Applying for Citizenship

Official source: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/discover-canada/read-online/applying-citizenship.html

• 1.What do you receive if you pass the test and meet all the other requirements?

  • ✓A Notice to Appear to Take the Oath of Citizenship
  • A permanent resident card marked "approved"
  • Your Canadian Citizenship Certificate, by mail
  • A Canadian passport

  Answer: A Notice to Appear to Take the Oath of Citizenship

  Why: A Notice to Appear to Take the Oath of Citizenship, which tells you the date, time and place of your citizenship ceremony.

• 2.When you apply for citizenship, what do officials do?

  • Confirm that you have renounced any other citizenship
  • Interview your employer and your neighbours
  • Verify that you own property in Canada
  • ✓Check your status, verify you are not prohibited from applying, and ensure you meet the requirements

  Answer: Check your status, verify you are not prohibited from applying, and ensure you meet the requirements

  Why: Officials do three things: check your status, verify that you are not prohibited from applying, and ensure that you meet the requirements.

• 3.Whom does the guide suggest asking to help you practise answering questions about Canada?

  • Your Member of Parliament
  • A citizenship judge
  • An immigration lawyer
  • ✓A friend or family member

  Answer: A friend or family member

  Why: A friend or family member. The guide treats preparation as something done with other people, not only alone.

• 4.What are all of the citizenship test questions based on?

  • Current events from the past twelve months
  • ✓The subject areas noted in the Citizenship Regulations
  • The provincial curriculum where you live
  • The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms alone

  Answer: The subject areas noted in the Citizenship Regulations

  Why: The subject areas noted in the Citizenship Regulations. The guide also promises that all the information those subject areas require is provided in the guide itself.

• 5.What provides the information on how your ability to meet the knowledge of Canada requirement is determined?

  • ✓The Citizenship Regulations
  • The Official Languages Act
  • The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
  • The Constitution Act, 1867

  Answer: The Citizenship Regulations

  Why: The Citizenship Regulations. They set out both the subject areas and how the requirement is assessed.

• 6.Besides taking the Oath and receiving your certificate, what else do you do at the ceremony?

  • Surrender your permanent resident card
  • Register on the voters list
  • ✓Sign the oath form
  • Sit a short oral interview

  Answer: Sign the oath form

  Why: Sign the oath form. The signature is a separate step from speaking the Oath aloud.

• 7.Which adult applicants do not need to write the citizenship test?

  • Those 45 years of age and over
  • Those who already hold another citizenship
  • Those 65 years of age and over
  • ✓Those 55 years of age and over

  Answer: Those 55 years of age and over

  Why: Adult applicants 55 years of age and over. The knowledge requirement that the test measures applies to applicants aged 18 to 54.

• 8.What form does the citizenship test usually take?

  • ✓A written test, though it could be an interview
  • Always an oral examination in both official languages
  • Always a face-to-face interview
  • A written essay on Canadian history

  Answer: A written test, though it could be an interview

  Why: It is usually a written test, though it could be an interview instead.

• 9.The citizenship test assesses two basic requirements. What are they?

  • Knowledge of Canada, and adequate knowledge of both English and French
  • Canadian history, and continuous residence for ten years
  • Provincial geography, and knowledge of an Aboriginal language
  • ✓Knowledge of Canada and of the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, and adequate knowledge of English or French

  Answer: Knowledge of Canada and of the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, and adequate knowledge of English or French

  Why: Knowledge of Canada and of the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, and adequate knowledge of English or French.

• 10.Where does the guide suggest asking for information about citizenship classes?

  • The nearest embassy or consulate
  • The Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  • A provincial court registry
  • ✓A local school or school board, a college, a community centre, or an immigrant-serving organization

  Answer: A local school or school board, a college, a community centre, or an immigrant-serving organization

  Why: A local school or school board, a college, a community centre, or a local organization that provides services to immigrants.