Immigration Canada Québec

The general requirements for a citizenship applicant are as following :

1) is eighteen years of age or over
2) is a permanent resident  and has, within the four years immediately preceding the date of his or her application, accumulated at least three years (1095 days) of residence in Canada calculated in the following manner:
3) has an adequate knowledge of one of the official languages of Canada;
4) has an adequate knowledge of Canada and of the responsibilities and privileges of citizenship; and
5) is not under a removal order and is not under investigation as a permanent resident.

Will be accounted as residence:

Any day during which an applicant resided with the applicant’s spouse who at the time was a Canadian citizen and was employed outside of Canada in or with the Canadian armed forces or the federal public administration or the public service of a province

Will be accounted as half a day for every day during which the person was resident in Canada before obtaining permanent residence

Criminality

Citizenship will not be granted if you are currently charged with an indictable offence or have been convicted of an indictable offence within the three years prior to applying.

Neither will it be granted if you are on probation, on parole or in prison.
All the time spent in prison, on parole or on probation will not be accounted for in the three years residence.

Discretionary power

In special cases, citizenship may be granted through the Governor in Council’s discretionary power.

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