hi, I've been leaving in Canada for 5 years, and I initially came here in a study permit status that changed into a refugee status a year later. I passed a hearing and everything and I was allowed to stay in the country with my family who came as refugees. I then was allowed to apply for permanent residence and I got my permanent residence along with my parents September 2012, we are now waiting the required time to apply for our citizenship and continue with the regular process. Before I even became a permanent residence of Canada, I met my Canadian boyfriend, and we've been together for 17 months, from which we live together about a year. I'm now engaged to him since July and we are planning to get married next August (2014). I now have almost 950 days (basic residence) and need to wait more for my citizenship application of course. My dilemma and question to you... is getting married to my Canadian fiancé gonna complicate my process I am in, and my waiting time to apply my citizen? If I get married before I get the 1,095 days to apply for my citizen, is that gonna affect me? would I have to get out the country if I marry him ? or maybe start my citizenship application again and loose all this time waited? or maybe it will speed up my application? I dont know ..... I am afraid of complicating my status in canada because as of right now everything has gone smoothly. What do I do??
permanent Resident marrying a Canadian citizen(hows that gonna affect my status)
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Agreed. Getting married will not change your PR status in any way and it will not change the date you qualify to apply for citizenship. Your 950 days will still be there, you need another 145 days and then you can apply.
You need 1095 physical days for citizenship application - give yourself say a 10 day buffer in case you made a mistake in your number of residence days calculations. Once you apply you must remain a PR until oath date. From the forum and most case law PR loss is usually due to being outside Canada for too long in breach of the residence obligation. This is not an issue for most citizenship applicants as they live in Canada. Others don't live in Canada for whatever reason and leave soon after citizenship application.
Via an exemption/ loophole in the law any days you as a PR are abroad with your Canadian spouse count towards meeting the residence obligation so once you apply you are safe to travel. Its best to wait until you have your test booklet and an AOR for the citizenship application - this way you are sure your citizenship application has been accepted as complete. Such abroad days do not count towards the 1095 citizenship application days (unless your spouse is in the military/diplomatic service/public service).
Via an exemption/ loophole in the law any days you as a PR are abroad with your Canadian spouse count towards meeting the residence obligation so once you apply you are safe to travel. Its best to wait until you have your test booklet and an AOR for the citizenship application - this way you are sure your citizenship application has been accepted as complete. Such abroad days do not count towards the 1095 citizenship application days (unless your spouse is in the military/diplomatic service/public service).
You have to have been a PR for a minimum of 730 days (2 years) before you can apply. If you only became a PR in September 2012, you cannot even start to apply before September 2014. That assumes that you have the other 730 days before that inside Canada and that you are claiming 0.5 days for each day BEFORE you became a PR.asweare said: