I have a mid-20s coworker whose family lives in India, who went on a trip back there about a year and a half ago to get married to a girl his parents chose for him. He spent a few months there, before coming back to his job in Canada. Immediately after the marriage was officiated, she applied for Canadian citizenship. She still doesn't have it, and is still living in India, only seeing her husband when he makes the trip.
In Canada, just like in the US, it seems like applying for citizenship legally is incredibly tedious and takes forever. A year ago, I told him that she would have probably become a citizen faster if she'd gotten on a boat and trafficked herself into the country illegally. The more time passes, the more my off-hand comment is proven true.
I have a mid-20s coworker whose family lives in India, who went on a trip back there about a year and a half ago to get married to a girl his parents chose for him. He spent a few months there, before coming back to his job in Canada. Immediately after the marriage was officiated, she applied for Canadian citizenship. She still doesn't have it, and is still living in India, only seeing her husband when he makes the trip.
In Canada, just like in the US, it seems like applying for citizenship legally is incredibly tedious and takes forever. A year ago, I told him that she would have probably become a citizen faster if she'd gotten on a boat and trafficked herself into the country illegally. The more time passes, the more my off-hand comment is proven true.