How long can I stay outside Canada to get Canadian Citizenship / Passport

[Johny1]

Hi, my family & myself have received the Canadian Visa under the Skilled Workers Category. We have to land by December 9th, 2015,,, due to short notice we have to land & come back to our country of residence to give proper resignation notification, arrange for our properties, etc.
Our aim is to get the Canadian citizenship not only the PR. In light of the current changes in some immigration rules, we are not sure of how to ensure what are the regulations / terms to apply for the Canadian Passport.
Would request solid feedbacks so that we can plan properly for the kids tuition...etc.
Greatly appreciate your responses

 

[zardoz]

Hi, my family & myself have received the Canadian Visa under the Skilled Workers Category. We have to land by December 9th, 2015,,, due to short notice we have to land & come back to our country of residence to give proper resignation notification, arrange for our properties, etc.
Our aim is to get the Canadian citizenship not only the PR. In light of the current changes in some immigration rules, we are not sure of how to ensure what are the regulations / terms to apply for the Canadian Passport.
Would request solid feedbacks so that we can plan properly for the kids tuition...etc.
Greatly appreciate your responses

You will need to reside in Canada for at least 4 years before you can even start to think about applying for Canadian Citizenship. So, anything can change in the next 5 years..

 

[Johny1]

Thank you very much for this information, but I want to inquire about:
1- In how many years should I complete these 4 years?, is it 4 years in the first 5years? or is it 4 years in 6 years?);
2- Is there any rule / law that in the first year itself (after landing) I have to complete at least 6 months in Canada (i.e. if I do landing in June 2015 & come back to my original country in June 2015 itself, I have to stay in Canada from Dec 2015 or Jan 2016 to June 2016 - 6 months minimum in the first year after landing).

Your advise is much appreciated.

 

[zardoz]

Thank you very much for this information, but I want to inquire about:
1- In how many years should I complete these 4 years?, is it 4 years in the first 5years? or is it 4 years in 6 years?);
2- Is there any rule / law that in the first year itself (after landing) I have to complete at least 6 months in Canada (i.e. if I do landing in June 2015 & come back to my original country in June 2015 itself, I have to stay in Canada from Dec 2015 or Jan 2016 to June 2016 - 6 months minimum in the first year after landing).

Your advise is much appreciated.

For citizenship, the rules in place on the date that your application is received will apply. However, for now, assume that it will be 1460 days in 6 years AND at least 4 of the years during that 6 years period must have at least 183 days residency for that year to be counted.
There is no 6 months rule any longer for PR residency obligation. That was changed years ago.
Do not get PR residency obligation requirements and citizenship requirements mixed up. They are totally different.

 

[Johny1]

Thank you very very much for this advise.

Just to recap, to be within the citizenship rules, my plan can be like that:
Landing: June 2015 ( 3 weeks),
Outside Canada: July 2015 to June 2016 (11 months) (till my son is done with his school year 2015-2016),
Back to Canada: June 2016 onwards.

As I don't want to take much of your time, if this plan matches with what I understood from your info, just reply: ok.

Again, I appreciate your previous advise, it lessened my tension.

 

[zardoz]

Thank you very very much for this advise.

Just to recap, to be within the citizenship rules, my plan can be like that:
Landing: June 2015 ( 3 weeks),
Outside Canada: July 2015 to June 2016 (11 months) (till my son is done with his school year 2015-2016),
Back to Canada: June 2016 onwards.

As I don't want to take much of your time, if this plan matches with what I understood from your info, just reply: ok.

Again, I appreciate your previous advise, it lessened my tension.

That's correct. There is nothing wrong with this plan.

 

[Johny1]

Thumbs up ... thank you sooo much.

I was discussing with my wife couple of days back and that is the query we have right now:

We are a family of three, my wife, myself (the applicant) & our child (10 years old) ... We have received the resident under skilled workers. We are supposed to land by December 2015.
As both my wife & myself work (also, I will be having 2 CMA classes & exams starting July 2015 to Jan 2016, & as I mentioned we have to land before early Dec 2015) is in school, we couldn't get any single week where the three of us can travel together ... what we thought of is myself (being the applicant) travel during June, then she & my child travel around September. There is an additional benefit, is that I will be more able to move faster & freely to check different resident areas, the close public schools to these resident areas ...etc.
Would traveling on two batches be acceptable to the authorities / officer in the airport? We don't want to break any rule or law!
Thanks.

 

[zardoz]

Thumbs up ... thank you sooo much.

I was discussing with my wife couple of days back and that is the query we have right now:

We are a family of three, my wife, myself (the applicant) & our child (10 years old) ... We have received the resident under skilled workers. We are supposed to land by December 2015.
As both my wife & myself work (also, I will be having 2 CMA classes & exams starting July 2015 to Jan 2016, & as I mentioned we have to land before early Dec 2015) is in school, we couldn't get any single week where the three of us can travel together ... what we thought of is myself (being the applicant) travel during June, then she & my child travel around September. There is an additional benefit, is that I will be more able to move faster & freely to check different resident areas, the close public schools to these resident areas ...etc.
Would traveling on two batches be acceptable to the authorities / officer in the airport? We don't want to break any rule or law!
Thanks.

As long as the Principal Applicant is in the first group to land, that's fine. (even if the group is only the principal applicant)