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[justashooter 430]

amazingly enuf, most chinese i know are "canadian chinese" working in US on various visas. they are all educated, and found it much easier to immigrate to canada, then use it as a stepping stone into a legal US presence. i am aware that canada is wide open to anyone with a decent education.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

i am aware that canada is wide open to anyone with a decent education.

Which is good. Which is what a country needs. Which is what the US should be doing.

Instead of importing people with no skills, no money, and no prospect of a prosperous future, just because they have a relative here who came here though a relative of a relative, the Canadians allow people with skills and a job waiting to immigrate. If those people later come to the US and help pulling this country up on its shoestrings, more power to them!

We don't need more cab drivers, convenience store clerks, and people doing minimum wage jobs; we have plenty of those already.

Edited January 7, 2010 by Just Bob

[Malrothien 6]

I'd be interested to know how you can become a Canadian citizen in 2011, if you've been living illegally in the U.S. for 2 years. I'm sure there would be residency restrictions for gaining Citizenship, just like here in the U.S.

To add to what Kathryn already said:

The physical presence requirements are 1095 days in Canada in a period of 5 years. If she has met that, then she is able to apply for citizenship.

[Carlawarla 1]

To add to what Kathryn already said:

The physical presence requirements are 1095 days in Canada in a period of 5 years. If she has met that, then she is able to apply for citizenship.

Thanks for the physical presence requirement days information!