date of landing or expiry on the card?

[joycee12]

Hi again...

we landed Nov 2008..but our PR card expiry is Feb 2015...
do we follow the expiry of the PR card when counting the 730days? or the landing date?

 

[Alabaman]

Start counting from the day you landed.

 

[joycee12]

thanks...

the date of landing is the safe way...

i want to know "legally" which is correct one? as we are moving out of canada ...i want to ascertain for sure when to come and not lose our PR status...thanks...

 

[matthewc]

Legally, you must be in Canada* for 730 days out of the 5 years immediately after you become a PR. i.e. starting counting from the day you land. If you enter Canada before that 5 year anniversary, you need to have enough days left before the 5 year period finishes such that the number of days you already have behind you in Canada PLUS the number of days that remain before the end of your first 5 years is at least 730. i.e. You don't have to already have 730 days, but you do need to show that you will be able to meet the requirement by the time the 5-year anniversary is reached.

After the first 5 years is finished, you need to have been in Canada for 730 days out of the previous 5 years at the time your residency obligation is being assessed (typically when you enter Canada, apply for PR renewal, or a travel document).

*Some excemptions count as being in Canada for maintaining PR status, e.g. living with a Canadian citizen spouse outside Canada.

 

[Derry]

thanks...

the date of landing is the safe way...

i want to know "legally" which is correct one? as we are moving out of canada ...i want to ascertain for sure when to come and not lose our PR status...thanks...

Date of landing.

 

[v4x]

Legally, you must be in Canada* for 730 days out of the 5 years immediately after you become a PR. i.e. starting counting from the day you land. If you enter Canada before that 5 year anniversary, you need to have enough days left before the 5 year period finishes such that the number of days you already have behind you in Canada PLUS the number of days that remain before the end of your first 5 years is at least 730. i.e. You don't have to already have 730 days, but you do need to show that you will be able to meet the requirement by the time the 5-year anniversary is reached.

question is how do you prove to the boarder officer that you will be able to meet the 2 years at the point of entry?
say if i still have 8 months to go to fulfill that 2 years, since i've already lived in Canada for 1 year and 4 months before i left, so when i re-enter, i just tell him/her something like "i only need to stay for another 8 months and my PR card won't be expired in two years, which i'm pretty sure that i can fulfill the PR obligation (this is my first 5-year period)" is it gonna work?Thanks!

 

[jamshad]

Start counting from the day you landed.

I have similar question, where can i find the expiry date on PR card. Front side of PR is having expiry date written. Should we not consider that date as the official expiry date? Still we need to count personally from the date of landing?
appriciating the clarification for this important subject by forum members.
Regards.

 

[v4x]

I think the expiry date on your PR card is actually the expiry date,if you count from the date you landed,still get the same result (at least for my card). The safest way is to count 5 years from the landing date