Hi all, some advice on this would be greatly appreciated. in 2019, we sponsored my parents for permanent residence in Canada to ease their entry to see their grandson(born 2018). The grandmother stayed longer than the grandfather to help, exactly 183 days which would make her a resident for tax purposes. the grandfather stayed for less and returned home. We did not submit taxes for 2019 because we didn't think she would be a resident. 2020 and 2021 they visited sporadically but spent less than 183 days in Canada. 2022 we've decided to apply for citizenship for them and see that they need to spend the majority of 2022 and 2023 and a large part of 2024 in Canada. We are now trying to navigate the requirements for citizenship, especially the tax requirements. They are required to submit at least 3 years of taxes of the past 5 years they've been in canada. If they apply in 2024, they will have taxes for 2022 and 2023. for 2019, we didn't submit taxes as only the grandmother remained in canada for 183 days and the grandfather, she is dependent on financially spent less and is a non-resident. does this count? and can we backtrack the taxes and apply, so that they can have submitted their taxes for 2019, 2022, and 2023? if the wife was a resident for tax purposes and the husband is not(who is the income earner) for 2019, how do taxes work?
a side question as well, would this gap be accepted by IRCC? no where does it say that they need 3 consecutive years of taxes, just that 3 out of 5 years need to have taxes submitted. Will this cause an issue?
a side question as well, would this gap be accepted by IRCC? no where does it say that they need 3 consecutive years of taxes, just that 3 out of 5 years need to have taxes submitted. Will this cause an issue?