Canada Makes Changes to Citizenship Rules

Canada’s new citizenship rules announced earlier are already in effect from June 11, 2015. The rules are a little stringent compared to the previous ones. They require PR holders to spend more time in the country in order to become eligible to apply for citizenship and oblige to lot more things.

The Old Rules

• Permanent Residents of Canada need not declare their intent to reside there to obtain citizenship
• Applicants have to stay in the country for 1,094 non-continuous days in the last 4 years before applying
• PR holders who lived in Canada before getting PR get that duration of stay as half-day credit
• People of 55 years of age and older need not take language or knowledge test to prove their eligibility

The New Rules

• Applicants must declare intent to reside in the country and ensure that all tax obligations are met before filing an application
• Permanent Resident must stay in Canada for 1,460 days (4 years) in the last 6 years; and be physically present for no less than 183 days in each of four years
• All applicants between age 14 and 64 must take basic language and knowledge requirements test
• Misrepresentation of facts for citizenship could lead to $100,000 penalty or 5 years jail-term

So those who are applying for Canadian citizenship now, are required to use the new forms instead of the old ones. Applications submitted on or after June 11, 2015 using old forms will be returned.

Canada to this day remains one of the most sought after country for migration, especially for skilled professionals. And its citizenship also holds great value and significance.

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Indian nurses in UK could be forced to return home

LONDON: Nurses from India and other non-European countries employed with Britain's state-funded National Health Service (NHS) could be forced to leave the UK under new immigration rules. 

The UK's Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has warned that a new salary threshold of 35,000 pounds a year could hit over 30,000 nursing staff from non-European nations. 

India is the second-largest supplier of nursing staff to the country after the Philippines, with over 15,000 fulfilling nursing shortages within the #NHS. 

"The immigration rules will cause chaos for the #NHS and other care services. At a time when demand is increasing, the UK is perversely making it harder to employ staff from overseas," said RCN general secretary Peter Carter. 

The Conservative party led government is planning to introduce new stricter requirements for non-European migrants, including a minimum pay bar for workers which means they would have to leave the UK after six years if they are not earning at least 35,000 pounds per annum. 

The cut-off date for the new rules has been set at 2011, meaning the first batch of nurses earning less will be sent home in 2017. 

"The UK will be sending away nurses who have contributed to the health service for six years. Losing their skills and knowledge and then having to start the cycle again and recruit to replace them is completely illogical," Dr Carter said. 

An #NHS staff nurse who trained in Belgaum, Sandeep Duggani, warned that NHS Trusts are continuing their hiring drive in India despite this impending job insecurity. 

"I don't think they realise they will have to leave their jobs after six years. It's very sad. I have done all these training courses and now, after six years, I have to go back," 29-year-old Duggani said. 

The UK Home Office claims the new rules would help reduce demand for migrant labour. 

The move is part of the government's effort to control net migration into Britain but RCN warns that by 2017 more than 3,300 #NHS nurses could be affected. 

Nurses in the UK on average earn salaries of between 21,000 and 28,000 pounds a year. Due to cuts to nurse-training places, trusts are being forced into relying on overseas recruitment as well as temporary staff. 

According to the RCN, the only long-term solution is to train more nurses in the UK, but in the interim, foreign nurses will be required to fill the gap. 

Employers had had four years to prepare for the changes, a Home Office spokesperson said, adding "There are exemptions to this threshold where the UK has a shortage". 

At the moment nurses are not on that exemption list, but the Home Office has said it was possible they could still be added if evidence showed this was needed. 

Under previous immigration rules, there was no income threshold or time limit. The RCN estimates 90 per cent of nurses hired by the NHS from outside Europe will not have hit 35,000 pounds within six years.
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