Guide on Canadian Citizenship and Permanent Residents

Canada offers ample of opportunities to its immigrants. People move here for education, career opportunities, and economic/financial improvements. The country offers permanent residency visa for others starting from gifted workers i.e. engineers, lawyers, It professionals to investors, trade workers, and many others.

Let’s Understand Canadian Permanent Residents and Canadian Citizens

We will here discuss the terms Canadian Citizenship and  Permanent Residents to understand things in detail.

 Canadian Permanent Resident

This is someone who is not a Canadian citizen but has been granted permanent resident status by immigrating to Canada. A permanent resident gets a number of benefits such as:

·        They can use Canadian permanent resident card to leave and enter Canada’s borders.

·        They get the right to live, work and study in any parts of Canada.

·        They receive access to healthcare and other social services.

·        They get protection under Canadian law and the Canadian charter of rights and freedoms.

Who Can Apply: -

Anyone can apply for permanent residency in Canada but please note only eligible candidates are accepted. The eligibility gets determined based on age, level of education, official language proficiency, second official language, and work experience in Canada.

A permanent resident card is normally valid for 5 years and it can be renewed.

Canadian Citizenship

As foreign nationals, you need to meet several requirements to become Canadian citizen. In order to become a Canadian citizen, you need to be:

·        Be a permanent resident of Canada.

·        Pass required tests and prove your language skills too.

·        You have lived in Canada for 3 out of the last 5 years.

How to Apply:

To become a Canadian citizen, you need to meet the required eligibility criteria and complete an application for the same.

·        Go to Canadian citizen application package and download and fill out the forms for yourself and your children.

·        Add all the documents needed.

·        Pay application charges.

·        Finally, mail your application to centralized intake office (CIO) in Sydney, Nova, Scotia, Canada.

Ovation Immigration always tries to provide successful immigration of people in a quick manner without facing any difficulty. We aim to provide all kinds of facilities so that person has no trouble in finding his/her suitable job and a successful career. You can take proper guidance from us to get permanent residence or citizenship over there. We are always happy to help you with your immigration needs.