Accurate Dates for Residency Calculator

[plus]

Hello All,
I did not find much info on this so I am posting it here.

Became PR: 10 Oct 2010
Left: 20 Oct 2010
Came to live: 15 Jan 2012 (permanently)
Application date: 16 Jan 2015

So in my residency calculator - For my "days absent" for my 4 year window (2011-2015), should it be:
16 Jan 2011 - 14 Jan 2012
- or -
16 Jan 2011 - 15 Jan 2012

This is crucial as I came to live in Canada permanently on 15 Jan 2012.
Please advice.

Thanks
Plus

 

[scylla]

Use the official CIC online residency calculator to avoid the risk of making errors:

https://eservices.cic.gc.ca/rescalc/resCalcStartNew.do?&lang=en&_ga=1.42164579.712313961.1407285439

 

[plus]

Yes Scylla - I am using the online calculator.
But I will have the feed the dates myself and hence the question.

Should my days absent (lived outside Canada) be:
16 Jan 2011 - 14 Jan 2012
- or -
16 Jan 2011 - 15 Jan 2012

I flew into Canada to live permanently on 15 Jan 2012
please advice

Use the official CIC online residency calculator to avoid the risk of making errors:

https://eservices.cic.gc.ca/rescalc/resCalcStartNew.do?&lang=en&_ga=1.42164579.712313961.1407285439

 

[dpenabill]

If you were absent until January 15, why would you question whether you should say any other date?

The Residency Calculator is based on from and to dates, the date you actually left Canada, and the date you actually arrived in Canada.

The calculator figures out the number of days absent and days present.

It is worth noting, by the way, that if one day makes a difference, that's a recipe for problems. Give yourself a margin. Many think a few days is sufficient. My thinking leans towards a few weeks to be safe. (I gave myself a full year, but of course with the new presence requirement looming on the horizon, which could be put into force any time in 2015, you do not have that luxury.)

While one point favouring applying with a margin is to cover potential errors, which is important, from my perspective a larger reason for a margin is more or less about appearances, about looking the part of an immigrant permanently settled in Canada.

 

[Goldline]

Hello All,
I did not find much info on this so I am posting it here.

Became PR: 10 Oct 2010
Left: 20 Oct 2010
Came to live: 15 Jan 2012 (permanently)
Application date: 16 Jan 2015

So in my residency calculator - For my "days absent" for my 4 year window (2011-2015), should it be:
16 Jan 2011 - 14 Jan 2012
- or -
16 Jan 2011 - 15 Jan 2012

This is crucial as I came to live in Canada permanently on 15 Jan 2012.
Please advice.

Thanks
Plus

That's not what you should be worried about for now because the days of absence will not even be taken into consideration.
The reason? A new law is coming into force in June 2015 and according to this law you need to be in Canada for 4 years out of 6 and you need to be physically present for at least 183 days per year.
Basically you will be eligible to apply on Jan 2016. Whatever time you spent in Canada in 2010 will not count.

 

[alphazip]

So in my residency calculator - For my "days absent" for my 4 year window (2011-2015), should it be:
16 Jan 2011 - 14 Jan 2012
- or -
16 Jan 2011 - 15 Jan 2012

In the calculator, you would answer this way:

Date 1st came to Canada to live: 2010-10-10
Date became PR: 2010-10-10
Date will sign: 2015-01-16
Did you leave between 2011-01-16 and 2015-01-16? YES, the absence was between 2011-01-16 and 2012-01-15. Only the day you left OR the day you returned is counted as an absence, but not both.

However, I agree that you should give yourself a bit of a cushion and not apply on the exact day on which you are eligible.

 

[Goldline]

That's not what you should be worried about for now because the days of absence will not even be taken into consideration.
The reason? A new law is coming into force in June 2015 and according to this law you need to be in Canada for 4 years out of 6 and you need to be physically present for at least 183 days per year.
Basically you will be eligible to apply on Jan 2016. Whatever time you spent in Canada in 2010 will not count.

Please ignore this post.
I was trying to reply while on the phone at work. I was totally wrong.