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chibiks

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So the online residence calculator vehemently states in bold:

Please note that you cannot meet the residence requirements for citizenship without a minimum of two (2) years as a permanent resident.


If you have been a PR for 1 year (not 2) and meet the number of days in Canada requirement (1095 days), is it worth applying?
 
chibiks said:
So the online residence calculator vehemently states in bold:

Please note that you cannot meet the residence requirements for citizenship without a minimum of two (2) years as a permanent resident.


If you have been a PR for 1 year (not 2) and meet the number of days in Canada requirement (1095 days), is it worth applying?
Please explain your calculations. You are aware that days before you become a PR only count at 0.5 days per actual pre-PR day and that you can only count back for 4 years?
 
Hi


zardoz said:
Please explain your calculations. You are aware that days before you become a PR only count at 0.5 days per actual pre-PR day and that you can only count back for 4 years?

And you can only claim a total of 1 year of Pre PR for citizenship 2 years x .5
 
PMM said:
Hi


And you can only claim a total of 1 year of Pre PR for citizenship 2 years x .5

Exactly. So you don't actually meet the 1095 day residency requirement and will be refused if you apply.
 
Hi Scylla,

I have a question here. I landed in Canada as a student in 2006 sep. I become PR in Jan 20, 2012.. I will be eligible according to the calculator in Jan 20, 2014. Since you told 4 years thing, I just remembered that, in 2011 May I travelled for a month.. So should I make up that one month.. The reason why I m asking is because you said we should make up 3 years in 4 years(even that 0.5 days) and they don't consider if I landed here in 2006? Because I already made a lot of 0.5 days before that... but I might have missed couple of months in that 4 years by absence in Canada..
Or is that rule applies to only who came as a permanent resident straight, who need 3 out of 4 years?
 
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