What steps are involved in moving to Canada and becoming a Canadian citizen? Is there a waiting period? Is there a test of Canadian (British?) history? Can I have dual-citizenship? If I could, what would the advantages be, if any? At the moment Canada seems like the best destination as opposed to say, Britain, because it shares a border with the United States and our cultures seem to be the most similar.
No, Autolycus, I’m not moving to Japan with you.
What’s your take on Canadian Bacon? {Note: This is a trick question.}
It’s not Canadian and it’s not bacon? Do I win Canadian citizenship? Please, please, please cause that means I can live in Canadia from spring to fall and live in Florida in the winter just like everyone else from Canada and the UP. The UP is a Canadian territory right, eh?
I don’t eat bacon. But I’m assuming Canada has plenty of freedom fries.
I’m a dual citizen, I grew up in the states and now I live in Canada.
Easiest thing to do is to move to Canada with a job, and become a landed immigrant. Usually you have to spend years as a landed immigrant first, then become a citizen. There is a point system, skewed toward needed professions. There is a test, but it’s pretty straightforward - capitals of provinces, figures from Canadian history, multi-culturalism. You can be a dual citizen, but the benefits are few - mostly having a bigger potential job market, and somewhere to run if the fascists take over.
Let me know if you need me to pick you up at the border.
Warning: I may or may not have a horrible disease when you meet me.
Do you have a degree or job experience in anything worthwhile? Is there a Canadian willing to marry you? If not, you can pretty much forget about it.
Yes, you do! This is your lucky day! If you opt to become a Western Canadian (a much better option, in my humble opinion), you’ll winter in Arizona instead of Florida.
I have nightmares about Canadians, especially the ones that chose to be there instead of just being born there by accident. They are dangerous people. A group of them could show up at my door right now and how the hell I am supposed to know? They look and dress mostly like regular people do making them like the best spies and assassins there are. Scary.
At least with Mexicans, you can see the hat popping over the top of the water a couple of minutes before they get you. I have a few catch phrases that I use to snare unsuspecting Canadians like offering them some poutine when they walk through the door. Unfortunately, a lot of regular American men’s eyes light up at the offer even though they completely misunderstood the trap so that still doesn’t work worth a damn.
Don’t ever trust a place where you have to plug your car in at the grocery store and your car isn’t even electric. That is a bad sign right there. The country isn’t meant to be inhabited at all because it is too far north. Some people may point out that some places in the U.S. like Detroit are farther north than parts of Canada. I rest my case.
Is gay marriage legalized in Canada? 
Yyeeeaahh…however, I’m straight and already married, but thanks anyway.
I’m in Attack’s situation, only more recently (dual citizen, have been in Canada for… two weeks now. No job yet). I’m also sponsoring my (British, gay) partner for immigration. He actually qualifies for immigration on his own, but spousal applications go much faster than the “Hey, I want to go to Canada” applications.
So far, the experience has been great.
Yes.
Heh heh heh - we visit the US all the time, making our plans, scouting the territory - I mean, on vacations. Yeah, vacations, that’s it.
w00t, I’ll be crossing the border near Waterton Lakes Park, will you meet me there with the appropriate paperwork? Need any part time thermodynamics instructors or large steam or nuclear power plant outage engineers?
Noooooo! Dr. Drake, you just broke my heart! There was a thread a while ago about which doper you thought was hot and I said you. And you even live near me!
Yes, I think my vacations will require such as yourself.
Speaking from my experience as a dual citizen of Canada and the U.S., get the job first! After you get the job, then blow $11,000 on moving to and spending five months in Canada. I should hope that would work better than doing it the other way around.
AClockworkMelon, start here.
That’s pommes frites. French is not a foreign language here.