How to count 3 years to Get Passport!

[tnm]

Hello
I have been landed in January 2010 with my wife. After landing we came back to Europe because I am doing my PhD there. We are planning to come back on Dec 2012 and settle in Canada. Our PR card will expire in January 2014. Kindly give me the following information.

1. Are we eligible to come and get renewed PR after 2 years stay?
2. After how long we will be able to apply for Canadian Passport
a. 2 years (2013,2014) with existing PR Card and 1 year (2015) with new PR card OR
b. 2 years (2013,2014) with existing PR Card and 3years (2015,16, 17) with new PR card

Thanks for your help and time.

Regards

Tahir

 

[rubyalabar]

use the citizenship calcualtor for the scenarios you described. it shoud give you the info you're looking for

http://services3.cic.gc.ca/rescalc/resCalcStartNew.do?&lang=en

 

[Leon]

You can apply for a new PR card as long as you are in Canada for 730 days or more in the previous 5 year period before you apply.

You can apply for citizenship when you have 1095 or more days in Canada in the previous 4 year period before you apply. The period of PR card does not matter.

 

[Ario]

Hello Tnn

Leon is right.
You must bear in mind that you have to reside in Canada as PR for a total of 1095 days (3 years) in order to be eligible for citizenship. Simply being a PR card holder is not sufficient,actual residence is necessary to attain citizenship and indeed to keep the PR status otherwise you are running the risk of losing it.
Read well the leaflets or on the CIC website for the situations under which your PR status can be revoked
1)if you or your dependents commit serious crimes in Canada
2) if you stay outside Canada for more than 6 months or 183 consecutive days in a single year
Good luck

 

[Leon]

Read well the leaflets or on the CIC website for the situations under which your PR status can be revoked
1)if you or your dependents commit serious crimes in Canada
2) if you stay outside Canada for more than 6 months or 183 consecutive days in a single year

They changed 2) several years ago. It is now 730 days (2 years) you have to stay in Canada in each rolling 5 year period after you get your PR.

You can see that here:

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/newcomers/about-pr.asp#keep_status

Keeping your permanent resident status

Your permanent resident status allows you to live in Canada, but there is also a time limit on how long you can live outside the country. To keep your status as a permanent resident, you must live in Canada for at least two years within a five-year period.

For further information on residency obligations, please see Appendix A of Applying for a Permanent Resident Card.

Losing your permanent resident status

There are several ways you could lose your permanent resident status:

A permanent resident who does not meet their residency obligations could lose permanent resident status.
If convicted of a serious crime, a permanent resident may be deported from Canada.
When you become a Canadian citizen, you are no longer a permanent resident.

 

[Ario]

Thanks Leon for the clarification
I hope Tnn is also reading you

 

[tnm]

Thanks All of you! You really solve my problem.

 

[Ario]

Hi tnn
There you go: 730 days in 5 years ,that sounds huge
the good thing is you can break that into pieces over the 5 years,
730 /5 = 146 days per year,
146/7= 20 weeks per year,
So in short you have to make plans that ,out of the 52 weeks available in a year , you must spend a least an average of 20 weeks in Canada over five years.
That is not too bad if you can afford it .

Good luck

 

[Leon]

Yes, doesn't matter how you break it up. If you have a job where you can work from home and it doesn't matter where you live, you could live half the year in Canada and half away or if it suits your plans better to be gone for up to 3 years and then stay in Canada for 2, you can do that.