Landed Immigrant
 

Im a landed immigrant and have been in Calgary for allmost 6 years now i could apply for citizenship if i wanted but am still only of landed immigrant status.

Im thinking of traveling for a while and know that i can only stay outside of Canada for 6 months with a landed immigrant status, but i wish to stay out longer so my question is if i stay out for just under 6 months then return to Canada how long is it before i can leave Canada and stay out for another 6 months?

Re: Landed Immigrant
 

Just out of interest is there any reason you didnt apply for citizenship? Cuz I can imagine renewing your PR every few years must be a right pain!

Re: Landed Immigrant
 

Why do you think you can only stay out of Canada for 6 months? You can stay out as long as you like, the only time restraint is that you must spend 2 years out of every 5 year period in Canada - unless you are accompanying a Canadian spouse abroad, or sent to work abroad by a Canadian company, in which case you count that time as spent in Canada for residency purposes.

So you can stay out for a year or two if you want, just as long as you spend 2 years out of 5 in Canada. And bear in mind that for citizenship, it must be 3 years out of the previous 4, so if you do spend longer than that out of Canada, you may have to start from scratch to accumulate time for citizenship.

:)

Re: Landed Immigrant
 

Just out of curiosity, what is the full cost of converting from PR to citizenship?

Re: Landed Immigrant
 

CIC lists all the current costs involved in applying for citizenship.

Re: Landed Immigrant
 

I'm sure it will be less than the cost of renewing your British passport :sneaky:

Re: Landed Immigrant
 

Naturally. Though I was just curious whether someone had the figure at hand.

Re: Landed Immigrant
 

After looking at the website it seems like it's about $275.

$200 for the Citizenship, $75 for the certificate.

:)

Re: Landed Immigrant
 

You always give quality answers on this forum and thats what I like you for Edo

Re: Landed Immigrant
 

Are you sure about that christma? Would you know a website where I could check this out?

And thanks for the info

Re: Landed Immigrant
 

The rules about maintaining your PR has been discussed many times on this forum and are well known.

It is as has been said 2 years out of every 5 years for PR and 3 years out of every 4 years for Citizenship.

I am not sure where you got the six months from.

I'll take a couple of minutes and get the links your requested, but you could find them just as easily.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/newcome...sp#keep_status

Here also is info in the Wiki http://britishexpats.com/wiki/Reside...gations-Canada

Re: Landed Immigrant
 

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/newcome...sp#keep_status

It used to be six months but the rules changed a few years ago.

[edit] britsnake sneaked in with the link while I was posting.

Re: Landed Immigrant
 

It wasnt an answer, it was a comment :D

Re: Landed Immigrant
 

If Christmasoompa says it you can take it to the bank.

Re: Landed Immigrant
 

By definition and in the context of the quote, it was an answer. But you knew that of course ;)

OP, Christmasoompa is correct.