Canadian citizenship after Conditional Permanent Residency
May 31st 2016, 2:58 pm
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Canadian citizenship after Conditional Permanent Residency
Hello everyone
I am a Canadian citizen, hoping to move to Canada with my fiance (who is English) next summer.
I will be applying to sponsor him as a common-law spouse, and we are a bit concerned about him receiving the Conditional Permanent Residency classification as opposed to a Permanent Resident classification. As a Conditional PR, is the waiting period longer than a PR to become a Canadian citizen (i.e. are two years added to the waiting period)? Or is the only difference of a Conditional PR that we must live together for two years?
I cannot seem to find this answer online anywhere, thank you for your help!
I am a Canadian citizen, hoping to move to Canada with my fiance (who is English) next summer.
I will be applying to sponsor him as a common-law spouse, and we are a bit concerned about him receiving the Conditional Permanent Residency classification as opposed to a Permanent Resident classification. As a Conditional PR, is the waiting period longer than a PR to become a Canadian citizen (i.e. are two years added to the waiting period)? Or is the only difference of a Conditional PR that we must live together for two years?
I cannot seem to find this answer online anywhere, thank you for your help!
May 31st 2016, 4:13 pm
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Re: Canadian citizenship after Conditional Permanent Residency
This link should help you:
Citizenship: Conditional permanent residence
On October 25, 2012, regulations came into force that require sponsored spouses, common-law or conjugal partners who have been in a relationship with their sponsor for two years or less and have no children in common with their sponsor at the time of the sponsorship application, to cohabit in a conjugal relationship with their sponsor for a period of two years after the date on which they became a permanent resident. Prospective citizens must fulfill this condition in order to be eligible for citizenship. In most cases, the condition is automatically lifted after the two-year period has elapsed (the condition will still appear in Global Case Management System [GCMS] but is deemed to have expired two years after the applicant became a permanent resident.
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Citizenship: Conditional permanent residence
On October 25, 2012, regulations came into force that require sponsored spouses, common-law or conjugal partners who have been in a relationship with their sponsor for two years or less and have no children in common with their sponsor at the time of the sponsorship application, to cohabit in a conjugal relationship with their sponsor for a period of two years after the date on which they became a permanent resident. Prospective citizens must fulfill this condition in order to be eligible for citizenship. In most cases, the condition is automatically lifted after the two-year period has elapsed (the condition will still appear in Global Case Management System [GCMS] but is deemed to have expired two years after the applicant became a permanent resident.
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