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Permanent residents are waiting longer to become Canadian citizens due to the growing backlog of applications during the COVID-19 pandemic last year, a CBC report reveals. The Canadian public broadcaster’s news reporters went through internal Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) e-mails. In doing so, they discovered the backlog of permanent residents ready to take
Ottawa is ramping up its online citizenship tests after busting through its initial target of 5,000 back in November last year. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) officials were quoted in a Toronto Star article earlier this month as saying even more of the citizenship tests are being scheduled. “Prior to the pandemic, IRCC had
Prospective Canadian citizenship candidates are calling for the resumption of either online or in-person tests suspended due to the coronavirus crisis. Candidates are worried the suspension of tests put in place to stop the spread of COVID-19 will mean a backlog of cases that significantly delay the process of becoming a Canadian citizen. The number
A surprising new internal government report has found that those immigrants who have been in Canada longest are the ones most likely to fail the citizenship test. The citizenship test is one of the last steps completed by immigrants wishing to obtain full citizenship rights as a Canadian, including the ability to carry a Canadian
