Residency Obligation for Permanent Resident Card holder

[Officer]

Hello Senior members,

Please advice on the following question ....

Generally, the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) requires permanent residents to be physically present in Canada for at least 730 days out of every five years. If a permanent resident is outside Canada and a visa officer (also outside Canada) with Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) finds that he or she has not met this residency obligation, the person may lose permanent resident status.

You may also count days outside of Canada as days for which you satisfy the residency obligation in the following circumstances:

OPTION 1. Accompanying a Canadian citizen outside Canada

You may count each day that you accompanied a Canadian citizen outside Canada provided that the person you accompanied is your spouse, common-law partner or parent (if you are a child under 19 years of age).

Evidence required

You must provide supporting documents to prove that:

The person you are accompanying is a Canadian citizen; and
You are the spouse, common-law partner or child of that person.


..... Is the above statement true, if new PR holder live outside Canada with spouse of Canadian citizen .. that period does count towards 730 days of residency obligation .....

Thanks

 

[Aquakitty]

It has to be YOUR spouse, not someone else's.

 

[Officer]

It has to be YOUR spouse, not someone else's.

if it is your spouse then will it count?

 

[Aquakitty]

if it is your spouse then will it count?

Your own spouse yes, then you can live outside Canada. They cracked down on people getting a PR status then leaving and working elsewhere which I guess was/is a big problem.

 

[Officer]

Your own spouse yes, then you can live outside Canada. They cracked down on people getting a PR status then leaving and working elsewhere which I guess was/is a big problem.

Thank you Aquakitty,

After SA approval, how long it took for you to know that interview has waived .. did you know by GCSM notes

Thanks

 

[Aquakitty]

Thank you Aquakitty,

After SA approval, how long it took for you to know that interview has waived .. did you know by GCSM notes

Thanks

Well, we are a bad timeline to give that information, as my husband's app went through really fast. I didn't even have time to wonder about it. He's American so the chance of an interview were low to begin with.

 

[Officer]

Well, we are a bad timeline to give that information, as my husband's app went through really fast. I didn't even have time to wonder about it. He's American so the chance of an interview were low to begin with.

Thank you aquakitty .... hopefully other senior members might answer this ...

 

[draxz1289]

Thank you aquakitty .... hopefully other senior members might answer this ...

Hey,

I am not sure of your VO but I can speak for New Delhi - India. The averaging processing time is 8-9 months though officially its 17 months, most people who are in queue to get interview don't get IP and once their interview letter is given they change to IP; back to your original question there are two way to know one is through the notes and the other though MP inquiry. Once again I dont know your VO but for NDVO most applicants notes are updated in the 8-9 month range which says interview recommended and we can presume that your VO also updates in their avg time.

Hope that helps.