You are right, so is it possible for her to apply for citizenship at this moment since she move to US last October 2023?
Canadian citizenship for US green card holder
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As far as I know there's no obligation to do this immediately. As per https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/us-green-card-and-canadian-pr.2938/page-2#post-2488336 it can become an issue if you want to try and hold both statuses indefinitely, but the general consensus seems to be that she'll make it if she tries to get citizenship to replace her first PR shortly after obtaining her second PR (in the other country).She is canadian PR for 8 years before obtaining GC an meet physical presence.. She is thinking it's impossible to apply for citizenship because people said she has to surrender her PR card after having GC.. no?
I did see https://forums.immigration.com/threads/help-apply-us-citizenship-while-holding-canadian-pr.285712/ which suggests that if it had been the other way around (US PR first and then getting Canadian PR) then the US might have been harsher about things. But even then it's possible that the OP from there could have gotten US citizenship successfully before the GC was taken away, while keeping Canadian PR, all those years ago.
If she qualifies, she can apply.You are right, so is it possible for her to apply for citizenship at this moment since she move to US last October 2023?
When in 2023? That's quite some time ago. My understanding is she can still apply if she's eligible and has meet the residency obligation (RO) (that out of the last 5 years, 2 were sent in Canada) but if she's been out of Canada for that long (and will remain in the US while the application is processing) there's a possibility that she'll have failed the RO and thus be denied.She move to US last 2023 but wants to apply canadian citizenship now
Note that failing the RO doesn't just mean losing eligibity for citizenship but it can mean losing PR status altogether.
Thank you so much for your response.. So it is still possible for her to apply for canadian citizenship now? She is so dear to me that's why I will help herAs far as I know there's no obligation to do this immediately. As per https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/us-green-card-and-canadian-pr.2938/page-2#post-2488336 it can become an issue if you want to try and hold both statuses indefinitely, but the general consensus seems to be that she'll make it if she tries to get citizenship to replace her first PR shortly after obtaining her second PR (in the other country).
I did see https://forums.immigration.com/threads/help-apply-us-citizenship-while-holding-canadian-pr.285712/ which suggests that if it had been the other way around (US PR first and then getting Canadian PR) then the US might have been harsher about things. But even then it's possible that the OP from there could have gotten US citizenship successfully before the GC was taken away, while keeping Canadian PR, all those years ago.
Thank you so much for your response.. So it is still possible for her to apply for canadian citizenship now? She is so dear to me that's why I will help her
If she's eligible.The physical presence calculator https://eservices.cic.gc.ca/rescalc/resCalcStartNew.do?lang=en can help you figure that out if you aren't sure if RO was met etc.
Yes she is meet physical presence... She just worried about applying canadian citizenship is not possible due to obtaining GC for 1.5 years alreadyIf she's eligible.The physical presence calculator https://eservices.cic.gc.ca/rescalc/resCalcStartNew.do?lang=en can help you figure that out if you aren't sure if RO was met etc.
Sounds like she's eligible then - or at least she isn't disqualified as ineligible on this point only. The GC isn't disqualifying either, it's not a problem.Yes she is meet physical presence... She just worried about applying canadian citizenship is not possible due to obtaining GC for 1.5 years already
If someone tells you otherwise, ask them to cite the relevant Canadian law/court case/tribunal decision (or at least their source, even if it's some random webpage).
So got a GC for 1.5 years already and live in US that's what she worried about but other than that meets physical presence as she keeps on coming to Canada for summer and christmas last yearSounds like she's eligible then - or at least she isn't disqualified as ineligible on this point only. The GC isn't disqualifying either, it's not a problem.
If someone tells you otherwise, ask them to cite the relevant Canadian law/court case/tribunal decision (or at least their source, even if it's some random webpage).
I have already answered your question and I don't understand why you keep repeating this. This will be my last post on this thread.So got a GC for 1.5 years already and live in US that's what she worried about but other than that meets physical presence as she keeps on coming to Canada for summer and christmas last year
I do realize I forgot to cite the relevant authority for you though on why a GC isn't disqualifying, so, here it is:
https://ircc.canada.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=1468&top=10
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/become-canadian-citizen/eligibility.html
Nowhere in those two pages does it mention that a US GC disqualifies Canadian PR or makes one ineligible for Canadian citizenship. If a GC were an issue, it'd have been mentioned. And if someone says otherwise, you should ask them to cite the relevant authority (and share it with us here as it'd be news to us).
I have already answered your question and I don't understand why you keep repeating this. This will be my last post on this thread.
I do realize I forgot to cite the relevant authority for you though on why a GC isn't disqualifying, so, here it is:
https://ircc.canada.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=1468&top=10
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/become-canadian-citizen/eligibility.html
Nowhere in those two pages does it mention that a US GC disqualifies Canadian PR or makes one ineligible for Canadian citizenship. If a GC were an issue, it'd have been mentioned. And if someone says otherwise, you should ask them to cite the relevant authority (and share it with us here as it'd be news to us).
This is really helpful information.. Thank you so much I really appreciate it.