Regarding Canadian citizenship

[mdfahiem]

Hi,

Greetings for the day.

I and my family have planned of migrating to Canada and we don't even know where to start. Our home country is India and currently I am in KSA.

About me:
Total experience: 12 years & 1 month (3 years & 7 months of production experience and 8 years 6 months of SAP experience).
PMP certified & ITIL V3 foundation certified.
Executive Master's in Business Administration (eMBA) in Project Management.
Master's Degree of Technology (M.Tech.) in Production Management.
Bachelor's Degree of Engineering (B.E.) in Mechanical Engineering.

About my wife:
She has an experience of 4+ years in Cardiac department, worked in various areas like TMT, ECG, Echo etc.
Executive Master's in Business Administration (eMBA) in Health Care Management and Hospital Administration.
Bachelor's Degree of Science (B.Sc.) in Cardiac Technology.

About my children:
Eldest son is 5 years old and he is studying in nursery.
Youngest son is 1 year old.

I have few queries:
1. Where and how do I need to apply for citizenship?
2. Can we have dual citizen (both Indian and Canadian citizenship)?

Kindly guide me.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Fahim PMP

 

[luqi]

welcome to the forum,

you cannot apply for a citizenship, first you will have to apply for permanent residence, after spending sometime in canada, which is now around 3 years you will be eligible for citizenship. a permanent resident and citizenship have equal rights and equal status except a PR cannot vote, serve in a militiary and a few more. but that will not affect you. if you want to study how to start for a PR under the federal skilled worker program. refer to the below links

dertermine whether you are eligible or not
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/eligibility.asp

how to apply
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/apply-how.asp


review selection factors or you can call it points calculation. you need 67 points to qualify
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/apply-factors.asp

if you need more assistance study www.cic.gc.ca you will find everything there.

good luck.

 

[mdfahiem]

Thank you Luqi.

Regards,