Becoming a citizen of Canada doesn’t only provide you with the right to hold a certificate of citizenship after taking the oath. While obtaining citizenship of this country is the ultimate goal of your Canada migration, which provides the right to vote and carry the passport of Canada, amendments in the test of Canadian citizenship has resulted in the increasing rate of failure among a number of immigrant communities.
Changes in the Citizenship Test
It is seemed that the changes in the Canadian citizenship test have increased the gap between successful and not so successful prospective applicants of citizenship by making it tough for those, who have lack of fluency in French or English language or who are not aware of the customs and traditions of Canada to fulfill their dream of becoming a citizens of the nation.
Pursuant to Mr. Phil Triadafilopoulos, the professor in the Toronto University the test of Citizenship plays the role of a gatekeeper or an obstacle to those, who want to obtain citizenship of Canada but the efforts they put towards attaining it, are being hampered because of a much tougher test.
Citizenship Test: Old vs. the New Test
On the basis of 68-page study guide, the 2010 test version was designed, which is bigger than the earlier editions with more grounds. To qualify in the section of multiple-choices, prospective citizens have to obtain 15 points out of 20 as compared to earlier 12 points out of 20 points.
In this connection, Mr. Jason Kenney, the Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister of Canada, was quoted as saying that the objective of this new Citizenship test is to improve the requirements mentioned in the Citizenship Act of Canada which needs prospective citizens to fulfill the language, residency and civic-literacy criteria.
In the same context, Mr. Kenney’s office has reportedly said that the results of the Citizenship test are strictly monitored and the distinctions between which the nations have a lower passing mark don’t signify that the playing sectors are necessary to be ranked.
According to the critics, test of Citizenship acts as a de facto language exam that drives a number of immigrant-service groups to offer classes on citizenship along with language classes that plays a vital role in introducing the Canadian vocabulary and names which are expected to be addressed in the test.
