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BILL C-24, THE NEW CITIZENSHIP ACT

BILL C-24, THE NEW CITIZENSHIP ACT. PURPOSE OF this workshop. To provide information about the changes in Citizenship Act To urge all eligible applicants to apply for citizenship before the new law comes into effect. Bill C-24. Bill C-24 – An Act to amend the Citizenship Act

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BILL C-24, THE NEW CITIZENSHIP ACT

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  1. BILL C-24, THE NEW CITIZENSHIP ACT

  2. PURPOSE OF this workshop • To provide information about the changes in Citizenship Act • To urge all eligible applicants to apply for citizenship before the new law comes into effect.

  3. Bill C-24 • Bill C-24 – An Act to amend the Citizenship Act • This bill has received Royal Assent on June 19, 2014 and is now law. • However, not all changes are in effect yet. Most of the provisions are • expected to come into force sometime in 2015. • This enactment amends the Citizenship Act to, among other things, • update eligibility requirements for Canadian citizenship, strengthen • security and fraud provisions and amend provisions governing the • processing of applications and the review of decisions.

  4. Main Changes

  5. Main Changes

  6. MAIN CHANGES

  7. Main changes

  8. NEW STEAMLINED DECISION-MAKING PROCESS

  9. WHEN CITIZENSHIP CAN BE REVOKED? Can be revoked from dual citizens if the person: • served as member of an armed force or organized armed group engaged in an armed conflict with Canada; • was convicted of treason, high treason, spying offences and sentenced to imprisonment for life; or • was convicted of a terrorism offence or an equivalent foreign terrorism conviction and sentenced to five years or more imprisonment. Note: Revocation on these grounds would only apply to persons with dual citizenship, to comply with Canada's obligations under the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

  10. JUDICIAL REVIEW AND APPEAL PROCESS

  11. AUTHORITY TO ABANDON A CITIZENSHIP APPLICATION

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