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Observations apart from wrestling with your details -- While it is not for sure, it is likely that during the completeness screening of a citizenship application, IRCC ONLY counts pre-PR days for periods in which GCMS records verify the applicant had temporary resident status. This might not...

Some clarifications without addressing all the tangents: Current law, policies, rules, and practices can change over time. Some things WILL change (especially in regards to practices). For immigrants who are not Canadian citizens it can be a bit tricky relying on what the law, policies, rules...

As others have noted, the PR Residency Obligation is itself rather lenient, allowing PRs a great deal of flexibility. New PRs can take up to three years to make the move to Canada. And notwithstanding the required intent to settle and live IN Canada PERMANENTLY just to qualify for the grant of...

The quotation is largely but not entirely consistent with what I have seen in such cases (based on published IAD and Federal Court decisions). The key is that it is correct that an earlier positive H&C decision is not conclusively binding. A PR who is not in compliance with the RO, that is a PR...

I am not qualified to offer advice and, moreover, even if I was qualified, to offer personal advice would require an extensive and intimate examination of all the relevant information, which includes a lot of personal detail it would not be wise to share in a forum like this or with anyone but a...

Not sure what "don't like your name" is about, but in regards to IRCC officials "find it too common" that can make sense if the applicant's name is so common extra scrutiny is necessary to verify this or that criminal or security information is not about the applicant. Thankfully IRCC will not...

The quoted statement is NOT correct. It is a common misunderstanding far too often repeated in forums like this. The correct statement is "you may need to file personal income taxes for at least 3 years within the 5-year period" to be eligible. That is "may" need to have filed, NOT "must" have...

Assuming you became a PR pursuant to the H&C procedure, most likely you are not at risk of cessation. However, that depends on how YOU actually became a Canadian PR. (I do not know much about the H&C PR stream, and cannot say let alone affirm you became a PR based on an H&C application.) PRs...

Apart from any issues potentially arising from trying to apply while outside Canada . . . If you truthfully respond (as of of course you should) to the question about being in another country for 183 or more days, you need to include the police clearance in order to submit a complete...

Some further observations: There are two additional cessation decisions recently published by the Federal Court not mentioned here so far, and in both the RPD determination of cessation was set aside. Azmat v. Canada, 2024 FC 1725, https://canlii.ca/t/k7lkc (decided October 30, 2024) Singh v...

Your history, and perhaps your current situation as well, is way more complex and tangled in details particular to you, and perhaps peculiar to you, than what we see in this forum. I doubt anyone will come forward with much in the way of personal experience comparable to yours. And even if...

While this case, Okeleke v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2024 CanLII 106280 (FC), here https://canlii.ca/t/k7n1s is related to cessation it is a post-cessation, after the loss of PR status case. A few of these situations have been referenced in this topic. But that is...

Yep. And that is indeed the example that comes to mind. We often skirt around the fact that what is the biggest benefit to scores of PRs who fall short of meeting the RO, and other requirements, is also among the biggest flaws in the system which makes it difficult to know what the actual...

RO credit for the stepdaughter: In regards to the stepdaughter, I do NOT know whether they will be allowed RO credit based on the EXCEPTION to the PR obligation (to be in Canada for at least two years in five) that is given a dependent PR child accompanying a Canadian citizen parent. My sense...

Trying to simplify things some (which I am not at all good at): Citizenship Requirements versus PR Residency Obligation: -- only days actually physically present in Canada will count toward meeting the citizenship presence requirement; there are exceptions pursuant to which a PR can get...

There is already a good response above posted by @armoured, which in particular includes the link to IRCC legal resources regarding applications to cease refugee protection. The IRCC information is a good GENERAL resource, especially in terms of the main principles. However, to some extent it...

Practically speaking, the chorus of "no" by others is the answer to your queries. This deserves emphasis, as a practical matter, as the others have answered, and count me in the chorus: "NO." That said . . . just looking at IRCC information about the Residency Obligation, and where it says a PR...

Even though I agree with the response by @scylla, it needs to be clear that if you wait that long to come to Canada, such that you are outside Canada for well over three years since the date of your landing, there is a real risk of being subject to inadmissibility proceedings when you arrive...

Obviously the best answer to give during an interview is the honest and accurate answer based on the facts. Sure, there have been many who were, let's say "creative," and did quite well by it. But more often they do not do well. If there is a problem, being "creative" in responding to questions...

SHORT ANSWER (and Probably Easiest and Fastest Approach): Wait to re-apply when the applicant does not need to get credit for days in Canada as a visitor. Still include those days in the presence calculation, but apply when there are enough days credit to meet the requirement without counting...