<p><strong>Toronto:&nbsp;</strong>The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) have announced that permanent residents, which includes a large number of Indians, will now be allowed to enlist, as the military struggles with low recruitment levels, according to a media report.</p>
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<p id="2">The move also comes five years after the Royal Canadian Mounted Police announced that they&rsquo;re changing their &ldquo;outdated recruitment process&rdquo; which will allow permanent residents who have lived in Canada for 10 years to apply, CTV News reported.</p>
<p id="3">Permanent residents were previously only eligible under the Skilled Military Foreign Applicant entry programme, which was &ldquo;open for individuals &hellip; that would reduce training costs or fill a special need &hellip; such as a trained pilot or a doctor,&rdquo; according to the Royal United Services Institute of Nova Scotia, a not-for-profit association of retired and serving CAF members. At present, candidates must be citizens of Canada, over 18 years old, and have a grade 10 or grade 12 education depending on if they plan to enlist as an officer. This will also apply to permanent residents. CAF sounded an alarm in</p>
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<p id="2">September over a severe shortage of recruits to fill thousands of vacant positions, meeting about half the number of applicants it needs per month to meet the goal of adding 5,900 members this year.</p>
<p id="3">Christian Leuprecht, a professor at the Royal Military College of Canada, says recruiting non-citizens isn&rsquo;t something new, adding many other countries have done this for years. &ldquo;Countries such as France use military service as either a pathway to citizenship or an accelerated pathway to citizenship,&rdquo; he said. Nearly 1 lakh Indians became permanent residents of Canada in 2021. One in five people coming to Canada were born in India, the Statistics Canada data shows.&nbsp;</p>
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Report: PIOs to benefit as Canada allows permanent residents to join military

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