183 Days stay/year

[RajGill]

Hello -

I need clarification in concern to statement of staying 183 days/year of each year to be eligible for applying for Canadian citizenship. I would be interested in knowing how these years are counted. For example if person got PR on April 12, 2014 so does the counting year is from April 2014 to April 2015. If its not correct do they refer to each calendar year? For example 183 days of 2014 and 183 days of 2015 and son on

Your feedback and response are much appreciated. It is great to share individual experience.

Thanks
Raj

 

[SAJ_ee2015]

Hello -

I need clarification in concern to statement of staying 183 days/year of each year to be eligible for applying for Canadian citizenship. I would be interested in knowing how these years are counted. For example if person got PR on April 12, 2014 so does the counting year is from April 2014 to April 2015. If its not correct do they refer to each calendar year? For example 183 days of 2014 and 183 days of 2015 and son on

Your feedback and response are much appreciated. It is great to share individual experience.

Thanks
Raj

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

 

[Asivad Anac]

Answer here ---> https://eservices.cic.gc.ca/rescalc/redir.do;jsessionid=861C77443108F55B2511CEDE4CB6421D?redir=faq#Q1

183 days counted between Jan 1 and Dec 31 of each relevant year.

 

[RajGill]

Thanks Ashvid for making it clear. Very helpful it is.

 

[zanny]

The PR card is valid for how many years? How easy/tough is it to renew it if you are not meeting the 183 days rule for citizenship?

 

[rajkamalmohanram]

The PR card is valid for how many years? How easy/tough is it to renew it if you are not meeting the 183 days rule for citizenship?

The PR card is valid for 5 years. You must renew it after the 5 year period.

If you do not meet the residency obligation you might lose the PR status. You will then have to either leave the country or apply and be granted some other visa;otherwise you will have no legal status.

To apply for citizenship, you need residency in Canada for "1,460 days during the six years immediately before the date of your application". This clock begins after you become a PR (when you become a landed immigrant).

It is to be noted that if your PR card expires, you do not lose your PR status. To put it in other words, if you have a valid PR card but you have not met the residency obligation, you will lose status (not automatically but someone will check to see if you have met your residency obligation when you renew your PR card or when you apply for citizenship).

 

[zardoz]

The PR card is valid for how many years? How easy/tough is it to renew it if you are not meeting the 183 days rule for citizenship?

You can meet the residency obligation requirements for PR without meeting the citizenship residency requirements. Therefore, the two are not linked and PR card renewal is absolutely not an issue as long as you meet the PR RO. In fact, you can spend as little as 146 days in Canada EVERY year and still meet the residency obligation requirements.