If you live in Canada as PR for 3 years but without a job, can you apply for citizenship?

[MrChazz]

Look at the stated requirements for citizenship application. See employment as one of them them? There's your answer.

 

[novascotia27]

I have not found forums or articles people talking about this... but do you mind giving me more details about where does your info coming from to say yes!

thanks

If you qualify for Citizenship, then you can apply for citizenship. Assuming you have filed taxes (even if you were not working), have 1095+ days in Canada, and meet the other requirements. Employment/unemployment status is not a requisite/deterrent for Citizenship.

 

[rajkamalmohanram]

Just out of curiosity - how do you survive 3 years without working? Lol.
The person needs to have some kind of income like a gift from relatives, or disability support, or EI or whatever it maybe and that will force you to file taxes.
The only weird scenario I can think of is if you are a high roller gambler or if you hit the lottery. Those windfall incomes are 100% tax exempt in Canada but you are still obligated to file taxes I would say. Lol.

Either ways, unemployment does not stop a person from becoming a citizen.

I like the lottery better.

 

[alex the king]

Any personal experience or of someone else who can validate this yes? Thanks

My wife Applied and My family friend as well, both do not have any Job, they have Kids to take care and that's their Job for the 3 years. So both of them completed the Citizenship test on Sunday 27th June and status updated to completed today.

If you are physicially present in Canada for 3 years as a PR then YES you can apply.

 

[sodapop123]

If one did not have a job/income for 3 years (and wasn't taking care of one's kids), then how would they prove their physical presence in Canada for citizenship ? or even PR renewal purposes ?

 

[rajkamalmohanram]

If one did not have a job/income for 3 years (and wasn't taking care of one's kids), then how would they prove their physical presence in Canada for citizenship ? or even PR renewal purposes ?

If asked, the onus is on the applicant to prove that s/he physically resided in Canada.

1. Passports can be used as proof (though some countries don't stamp passports on entry/exit).
2. You can provide your rent receipts / mortgage documents because you must have lived in an apartment/house while in Canada.
3. You can provide your provincial health summary (this is the list of all health services you availed using your health card like doctor's visits etc)

Most importantly, there's the CBSA record of your travels. While CBSA only started collecting information about people exiting Canada since June 2020, they have all the records of people entering Canada for a long time now. So, IRCC can directly verify a part of your story by looking at the CBSA records. You could be asked to provide entry/exit records from the countries you've visited (for example, they could ask you to produce I-94 that shows all your entry and exits from the US.