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Record number of new citizens welcomed in 2014 More than 260,000 people became new Canadians; Backlog elimination on track December 23, 2014 — Scarborough (Toronto), Ontario — Canada welcomed more than 260,000 new citizens this year, thanks to the governments improvements to the citizenship program as well as recent reforms to the Citizenship Act, Canadas Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander announced today. This is more new Canadians than in any year in Canadas history and more than double the number from last year. To have applicant fees more closely reflect the costs associated with processing citizenship applications, citizenship processing fees will increase from $300 to $530 for applicants whose complete applications are received after Jan. 1, 2015. These applicants will benefit from the processing improvements outlined above, and this is in keeping with user-pay principles and a move toward full cost recovery in the citizenship program. For full press release:news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do;jsessionid=365b01b49d5f42fbdf8cda04b61207e3af56bc7c194812c3cbf287fe11067248.e38RbhaLb3qNe38Mc3f0?crtr.sj1D=&crtr.mnthndVl=12&mthd=advSrch&crtr.dpt1D=6664&nid=916869&crtr.lc1D=&crtr.tp1D=1&crtr.yrStrtVl=2014&crtr.kw=&crtr.dyStrtVl=1&crtr.aud1D=&crtr.mnthStrtVl=1&crtr.page=1&crtr.yrndVl=2014&crtr.dyndVl=31
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 12:08:02 +0000

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