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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada ( IRCC; French: Immigration, Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada) [NB 1] is the department of the Government of Canada with responsibility for matters dealing with immigration to Canada, refugees, and Canadian citizenship. The department was established in 1994 following a reorganization.
The College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants ( the College, CICC French: Collège des consultants en immigration et en citoyenneté, CCIC) is the Canada -wide regulatory authority created to protect consumers by overseeing regulated immigration and citizenship consultants and international student advisors. [2] [3]
The Provincial Nominee Program ( PNP) is a set of Canadian immigration programs operated by the Government of Canada in partnership with individual provinces, each of which having its own requirements and 'streams' (i.e., target groups). [1] In a program stream, provinces and territories may, for example, target: business people, students ...
The main driver of Canadian population growth is immigration, [5] driven mainly by economic policy and also family reunification. [6] [7] A record number of 405,000 immigrants were admitted to Canada in 2021, [8] with plans to increase the annual intake of immigrants to 500,000 per year. [9] New immigrants settle mostly in major urban areas in the country, such as Toronto, Montreal and ...
Permanent residents may apply for Canadian citizenship after living in Canada for a certain amount of time. Currently, a person must have been living in Canada as a Permanent Resident for three years (1095 days) out of the five years preceding their application (with up to one year of the time before becoming a permanent resident included). [3] They also have the right to sponsor relatives for ...
Those who are eligible for one of the programs managed by Express Entry submit their application and the Canadian government issues invitation letters to successful candidates per a score system. [4] Acceptance of the invitation and positive assessment of the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada on the application will grant the applicant, and their accompanying family members ...
The Oath of Citizenship, or Citizenship Oath (in French: serment de citoyenneté ), is a statement recited and signed by those who apply to become citizens of Canada. Administered at a ceremony presided over by a designated official, the oath is a promise or declaration of fealty to the Canadian monarch and a promise to abide by Canada's laws ...
The Canadian Citizenship Test is a test, administered by the department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, that is required for all applicants for Canadian citizenship who are aged between 18 and 54 and who meet the basic requirements for citizenship. The test is available in both French and English, the official languages of Canada.