Can someone take a vacation while under Residence Questionnaire (RQ)?

[Kindness]

Hi, I am just wondering.

(1) If someone received a Residence Questionnaire and waiting for any progress on their application, can he/ she take a vacation for a month outside Canada?

(2) Will his/ her vacation time outside Canada have a negative effect in his citizenship application while waiting for a response from his submitted residence questionnaire?

Thank You for your responses. It is greatly appreciated especially from those who received a residence questionnaire.

 

[citizenhopeful]

I had vacations and business trip after we submitted our RQ and we have just been informed to take the test in April, so I guess no.

 

[eileenf]

Hi, I am just wondering.

(1) If someone received a Residence Questionnaire and waiting for any progress on their application, can he/ she take a vacation for a month outside Canada?

(2) Will his/ her vacation time outside Canada have a negative effect in his citizenship application while waiting for a response from his submitted residence questionnaire?

Thank You for your responses. It is greatly appreciated especially from those who received a residence questionnaire.

YES YES YES!
You are a PR. You have the right to leave Canada as long as you maintain your PR residency obligation.
If you will be gone for 2 weeks or longer though, you need to inform the CIC call centre so they won't schedule you for an event while you're gone. It's hard to reschedule with the CIC, so definitely call and let them know.

Note: I see lots of posts on here from people wondering if they should really inform CIC of absences or changes of address when they're moving. Many people are concerned that it will delay their application.

The risk of having them schedule a test during an absence, or of you missing an oath because the invitation was sent to an old address and didn't get forwarded in time is far riskier than changing your address or informing them of absences. Personally, I've seen no convincing reports of problems from address changes or informed absences, except when the CIC doesn't update this information and still uses the old address. Don't mess around with it. Just tell them.