Hi everyone, my parents COPR arrived but they cant spend 3/5 years in the next 5 years due to change in finances. However they might want to apply for cirtizenship later. I am wondering what is the best course of action here: to do the landing and get PR and then not spend 3/5 years and never apply for citizenship. Or to not get PR at all? Any advice would be appreciated !
Parents COPR arrived but they can’t spend 3/5 years in the next 5 years
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They only need to spend two in five years in Canada to retain PR status. Three in five for citizenship.
Up to them to decide - while it would be rather a shame to not at least try, and probably impossible for them to succeed again, if the chances are zero of them remaining, it is waht it is.
Well...what do THEY want to do?
It would be a shame to waste the time/expense that's been spent to obtain PR based on whatever they're going through right now. If their situation has any chances of improving within the next ~ 2 years, they might as well complete the process.
Whether or not to go a step further, to eventually be eligible to apply for citizenship, does not need to be decided (or even really considered) right now.
Thanks! So if they stay 2/5 years and renew the PR at end of 5 years then for citizenship does the 3/5 years requirement resets?
I'm not sure I understand. There's no 'reset' per se really. The PR requirement is a rolling one (two years in most recent five on any day of examination, going back from that day of examination).
-If they come and land to become PRs and stay even a day, that sets the clock rolling. They can go back and come to settle later, but if they stay abroad more than three years total (in any five year period), they're out of compliance with the residency obligation. Worst that happens if they don't stay compliant is they lose the PR status (although not quite as simple as there can be some inconveniences and complications).
I don't know the citizenshp aspect as well but I don't think it's complicated: when they get 1095 days in Canada, again looking back five years from any day, they can apply for citizenship. Until they get citizenship, they need to stay compliant with the residency obligation.
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