Applying for citizenship after 3.5 years of PR.

[ll82]

Hi,

I wanted to make sure that applying for citizenship is possible after 3.5 years of being a PR. I meet the eligibility regarding the number of days in Canada (3 out of 5 years)
But I was a little confused about the wording. Do we have to wait at least 5 years and then they look at the 3 years, or if we are already 3 years in Canada, we can apply without waiting the 5 years?

thanks for any help you can throw my way.

 

[bellaluna]

Hi,

I wanted to make sure that applying for citizenship is possible after 3.5 years of being a PR. I meet the eligibility regarding the number of days in Canada (3 out of 5 years)
But I was a little confused about the wording. Do we have to wait at least 5 years and then they look at the 3 years, or if we are already 3 years in Canada, we can apply without waiting the 5 years?

thanks for any help you can throw my way.

Your eligibility period is the 5 years from the date you apply and you must have been in Canada for 3 years/1095 days within those 5 years. Does that make it clearer now?

for example you apply today, you should have been in Canada for 1095 days between Feb 14, 2015 to Feb 14, 2020.

Anyway, you should be good to apply now.

 

[ll82]

Your eligibility period is the 5 years from the date you apply and you must have been in Canada for 3 years/1095 days within those 5 years. Does that make it clearer now?

for example you apply today, you should have been in Canada for 1095 days between Feb 14, 2015 to Feb 14, 2020.

Anyway, you should be good to apply now.

Thank you. yes that is clear. Just wasn't totally sure if we needed to be PR for at least 5 years before applying.

Thanks again!