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Language assessment for citizenship applicants

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• What is meant by adequate knowledge of English or French?
• How does CIC measure how well an adult applying for citizenship can speak English or French?
• What language level do I need when I apply for citizenship?
• Have you raised the language requirement for citizenship?
• What documents can I use to prove that I have adequate knowledge of English or French when applying for citizenship?
• What third-party tests will CIC accept as proof I have adequate knowledge of English or French when I apply for citizenship?
• I graduated from an English-or French-language high school/college/university. What can I use to show that I can communicate in one of the official languages when I apply for citizenship?
• Can the government-funded language program I took be used as proof of my adequate knowledge of English or French?
• Can I provide my LINC/CLIC placement test as evidence that I have already reached CLB/NCLC 4 in speaking and listening?
• I’ve lost my certificate or transcript showing I meet the citizenship language requirement. What can I do?
• Can I submit the results from a third-party language test that I took when I first applied to immigrate to Canada a few years ago?
• Do you accept certificates from private language schools?