Under current rules ¨to be eligible for Canadian citizenship, you must have lived in Canada for at least three years (1,095 days) out of the four years (1,460 days) preceding your application. Please note that you cannot meet the residence requirements for citizenship without a minimum of two (2) years as a permanent resident.
When calculating your time in Canada:
•only the four (4) years preceding the date of your application are taken into account;
•each day you lived in Canada before you became a permanent resident counts as half a day;
•each day you lived in Canada after you became a permanent resident counts as one day;
•time spent serving a sentence for an offence in Canada (e.g. prison, penitentiary, jail, reformatory, conditional sentence, probation and/or parole) cannot be counted toward residence - there are some exceptions to this rule;
•absences from Canada may have an impact on your residence. Only a citizenship judge can determine if you meet the residence requirements with fewer than 1,095 days of physical presence¨.
I have been a permanent resident since September 2012. Living in Canada for more than 6 years now. Under the current rules I am eligible to apply for citizenship but, due work schedule I haven´t been able to take the english test and go foward with my application. I was planning to take it the first week of July (I already made the payment).
Now I am worry I won´t meet the residence requirements for citizenship without counting the days I have lived in Canada before I became a permanent resident as half a day.
Any thoughts?
When calculating your time in Canada:
•only the four (4) years preceding the date of your application are taken into account;
•each day you lived in Canada before you became a permanent resident counts as half a day;
•each day you lived in Canada after you became a permanent resident counts as one day;
•time spent serving a sentence for an offence in Canada (e.g. prison, penitentiary, jail, reformatory, conditional sentence, probation and/or parole) cannot be counted toward residence - there are some exceptions to this rule;
•absences from Canada may have an impact on your residence. Only a citizenship judge can determine if you meet the residence requirements with fewer than 1,095 days of physical presence¨.
I have been a permanent resident since September 2012. Living in Canada for more than 6 years now. Under the current rules I am eligible to apply for citizenship but, due work schedule I haven´t been able to take the english test and go foward with my application. I was planning to take it the first week of July (I already made the payment).
Now I am worry I won´t meet the residence requirements for citizenship without counting the days I have lived in Canada before I became a permanent resident as half a day.
Any thoughts?
