January 3, 2019 – More than 15,000 Indian permanent residents in Canada have obtained citizenship between January and October 2018, an increase of 50 percent as compared to the first ten months of 2017.
As per preliminary IRCC data, one in every ten permanent residents who obtained Canadian citizenship between January and October 2018 was of Indian origin.
Impact of New Citizenship Rules
2015 was a record year in which more than 28,000 Indians applied for Canadian citizenship. After a two-year decline, interest among Indian applicants has revived even as Canada made it easier for permanent residents to qualify for citizenship.
With effect from October 2017, minimum physical presence requirements for Canadian citizenship was reduced from four out of six years to three out of five years.
Post this change, citizenship applications rose by 100 percent between October 2017 and June 2018 compared to the previous corresponding period.
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