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[aler123]

No you are wrong...both me and my husband have Indian passports and our son was born in Canada and has canadian citizenship

That's good to know, I was under the impression that one of the parents had to have a permanent status here for the child to get the passport.

 

[hany001]

A quick question here...

Do you know how CIO calculates the number of hours to know if you have 1 year of experience.
Let me be more specific, if you've worked for 10 months, then how many weeks do they calculate (4weeks per month * 10 months = 40 weeks) or (10 months * 30days per month / 7days per week = 42.8 weeks)??

Any idea? ???

 

[ASG]

It may be hard to believe, but the majority of places in the world are Jus sanguinis only. Only in the Americas there is such a thing as jus soli. I have a friend whose parents were from Poland and moved to Germany. She was born there and had no right to citzenship. She had no citzenship until her parents got canadian citizenship and sponsored her.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jus_soli_world.png

France simply uses both; as for Germany, I find this very interesting because I wouldn't expect this country to allow for such a loophole where kids have "no citizenship".
People have to come from somewhere, right?
I actually thought that most countries used both; because one or the other doesn't seem to make sense to me: we have ties to where we grow up AND to our parents' culture.
Your friend was born in Poland, so unless her parents spoke polish to her, she had no ties with that country; she was likely more german than polish, so to speak.


edited: I just googled it and apparently someone born in France from foreign parents gets citizenship at 18 years old.
I'm VERY surprised.

 

[TyrusX]

France simply uses both; as for Germany, I find this very interesting because I wouldn't expect this country to allow for such a loophole where kids have "no citizenship".
People have to come from somewhere, right?
I actually thought that most countries used both; because one or the other doesn't seem to make sense to me: we have ties to where we grow up AND to our parents' culture.
Your friend was born in Poland, so unless her parents spoke polish to her, she had no ties with that country; she was likely more german than polish, so to speak.


edited: I just googled it and apparently someone born in France from foreign parents gets citizenship at 18 years old.
I'm VERY surprised.

funny right? Things are crazy around the world. German Nationality law changed in 2000, but before, was the same as in 1913.

edit: Just for comparison with Germany:

Children born on or after 1 January 2000 to non-German parents acquire German citizenship at birth if at least one parent:

has a permanent residence permit; and
has been residing in Germany for at least eight years.

Such children will be required to apply successfully to retain German citizenship by the age of 23. Assuming this law is not changed or overturned by a court, these persons will normally be required to prove they do not hold any other foreign citizenship.

 

[salam20]

Yes. But this will soon change. That is the indication Jason Kenney is giving on his twitter.

If the rule changes, this is an indication that this government will not continue in the coming round. That means that Canada is becoming a large cooperation. They just hire skilled immegrants and kick their babies out of it. Unfortunately, conservatives are adopting capitalism their way. That is so bad.

 

[salam20]

Do not mail anything to CPP-Ottawa. When you decide to send them a document on your own (i.e. without their request), you must send the scan of the document to them in an e-mail.

Thanks for reply and advice.

 

[zhengyilove]

Nothing since PER

I got PER on Oct. 25, 2012, nothing happened so far, there is not any feed back from Ottawa.

Is there anybody having the same situation?

Is that normal?

Thanks

 

[asbereth]

Re: Nothing since PER

I got PER on Oct. 25, 2012, nothing happened so far, there is not any feed back from Ottawa.

Is there anybody having the same situation?

Is that normal?

Thanks

I think it's normal. A lot of people that applied way before have not heard anything since their PER. It could also be actually a good thing, since they probably found no possible holes on your bank statement activities (though we're not sure yet about this).

 

[zhengyilove]

Re: Nothing since PER

I think it's normal. A lot of people that applied way before have not heard anything since their PER. It could also be actually a good thing, since they probably found no possible holes on your bank statement activities (though we're not sure yet about this).

Thanks for your answer. it somehow made me feel better. They are so slow. Hopefully, it will Ok.

 

[asbereth]

Re: Nothing since PER

Thanks for your answer. it somehow made me feel better. They are so slow. Hopefully, it will Ok.

Just wondering though, did you apply using Canadian bank accounts, and did you include bank statement activities for the last 6 months, never going below threshold and never large deposit?

 

[moonbow2010]

Still no developments for me, as a late Feb applicant.

I ordered CAIPS notes from them.

Hope it will indicate something.

 

[zhengyilove]

Re: Nothing since PER

Just wondering though, did you apply using Canadian bank accounts, and did you include bank statement activities for the last 6 months, never going below threshold and never large deposit?

I just include a letter from CIBC showing the money and my account time, which is used specifically for immigration purpose. It starts with:

Dear Citizenship and immigration Canada
Canada Immigration Division
......

 

[zhengyilove]

Still no developments for me, as a late Feb applicant.

I ordered CAIPS notes from them.

Hope it will indicate something.

If I were you, I would have order CAIPS earlier. Is there anybody the same with you?

 

[chenying3612]

Hi all,

Today I checked with the CIC website. For the PhD stream, the eligibility criteria is: 1). who have completed at least two years of study toward a PhD.

Is it different from the previous expression? Because I remembered it was "who have completed at least two years of program".

Thanks.

 

[asbereth]

Hi all,

Today I checked with the CIC website. For the PhD stream, the eligibility criteria is: 1). who have completed at least two years of study toward a PhD.

Is it different from the previous expression? Because I remembered it was "who have completed at least two years of program".

Hi chenying3612, I don't think the new wording represents any significant changes compared to the old one. The main point is that you must have completed two years of a PhD program (so if you transfer out of a PhD program into another one, then you can only count two years after the beginning of your current program), and be in a good academic standing (usually this means you have completed qualifying exams or something by the end of your second year).