I am a new comer to Canada and I have got a job offer with an international company, that has international presence outside Canada, but this job requires me to travel a lot outside Canada and in may cases I might need to stay for long periods outside Canada, I am hesitant to accept this job since this will affect my citizenship application later, but someone advised me that since you are going in official request from your company then these days/weeks/months will count for me as I am inside Canada. is this true? and if yes, Should I notify CIC about this situation? or should I keep any documents?
Can you please help me in this, since I don't like to take any risk for my citizenship.
I am looking for a guaranteed way to do it, otherwise I will reject this job.
I am a new comer to Canada and I have got a job offer with an international company, that has international presence outside Canada, but this job requires me to travel a lot outside Canada and in may cases I might need to stay for long periods outside Canada, I am hesitant to accept this job since this will affect my citizenship application later, but someone advised me that since you are going in official request from your company then these days/weeks/months will count for me as I am inside Canada. is this true? and if yes, Should I notify CIC about this situation? or should I keep any documents?
Can you please help me in this, since I don't like to take any risk for my citizenship.
I am looking for a guaranteed way to do it, otherwise I will reject this job.
No that is not true, and it is clearly described in documents from cic website, the requirement for overseas assignment from Canadian companies that counts for residency is very strict , in most cases it won't count at all
Only if you are sent on a work assignment by a Canadian employer to work abroad for some extended period can you count that as though were still resident, so a temporary relocation outside Canada for a Canadian employer.
Travel outside the country cannot be counted, that is regular business trips as described that are just part of the job. All you can count are the day you leave and the day you return as days in Canada not the days in between.
No that is not true, and it is clearly described in documents from cic website, the requirement for overseas assignment from Canadian companies that counts for residency is very strict , in most cases it won't count at all
Thank you very much for this clarification, but what if the form of the assignment was like relocated to another country for 2 months, and then come back to Canada for sometime, then I have relocated to another country for 3 -4 months etc ...dose this work?
Only if you are sent on a work assignment by a Canadian employer to work abroad for some extended period can you count that as though were still resident, so a temporary relocation outside Canada for a Canadian employer.
Travel outside the country cannot be counted, that is regular business trips as described that are just part of the job. All you can count are the day you leave and the day you return as days in Canada not the days in between.
Thank you very much for this clarification, but what if the form of the assignment was like relocated to another country for 2 months, and then come back to Canada for sometime, then I have relocated to another country for 3 -4 months etc ...dose this work?
Thank you very much for this clarification, but what if the form of the assignment was like relocated to another country for 2 months, and then come back to Canada for sometime, then I have relocated to another country for 3 -4 months etc ...dose this work?
Most likely it won't work, the link you posted is for PR, the citizenship requirement is much more strict than PR
(below is copied from CIC website, although it is still the current rule under C-24, once C-6 kicks in, the part about only Crown servants and their family members can claim days outside Canada will still be true, not other exceptions.)
Time you have lived in Canada
Regardless of your age, you must have been physically present in Canada as a permanent resident for at least:
1,460 days during the six years right before the date you sign your application
183 days during each of four calendar years that are fully or partially within the six years right before the date you apply
When calculating how long you have lived in Canada, you can only count time spent after you became a permanent resident.
These requirements don’t apply to children under 18 where a parent or guardian has applied on their behalf for citizenship using the subsection 5(2) application form.
Only if you are sent on a work assignment by a Canadian employer to work abroad for some extended period can you count that as though were still resident, so a temporary relocation outside Canada for a Canadian employer.
Travel outside the country cannot be counted, that is regular business trips as described that are just part of the job. All you can count are the day you leave and the day you return as days in Canada not the days in between.
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