加拿大2014 入籍进度加倍
移民部:平均等一年,移民入籍速度加快
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加拿大移民部的士嘉堡办公室31日举行五场公民入籍仪式,共有约500名左右来自63个国家获得加拿大公民身分的新移民参加。移民部表示,预计在政府实行的一系列加快公民申请审理时间的措施下,每个申请案件平均审理时间将减至一年以内,现在的申请积案也会在2015至2016年期间,减少超过80%。
移民部表示,除了31日举行的五场入籍仪式,在过去两个星期内,士嘉堡办公室已经为超过4500名来自140多个国家的新移民举办了49场公民入籍仪式。这表明政府正在努力让公民申请项目运作得越来越有效,并帮助更多人加快实现成为加拿大人的梦想。此外,政府提出对C-24法案暨“加强加拿大公民制度法案(The Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act )”的修改,也将缩短申请案件的处理时间。
移民部长亚历山大表示,政府欢迎新公民加入加拿大这个大家庭。政府将继续修改申请公民的程序,让新移民更快地成为加拿大公民。
移民数达新高
另外,联邦移民部表示,自2006年以来,新移民的数字持续达到最高水平,平均每年为25万7000人,基于这个原因,申请入籍的数字也增加了30%。移民部这个说法似是为等候入籍时间愈来愈长作为解释。
移民部指出,在 2013年共有12万8936人入籍,平均每个月1万745人。但在今年2月,超过1万9200人参加入籍仪式,较去年同期的数字差不多增加一倍。
Canada welcomes more new Canadians
New Canadian citizens in March 2014 almost double compared to one year ago
OTTAWA, April 1, 2014 /CNW/ - Approximately 33,700 people from 199 countries became Canadian citizens at citizenship ceremonies held across Canada in March 2014. This is almost twice as many compared to March 2013when 17,089 people were granted citizenship across Canada.
Canada's new citizens were welcomed at 312 citizenship ceremonies held across the country, from college campuses to Citizenship and Immigration Canada offices, to special ceremonies at railway stations and designated heritage sites.
These high numbers demonstrate that changes and improvements in effect over the past year have already made the system more efficient and resulted in a decreased backlog, helping more people realize their dream of becoming Canadian sooner. The government's proposed changes in Bill C-24, the
Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act, will further reduce wait times by streamlining the decision-making process for citizenship. It is expected that these changes will bring the average processing time for citizenship applications down to under one year and that the current backlog will be reduced by more than 80 percent by 2015-2016.
Quick facts
- So far in 2014, Canada has welcomed more than 75,900 new citizens at 759 ceremonies across Canada. Comparatively, in the first three months of 2013, Canada welcomed 35,320 new Canadians.
- In 2013, 128,936 people were granted Canadian citizenship - an average of 10,745 each month.
- Since 2006, Canada has enjoyed the highest sustained levels of immigration in Canadian history - an average of 257,000 newcomers each year. Accordingly, the demand for citizenship has increased by 30 percent.
- Canada has the highest rate of naturalization in the world - 85 per cent of eligible permanent residents become citizens. Citizenship and Immigration Canada received 333,860 citizenship applications in 2013, the highest volume ever.
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"By improving the efficiency of the citizenship program and launching the
Blueprint for Citizenship Improvements, our government is working to ensure the timely processing of citizenship applications so that deserving applicants can become Canadians more quickly. The high number of new citizens who joined the Canadian family so far this year shows that our changes are working. Our government would like to welcome our newest citizens to the Canadian family."
Chris Alexander, Canada's Citizenship and Immigration Minister
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