Citizenship comes later, this was only to immigrate. It took from about last June to now to get all of the documents in order (kids proof of citizenship cards - they were already citizens, FBI background check, etc.) and I filed in early December. It took less than 3 months to be approved, so that was actually very fast.

To be honest, in recent weeks I'd been planning to cancel the application and was surprised when it came sooner than the 6 months they told us to expect. But having a few days to chew on it, I think I'll interview here and plan to stay here if I get hired, but I've got a pretty nice plan B if I don't get it. I've got until April 4 to activate my Permanent Resident Card.

As far as I can tell, citizenship comes after you've spent at least 2 of 5 years in Canada (cumulative days), that's when you can apply for that. Canada recognizes dual, the US doesn't. So I'd be a dual in the eyes of the Canadian govt, and a US citizen in the eyes of the US, if we got that far.

The immigration part now is the real barrier to applying to Air Canada, and others that require citizenship of immigrant status. The licensing can be done pretty easily at this point.

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