How a permanent residence in another country affect my canadian citizenship

[amineae80]

Hi there,
I have an European permanent residence because I was living there for 9 years before moving to Canada. I will be eligible to apply for canadian citizenship soon (january 2015), 1096 days in 4 years period, I am just wondering how this would affect my citizenship application. I just got my spanish permanent residence renewed in February this year and it will expire on 2019. But I live and have a permanent job in Canada and I plan to live here.
I would appreciate your thoughts, I am really freaking out!

Thanks

 

[canucksrig]

If I was in your shoes, I would just state the facts as it is. I would be showing my ties here at Canada like work/ study etc. It's not illegal to hold permanent residency of another country while seeking citizenship of Canada. At worst they may issue a RQ asking about your where about for last 3 years out of 4.
I wish you all the best!

 

[thecoolguysam]

yes absolutely, as long as you have PR status in canada and your have satisfied the residency requirement to be eligible for citizenship

 

[arambi]

I know this is typically an issue for those with PR status in USA where one should be in USA for at least six months a year to keep PR status. USA PR faces a lot of scrutiny... Not sure about non USA PR...
Do you have to meet some physical presence requirements to keep your foreign PR status?

 

[Msafiri]

Hi there,
I have an European permanent residence because I was living there for 9 years before moving to Canada. I will be eligible to apply for canadian citizenship soon (january 2015), 1096 days in 4 years period, I am just wondering how this would affect my citizenship application. I just got my spanish permanent residence renewed in February this year and it will expire on 2019. But I live and have a permanent job in Canada and I plan to live here.
I would appreciate your thoughts, I am really freaking out!

Thanks

On what basis did you get your Spanish PR - are you an EU national exercising treaty rights? As I recall maintaining Spanish PR requires domicile in Spain...not restrictive but a 6 month absence or short holidays timeline seems to be the norm....so on the premise you got PR renewed if I was the CIC agent I'd be thinking how do you retain Spanish PR if you live in Canada?