyway, if you object so strongly, you don't need to come to Canada so you don't need to take the exam.

Dorothy

Personally I would be calling a human rights lawyer. I mean the actual nerve of the Canadian government holding a gun to your head and forcing you to become a citizen!

I've heard England is nice if you find Canada not to your liking.

beckiwoo

rivingtonpike

I didn't have to sit an English Test for either PR or citizenship. I seem to remember my university transcript was sufficient.

DandNHill

I thought that was the case. We're embarking on the application very soon. More tests! eek!!

SchnookoLoly

Going through the process right now. A degree, diploma, or certificate (or equivalent - transcript, etc) from a British university is sufficient as proof of language.

beckiwoo

rivingtonpike

No they're not. Look at the title of the thread.

Former Lancastrian

Well the OP has named the title of the thread Citizenship Canada, what a joke. Are they referring to the actual Government Agency known as Immigration, Refuges & Citizenship Canada or about making an application for citizenship?

No language test is required for Citizenship providing a person submits proof such as and as quoted on their website We accept various certificates, diplomas and tests as proof of your language skills. The ways we measure your language skills in English or French include:

• reviewing the proof you send with your application
• noting how well you communicate when you talk to a citizenship official anytime during the process
• assessing your language level during a hearing with a citizenship official, if necessary

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration...igibility.html

Perhaps the OP by the less than informative post details now knows why knowledge of one of the official languages is required. Perhaps they are a Geordie or a Scouser whom of course all Brits totally understand when speaking.

beckiwoo

christmasoompa

The OP is complaining about the cost for the IELTS test, not the citizenship test. I think it is related to a citizenship app as it seems from his previous threads that he's been a PR for a number of years.

HTH.

Former Lancastrian

So in other words he has not been quite clear in this thread what question he needs an answer to and you think it could be related to something else and yet he thinks IRCC should understand him as he was born in England. I hope his verbal English is better than his written English.

vinegarboy

I became a citizen here just last year, and I was never asked to take any test whatsoever to prove that I could communicate in either English or French. The OP needs to handle his own paperwork and read the fine-print in the Instructions for his forms, rather than just blindly doing what his immigration attorney tells him to do.