Federal Government: Rejection Rate

Federal Statistics Dept: According to federal statistics obtained by , the rejection rate went up from 1.4 per cent to 3.5 per cent in the five-year period, according to The Star. In March 2010, the federal government launched a new test and raised the passing mark from 60 per cent to 75 per cent. Subsequently, 5,351 or 3.5 per cent of the applicants were turned down and the refusal rate of new citizens has more than doubled from 2006 to 2010, when Ottawa raised the pass mark of the citizenship test. In 2006, 3,872 people or 1.4 per cent of those applying for citizenship were denied. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.