LATEST RULES TO RETAIN PR CARD SENIORS PLS GUIDE

[HIS GRACE]

HI SENIOR
Kindly share how to retain the pr if one is not able to complete two years in first five years due to work and other constraints.

 

[scylla]

The rules for retaining your PR status haven't changed. You still need to live in Canada for 2 out of every 5 rolling years to keep your status.

Working outside of the country is not accepted as a reason for failing to meet the residency requirement.

 

[Vats]

Scylla if we are deputed by canadian company to other country than?
means I got PR now if I join canadian company there and if they depute me at my home country than will that period counted or not?

 

[scylla]

Scylla if we are deputed by canadian company to other country than?
means I got PR now if I join canadian company there and if they depute me at my home country than will that period counted or not?

It depends. It might or it might not depending on the company and how you were sent abroad.

If you are hired by an established Canadian company for a job in Canada and then sometime later (months, year), you are asked to take a position with them overseas, then probably yes.

If a Canadian company immediately hires you for a job overseas then probably no.

If it's a small company that you started either yourself or with your friends and you later move overseas, then no

 

[Vats]

It depends. It might or it might not depending on the company and how you were sent abroad.

If you are hired by an established Canadian company for a job in Canada and then sometime later (months, year), you are asked to take a position with them overseas, then probably yes.

If a Canadian company immediately hires you for a job overseas then probably no.

If it's a small company that you started either yourself or with your friends and you later move overseas, then no

oh thanks
I was planning for last option to start company and establish there for 6-8 months than move home country and visit canada as and when reqd. but what make differance as rules should be same for big or small organization?
isnt it

 

[scylla]

I was planning for last option to start company and establish there for 6-8 months than move home country and visit canada as and when reqd. but what make differance as rules should be same for big or small organization?

If you start your own company, then you definitely will NOT be able to count the time you spend outside of Canada towards your PR status. Too many people were exploiting this loop-hole as a means of staying outside of Canada without losing their PR status and CIC shut this option down quite some time ago. If you try to claim this time towards your PR status, CIC will say the company was established for the primary purpose of maintaining your PR status and will deny your request to count these days as time spent in Canada.

It's not so much the size of the organization as how well established it is. If you are hired by a real, existing company in Canada with real Canadian operations (rather than a company that you / your friends created) and you are hired for a job in Canada - then several months later for business reasons you are moved to a position outside of Canada - you should then be able to count the days.

But definitely forget about creating your own company or one with your friends - it won't work. CIC caught on to this trick a long time ago.

 

[HIS GRACE]

What are the best possible options available apart from being hired by the local company

 

[zardoz]

What are the best possible options available apart from being hired by the local company

You are, as we say here, "barking up the wrong tree". There is no realistic way that you are going to make the "employed by a Canadian company" exemption work for you. You will just have to comply with the residency obligation requirement.

 

[scylla]

What are the best possible options available apart from being hired by the local company

The best possible option is to actually meet the residency requirement by living in Canada for 2 out of every 5 rolling years.

 

[Vats]

The best possible option is to actually meet the residency requirement by living in Canada for 2 out of every 5 rolling years.

Thanks