Citizenship requirement- number of days physically present in Canada

[bkhan37]

Hi Everyone,
So I just noticed while using the Residence Calculator that for every single day that you spend outside Canada after PR, you will have to spend twice the number of days in Canada to cover that . This applies only if you have already been living in Canada before getting the PR. Can any one explain why? This is so unfair.
My timelines:
Came to Canada- Sept 2008
PR- May 2012
Spent exactly two months outside Canada for vacations.
when can I apply?

 

[Travel Dream]

It is very simple.... They just count 4 years before you sign the application

 

[PMM]

Hi

Hi Everyone,
So I just noticed while using the Residence Calculator that for every single day that you spend outside Canada after PR, you will have to spend twice the number of days in Canada to cover that . This applies only if you have already been living in Canada before getting the PR. Can any one explain why? This is so unfair.
My timelines:
Came to Canada- Sept 2008
PR- May 2012
Spent exactly two months outside Canada for vacations.
when can I apply?

1. If the 2 months were after your PR, then July/14. If before PR but after May/2010 then Aug/14

 

[Goldline]

If you never left Canada since May 2012 You are eligible to apply on May 2014(2 years as PR) + 2 years before becoming PR which will give you 365 days. If you spent any period overseas after you became PR you add that period after May 2014.
Note if the 2 months are between Mai 2010 and Mai 2012 you need to add 4 months

 

[Munchenxx]

If you never left Canada since May 2012 You are eligible to apply on May 2014(2 years as PR) + 2 years before becoming PR which will give you 365 days. If you spent any period overseas after you became PR you add that period after May 2014.
Note if the 2 months are between Mai 2010 and Mai 2012 you need to add 4 months

if the 2 months are between May 2010 and may 2012, he should need to add 1 months, NOT 4!!!

 

[Munchenxx]

Hi

1. If the 2 months were after your PR, then July/14. If before PR but after May/2010 then Aug/14

If after, July/14,, if before, Jun/14 instead of Aug/14.

2 days absence before PR will be counted as one day absence when apply.

 

[Leon]

If you spent 2 years in Canada before getting PR and 2 years afterwards without leaving, it would look like this:
24 months in Canada before PR = 12 months towards citizenship
24 months in Canada after PR = 24 months towards citizenship
12+24 = 36 months = 3 years

22 months in Canada before PR = 11 months towards citizenship means you can count is as a 1 month absence and need 25 months in Canada after getting PR, however, as you stay an extra 1 month in Canada to make up, some of the time you stayed in the beginning before your PR starts moving out the 4 year window. As you stay that extra month, you have lost a month from the beginning which is good for 2 weeks towards citizenship so you need to stay another extra month to make up. The result is that for 2 months outside Canada before getting PR, you need to stay 2 months longer after PR to make up.

If the absence if after getting PR, you must count the 2 full months as absence and as you are still losing a month from your non-PR time for every month you stay longer, you would need 4 months to make up. 2 months to make up for the absence and another 2 months to make up for the time you lost out of the 4 year window because of it.