What are the procedures for marrying a Canadian citizen?

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Thu, 15 May 2025

Your loved one is Canadian and you are a foreign national. If you are interested in what processes you will go through when you get married and whether you will become a Canadian citizen, you are in the right place. In this article, we will tell you about the processes that you will go through and at this time we will give you information about whether or not you will be granted citizenship.

What processes do you have to go through when you marry a Canadian citizen?

If you have already decided to get married, you should complete the next process at the consulate. For this, you must first make an appointment with the Canadian Consulate. You must wait for confirmation to show that there are no problems before you can get married. You can perform your marriage in local authorities. For this, you must first apply for marriage. After the marriage process is completed at the consulate, you need to make an appointment to get it approved and then get your marriage certificate. When you get married, you will be asked for some documents. Couples should write an application to the consulate that they want to get married. This application must be signed at the time of submission of documents. Also, a document confirming the identity of the persons to be married, a document confirming the identity of the witnesses, and health documents indicating that the persons to be married do not have any mental or physical obstacles that could prevent any marriage are required. Those who are going to get married must also submit their biometric photos taken within the last 6 months. If there are no problems with the documents, the marriage will take place on the day determined by the Consulate.

Do you also get citizenship if you marry a Canadian citizen?

Note that you will not automatically be granted citizenship if you marry a Canadian citizen. If you want to become a Canadian citizen, you must go through certain processes that apply to citizenship. That is, your marriage with a Canadian citizen will not give you a special advantage.

Also, when you apply for citizenship, you must have lived in Canada for at least 1,095 days in the 5 years preceding your application, according to the general requirements. This term includes:

• How long you have lived in Canada as a permanent resident;
• The time you lived in Canada as a temporary resident while you were legally allowed to stay;
• The length of time you live as a protected person.

If you do not live in Canada or are not a permanent citizen, your Canadian spouse can sponsor you to become a permanent resident.

You can apply for citizenship if you are a permanent resident, have physically lived in Canada for the required period of time, and meet other requirements.

If your child was born outside of Canada, what country is he considered a citizen of?

There are different rules for determining whether children of Canadians born outside Canada have Canadian citizenship.

Your child is a Canadian citizen if at least 1 parent of the child was born in Canada or was a Canadian citizen before the child was born.

But if your child is an adopted child born outside of Canada, your child will not automatically be considered a Canadian citizen. At this time, you must go through certain stages provided by law for citizenship.

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