PR renewal and citizenship eligibility

[wolfmarshal]

Dear Qorax,

We completed our landing in Sep 2012 (stayed for approx. 3 weeks). My family and I now wish to permanently return to Canada in around July of 2015.

Will we satisfy our PR obligations and be eligible for citizenship?

(Note: Our PR cards are valid until Nov 2017),

 

[scylla]

To maintain your PR status you must live in Canada for two out of every five rolling years. So if you return to Canada in July of 2015 and remain in Canada for two years, then you will fulfill your residence requirement for PR with some room to spare.

For citizenship, you must have lived in Canada for three out of the last four years. If you return to Canada in July 2015 and live in Canada without leaving for even one day for three years straight, then you will qualify to apply for citizenship in July 2018.