Was absent for 394 days in Last 5 years.... should i apply or wait ?

[SNGHL_2013]

Hi ,
I need your expert advise.Today i calculated my physical presence in Canada and i was absent for total 394 days in last 5 eligibile years.

Is there any one who had silimar days of absence and applied? I am eligible for applying as my total presence in canada is above 1097 days.

My question is :
Should i apply with 394 days showing on the presence calculator report or should i wait for another 5 - 6 months? These absence days are after i became PR.

Thanks.

 

[EUK]

Hi ,
I need your expert advise.Today i calculated my physical presence in Canada and i was absent for total 394 days in last 5 eligibile years.

Is there any one who had silimar days of absence and applied? I am eligible for applying as my total presence in canada is above 1097 days.

My question is :
Should i apply with 394 days showing on the presence calculator report or should i wait for another 5 - 6 months? These absence days are after i became PR.

Thanks.

If you have more than 1095 days then no issues whatsoever.

 

[SNGHL_2013]

Thanks EUK, highly appreciate your input.
Just wanted to get few more professional views if posssible to be 100% sure on this.

@ Experts, please advise should i apply now or should i wait a bit more in my situation ?

Will appreciate your input. Thanks.

 

[myscanada]

I think having a reasonable buffer is a good idea, if there is mistake in calculation, and if you fall short, you will end up being rejected plus a very long delay, the choice is yours, though.

 

[CitizenSoon]

no need to worry

 

[Bs65]

Hi ,
I need your expert advise.Today i calculated my physical presence in Canada and i was absent for total 394 days in last 5 eligibile years.

Is there any one who had silimar days of absence and applied? I am eligible for applying as my total presence in canada is above 1097 days.

My question is :
Should i apply with 394 days showing on the presence calculator report or should i wait for another 5 - 6 months? These absence days are after i became PR.

Thanks.

So if at the time of applying you were not physically present in Canada for 394 days in the 5 years preceding the submission of the application then you have 1431 days presence plenty of buffer When the minimum is 1095

 

[EUK]

Thanks EUK, highly appreciate your input.
Just wanted to get few more professional views if posssible to be 100% sure on this.

@ Experts, please advise should i apply now or should i wait a bit more in my situation ?

Will appreciate your input. Thanks.

For professional advice, please contact immigration lawyer.

 

[SNGHL_2013]

Thanks everyone for your input. Highly appreciate that.

@ EUK- I believe this forum has more professionals like you and others who replied than any lawyer in Canada. This forum always helped people way better than any lawyer. If my ask made u upset , I apologize.

 

[SNGHL_2013]

So if at the time of applying you were not physically present in Canada for 394 days in the 5 years preceding the submission of the application then you have 1431 days presence plenty of buffer When the minimum is 1095

Thanks Bs65.
Yes, I was physically present in Canada for 1431 days in 5 eligible years. Actually when I put my absence days in the presence calculator, it showed 394 absence days, that looked a bit odd to me and I thought maybe IRCC would put me under 2nd review path and this would cause extra delays. So I just wanted to get some expert advise.

 

[EUK]

Thanks everyone for your input. Highly appreciate that.

@ EUK- I believe this forum has more professionals like you and others who replied than any lawyer in Canada. This forum always helped people way better than any lawyer. If my ask made u upset , I apologize.

People can share their experiences and what they can interpret. By professional or expert, I meant people who specialize in this field and do it for living. I am not upset at all

 

[BOYX]

Thanks Bs65.
Yes, I was physically present in Canada for 1431 days in 5 eligible years. Actually when I put my absence days in the presence calculator, it showed 394 absence days, that looked a bit odd to me and I thought maybe IRCC would put me under 2nd review path and this would cause extra delays. So I just wanted to get some expert advise.

You're overthinking it way too much. If you want any consolation, your application actually fares better than 90% of the applications granted everything else in your application is routine. Therefore, if anything, your application would more likely speed through the process rather than go into a 2nd review path and face additional delays.

However, it bears repeating that this would likely hold if everything else in your application is routine and robust. So make sure you have checked in all the boxes and re-read your application 3 times over. Advice from a lawyer that has helped me time and time again - print out your application and read the printed out version. It is a lot easier to spot any errors once you print out the application. I myself spotted 4 errors after printing out the application despite going over my application three times over on my laptop.

Apart from that, I wish you the best of luck!

 

[vickyy]

You are fine， don‘t worry，as long as you meet the 1095days presence in Canada and being honest with your information then you are good！ plus 300 something days missing is no big deal.

I would recommend wait for another 1 month before you apply just in case if you miss count any absence days.

Also just a reminder， if you stay in a country for more then 183 days continuously， make sure you get a police certificate from this country.

 

[SNGHL_2013]

Thank You so much BOYX , Vickyy and all others who advised on this.

I am now planning to apply my citizenship before any further delay.

Thanks again!

 

[Maysashahin90]

Thank You so much BOYX , Vickyy and all others who advised on this.

I am now planning to apply my citizenship before any further delay.

Thanks again!

Will you apply ?? I think you should, you are good to go

 

[SNGHL_2013]

Hi Experts,

While filling my absence calculator today I got stuck on how to enter 'Start Date' of my first absence from canada because that absence started before eligible 5 years (15 Nov. 2015 - 15 Nov. 2020) and ended within eligible 5 years, as system doesn't allow to enter any date prior to eligible 5 years start date which is 15 Nov. 2015.

I was away from canada from Dec. 2013 untill Nov. 2016 (~3 years). Now Nov. 2016 falls in my 5 year eligibility period but Dec.2013 doesn't, so sytem doesn't allow me to pick Dec. 2013 as start date.

This would be a common scenario for someone who was away from canada for 2 - 3 years after getting PR and now applying for Citizenship.


Please advise. Thanks.