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bit concern, how long can i stay out of canada?

paynil06

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Mar 7, 2015
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I went through the forum and found my answer, but my uncle keeps assuring me the law has changed and if you have recieved your citizenship through naturalizaton - than you can loose your citizenship.

basically, this is my situation. i got married on december 2012, to an indian citizen. i stayed about one year in india and returned back to canada roughly oct 2013. than i came back to india on aprl 2014 and am planning to reutrn back on may 2015. my husband and i want to stay in india for roughly 4-5 years due to his personal/work commitments. now my questions are, -->do i loose my citizenship? i have got my citizenship when in march 1999 (naturalization, parnets migrated to canada from india). second of all, i have oci for india, which is overseas ctizenship of india.. which allows me to stay in india, without renewing my visa every six months to stay in india. (you can have oci, if you were born in india and have other country citizenship). my uncle says, according to some new law in canada, if you have oci and you are naturzlied citizenship of canada--- you can only stay certain amount of time out of canada. if that is the case,than how much time can it be? because i keep seraching the net for laws, and i only com across is that as long as you r a citizen, you can stay as long as you wsh out side the country and return without loosing your citizenship.

please help me if possibe. Thank you Smiley
 

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Your uncle has no idea what he is talking about and doesn't understand the new Canadian citizenship law. Stop listening to him. Once you have citizenship you can stay outside of Canada as long as you want to.
 

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I second that. Your uncle may have ulterior motives. Maybe he misses you :)

You can not lose Canadian citizenship just because you are outside Canada. There is a new citizenship law out that is not yet in effect where there is an "intent to reside" requirement. However, this law can only be applied to those who get citizenship after it takes effect and even then, it is still to be seen if anyone will ever lose citizenship because of that.
 

paynil06

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Mar 7, 2015
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That is what i thought to, that once you get a citizenship... you don't loose it.
Thanks a lot for clearing my doubt.


p.s. m not sure if he misses me... lol he has tendencies of not liking me :D