Documents that I need to have while entering Canada

Ensure following requirements before you apply for Citizenship to Canada

1. Please ensure that the application is made by person above the legal age of 18 years. In case of persons younger than this age, application may be made through their legal guardians.

2. Ensure to have a valid permanent resident card before applying for Canadian Citizenship

3. Please ensure that you fulfill the condition of staying for certain minimum number of years (three out of five)

4. Please ensure good command in some language as English or French, one of the two official languages of Canada. You do not have to be completely fluent, but you need to be able to make yourself understood and to understand other people in either of those two languages.

5. Ensure conviction free record. Your criminal history is important as well and you cannot be on probation. If you have had your citizenship stripped within the last five years, you cannot reapply for citizenship.

6. The final criterion for citizenship is that you must have some knowledge of Canada. This means that the applicant must have some basic understanding of the rights and responsibilities of Canadians. When you apply for citizenship, you are issued a book which has some basic facts about Canada and an explanation of the rights and responsibilities of citizens. In most cases, people between 18 and 54 years of age will be required to write a test as part of their citizenship application.

In addition to meeting the eligibility criteria, the applicant must also pay a $200 fee. Part of that $200 fee is a $100 right of citizenship fee, so if your application is denied, you will get $100 back.