Landed Immigrant
#1
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?
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?
#2
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!
#3
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.
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.
#4
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Re: Landed Immigrant
Just out of curiosity, what is the full cost of converting from PR to citizenship?
#5
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Re: Landed Immigrant
CIC lists all the current costs involved in applying for citizenship.
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Re: Landed Immigrant
After looking at the website it seems like it's about $275.
$200 for the Citizenship, $75 for the certificate.
$200 for the Citizenship, $75 for the certificate.
#10
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
And thanks for the info
#11
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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
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
Last edited by britsnake; Aug 8th 2011 at 3:19 pm. Reason: 2nd link added
#12
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Re: Landed Immigrant
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.