Proof of Permanent Residency Obligation

[banij214]

Hello,
I am applying for a PRTD and need I have been a permanent resident for less than five (5) years. How do show that I will be able to meet the minimum of 730 days of physical presence in Canada within five (5) years of the date I became a permanent resident (July 24th, 2022)?

For now, I can only show my bank statement and I don't have any of the following documents:

• employment records or pay stubs;
• Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) Notice of Assessment for the five (5) years immediately before the application
• evidence that you received benefits from Canadian government programs;
• rental agreements;
• club memberships;
• or any other documents that prove you met your residency obligation

What other supporting document can I submit? Is it okay to submit COPR showing the date I got PR (hence showing that I have more than 730 days left)?

Thank you

 

[Ponga]

Do you have a home in Canada, or have you only been in Canada long enough to have done a `soft landing' before traveling to wherever you are now?

Unless you are presently accompanying a Canadian citizen who is your spouse or partner, your days abroad do not count towards the R.O., so you need to tell IRCC what your plan is to return to Canada to settle as a resident.

 

[canuck78]

Hello,
I am applying for a PRTD and need I have been a permanent resident for less than five (5) years. How do show that I will be able to meet the minimum of 730 days of physical presence in Canada within five (5) years of the date I became a permanent resident (July 24th, 2022)?

For now, I can only show my bank statement and I don't have any of the following documents:

• employment records or pay stubs;
• Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) Notice of Assessment for the five (5) years immediately before the application
• evidence that you received benefits from Canadian government programs;
• rental agreements;
• club memberships;
• or any other documents that prove you met your residency obligation

What other supporting document can I submit? Is it okay to submit COPR showing the date I got PR (hence showing that I have more than 730 days left)?

Thank you

If you only landed in July 2022 you don’t need to prove that you can still meet your RO. No need to provide extra information. Did you not receive a PR card? If a friend or family member did they should just courier you the PR card.

 

[dpenabill]

Just a minor clarification --

Hello,
I am applying for a PRTD and need I have been a permanent resident for less than five (5) years. How do show that I will be able to meet the minimum of 730 days of physical presence in Canada within five (5) years of the date I became a permanent resident (July 24th, 2022)?

For now, I can only show my bank statement and I don't have any of the following documents:

• employment records or pay stubs;
• Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) Notice of Assessment for the five (5) years immediately before the application
• evidence that you received benefits from Canadian government programs;
• rental agreements;
• club memberships;
• or any other documents that prove you met your residency obligation

What other supporting document can I submit? Is it okay to submit COPR showing the date I got PR (hence showing that I have more than 730 days left)?

Thank you

The response by @canuck basically answers your question.

I will add a clarification to the observation that "if you only landed in July 2022 you don’t need to prove that you can still meet your RO." This is true in a practical sense.

This is true because the information you provide will show you can still meet the RO; the information in your application will establish (provide proof of) the date you landed and the date of your application, and that information is sufficient to prove you will be able to meet the PR RO. This is because there are more than 730 days left on the calendar before the fifth year anniversary of your landing, enough time on the calendar to still meet the RO.

That works for a PR until the third year anniversary of the date of landing. Until the third year anniversary of landing, there is still enough time on the calendar (more than 730 days), before the fifth year anniversary of landing, for the PR to meet the RO, no matter how much time has so far been spent in Canada.

For a soft-landing PR applying for a PR TD more than three years after the date of landing, there are not enough days left on the calendar to show the PR will be able to meet the RO unless the PR has submitted proof of days present in Canada sufficient to show the PR can still meet the RO. This PR will need to provide some of the "supporting documents" referenced in the instructions, sufficient to more or less document the number of days so far spent in Canada is enough that when added to days left on the calendar, to the fifth year anniversary, they total at least 730.