Physical presence calcualtor

[J223544]

I applied for refugee claim inside Canada on 28 jan 2020 and came to Canada on 2 October 2019 on visitor visa. My claim got accepted in 2021 Mar and I became pr. My question is that if I want to apply for Canadian citizenship, can the time spent from 2 Oct 2019 to 28 Jan 2020 be Calculated as physical presence. ?

 

[Canadian_rainbow]

I applied for refugee claim inside Canada on 28 jan 2020 and came to Canada on 2 October 2019 on visitor visa. My claim got accepted in 2021 Mar and I became pr. My question is that if I want to apply for Canadian citizenship, can the time spent from 2 Oct 2019 to 28 Jan 2020 be Calculated as physical presence. ?

No. Only since you got notice of decision and became a convention refugee/protected person. Everyday is half until you got your pr.

 

[Here4help]

No. Only since you got notice of decision and became a convention refugee/protected person. Everyday is half until you got your pr.

Every day is half means if it takes 3 years to get PR it will be considered 1.5 years?
Because someone told me as much time as you passed after protected person status till PR will be count maximum 1 year.

 

[scylla]

Every day is half means if it takes 3 years to get PR it will be considered 1.5 years?
Because someone told me as much time as you passed after protected person status till PR will be count maximum 1 year.

You can only count 1 year of this time towards citizenship. Two years of residency has to be post PR.

 

[ref19to22]

Every day is half means if it takes 3 years to get PR it will be considered 1.5 years?
Because someone told me as much time as you passed after protected person status till PR will be count maximum 1 year.

what you heard is correct, the maximum number of days you can count towards your citizenship before you get your PR is the equivalent of 1 year (so 2 years stay calculated at 0.5 day)