From: starbugaboo@NOSPAMyahoo.com   
      
   Steve B wrote:   
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   > On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 07:45:20 +0100, "Col"    
   > wrote:   
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   > >"Steve B"  wrote in message   
   > >news:dsma83hum92l53i2dvf7j90lm1vof0a0a8@4ax.com...   
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   > >> In about 2 - 4 months, I should finally be a Canadian citizen.  :)   
   > >   
   > >How come it took so long, or did you only actually apply   
   > >relatively recently?   
   >   
   > This process has been going on since 2001, when I first moved to   
   > Canada.   
   >   
   > First, you have to apply for Permanent Resident status.  This status   
   > essentially means you can come and go as you please and are a legal   
   > resident of the country.  You can't vote and you aren't a citizen, but   
   > you can do everything else.   
   >   
   > I didn't get that status until 2003.  Once you have PR status, you   
   > have to spend 1095 out of 1460 days in Canada (3 out of 4 years).  If   
   > you meet the time requirements, you can apply for citizenship, a   
   > process that can take up to a year.   
   >   
   > I made my citizenship application in April of this year, and I'm   
   > already most of the way through the process.   
   >   
   > Moving to a different country is definitely a time consuming (and   
   > expensive process).  And we have Red Dwarf to thank for it.  :)   
      
   Well Canada does have to be careful or they might have a mad rush of   
   people crowding in and taking all the choice lumberjack jobs!   
      
      
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