eligibility period

[ravi.v]

HI all

This is Ravi, I am filling up our citizenship applications and have couple of questions.

I landed as PR in 2 Mar 2007 and went back home after 3 days. I came back in 20 Oct 2009. so my eligibility period is from 2 Mar 2007 to 1 Mar 2012? or can I choose the most recent 5 years?

TIA
Ravi

 

[Bs65]

You can only claim the 5 years before the application date so if applying today only back to April 2015. Anything before that is not relevant. Also all days must be physical days in Canada, minimum 3 years out of the 5 years back from application date, the date you sign the application

 

[ravi.v]

Thank you,

Also all days must be physical days in Canada

you meant, I have to present 1095 days from Apr 2015 to till date, correct?

Thank You

 

[devnill]

Yes days only count if you were physically present in Canada. But part days count as full days.

 

[Bs65]

Thank you,

Also all days must be physical days in Canada

you meant, I have to present 1095 days from Apr 2015 to till date, correct?

Thank You

Correct 1095 days in the 5 years back from the date you sign the application.

The 5 years in the calculator should map to the date you sign and send it in

https://eservices.cic.gc.ca/rescalc/resCalcStartNew.do

 

[issteven]

Can he sign the application form with date 1 Mar 2012?

is there any rule that prohibits people from mailing the form 8 years after it was signed?

 

[dpenabill]

To be clear, grant citizenship applications dated more than ninety days prior to their receipt by IRCC are considered staledated and not processed.

See:

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/canadian-citizenship/admininistration/general-file-processing/accepting-applications.html

"Where the date on an application is more than three months old (90 calendar days) when received (staledated) . . . the application will be treated as if it is unsigned."​

 

[ravi.v]

thanks all

-ravi