Effective date of Bill C24

[bkara]

Example:
Josh was a student for 3 years before he became PR
He paid taxes for 3 years.So the taxes he paid for 3 years will be kept by the govenment and Josh will get nothing in return toward his residency requirement.Josh also lived here like everyone.

I don't understand the benefit of not counting pre-PR days.

 

[CanadianCountry]

@bkara, don't worry the govt will refund these taxes. NOT!

Example:
Josh was a student for 3 years before he became PR
He paid taxes for 3 years.So the taxes he paid for 3 years will be kept by the govenment and Josh will get nothing in return toward his residency requirement.Josh also lived here like everyone.

I don't understand the benefit of not counting pre-PR days.

 

[bkara]

@ bkara, don't worry the govt will refund these taxes. NOT!

Money is not the point here.I am trying to understand the benefits of every single section of the bill.
If you have an explanation,please share.

I apologize if I don't get things instantly.

 

[MUFC]

Pre-PR time means , Temporaly Non-Immigrant status... EI Non immigrant is just a temporary visitor.

 

[nadeem55]

If the provisions of 4/6 residence requirement will come in effect then Govt. of Canada should remove the category of Canadian Experience Class (CEC) where this is a requirement that you should have work or study in Canada for atleast 1 year.
There could be a big dispute and frustration among residents, if CIC will counting student/worker days to the Canadian Experience Class and not counting in citizenship application, IMHO, I would say that's a valid reason to arise the litigation for treating inequality?

I think that's not fair, either they should leave it and keep counting the days based on Student/Worker or completely remove this section, do you agree with my point?

 

[CanadianCountry]

Makes total sense at least to me. But, they can easily say that one is the path to permanent residency and the other to citizenship. So are unrelated. Doesn't matter CEC can stay without any issues.

CEC is a good money maker program for the govt, it cannot be scrapped in any circumstance.

If the provisions of 4/6 residence requirement will come in effect then Govt. of Canada should remove the category of Canadian Experience Class (CEC) where this is a requirement that you should have work or study in Canada for atleast 1 year.
There could be a big dispute and frustration among residents, if CIC will counting student/worker days to the Canadian Experience Class and not counting in citizenship application, IMHO, I would say that's a valid reason to arise the litigation for treating inequality?

I think that's not fair, either they should leave it and keep counting the days based on Student/Worker or completely remove this section, do you agree with my point?

 

[Shaikhs]

Hi everyone ,

I need ur help in few questions.

1. i will be eligible to apply as my 1095 days will complete in March 2015 , is this new law ( if it comes ) going to effect my application for citizenship ?
2. after submitting my application in march when can i exit Canada as i have to visit my family outside Canada for couple of months ?
3. from which date im sure my application is in process date they recieve my doc or when the processing starts ?

Cheeres,

 

[MUFC]

If the cut off date is before you submit your application, than yes it will affect everybody.

It is absolutely not recommendable to have any travels after you submit your application, because the intent to reside clause will come in play too.
Just try to avoid any trips until the oath, otherwise your application will be in danger, because they might consider your trip as a breach of your intention to reside in Canada, and you can get a rejection because of that.

 

[thecoolguysam]

If the cut off date is before you submit your application, than yes it will affect everybody.

It is absolutely not recommendable to have any travels after you submit your application, because the intent to reside clause will come in play too.
Just try to avoid any trips until the oath, otherwise your application will be in danger, because they might consider your trip as a breach of your intention to reside in Canada, and you can get a rejection because of that.

Is intend to reside clause in effect right now?

 

[CanadianCountry]

No as it seems.

Is intend to reside clause in effect right now?

 

[thecoolguysam]

If the cut off date is before you submit your application, than yes it will affect everybody.

It is absolutely not recommendable to have any travels after you submit your application, because the intent to reside clause will come in play too.
Just try to avoid any trips until the oath, otherwise your application will be in danger, because they might consider your trip as a breach of your intention to reside in Canada, and you can get a rejection because of that.

if in march the 4/6 rule does not come into effect then the intent to reside clause won't apply.

If 4/6 rule comes into picture in march 2015 then anyways Shaikhs won't be able to apply.(unless he meets the 4/6 criteria)

 

[BAK123]

As it currently stands - I am eligible to apply for citizenship in Sept 2015. With the new bill coming into play on July 1, 2015 (using this date) - I will just miss out by 2.5 months & have to wait longer.

Has anyone in a similar position any thoughts on submitting their application before the bill comes into play in the hope that it wont be looked at until a few months after it is received and the old timelines required would be met?

 

[zardoz]

As it currently stands - I am eligible to apply for citizenship in Sept 2015. With the new bill coming into play on July 1, 2015 (using this date) - I will just miss out by 2.5 months & have to wait longer.

Has anyone in a similar position any thoughts on submitting their application before the bill comes into play in the hope that it wont be looked at until a few months after it is received and the old timelines required would be met?

Nice try, but that will not work. Everything is locked in on the date that the application is recieved, including your eligibility.

 

[BAK123]

Ha, ok. Maybe by leaving out a document to get it returned to be fully submitted again could work!! ;D

Or shifting the blame on Canada Post could work....

 

[zardoz]

Ha, ok. Maybe by leaving out a document to get it returned to be fully submitted again could work!! ;D

Or shifting the blame on Canada Post could work....

Again, nice try, but a resubmit is treated as a brand new application, under the rules in operation on the new received date. Keep trying...