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ura2021

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My date of landing is April 2022. MY PR card(which is now lost) was issued in September 2022 and expires September 2027. How do I calculate residency obligation days? Is it 5 years from April 2022 or September 2022?
Also, I have not been in Canada since April 2022 when i initially landed, i stayed for a week and then left Canada. I'm travelling back to Canada next month Feb 2025 and once i land i need to apply for replacement of my lost PR card. So, what do i use as proof of residency if i have not been here since 2022?
 
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canuck78

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ura2021 said:
My date of landing is April 2022. MY PR card(which is now lost) was issued in September 2022 and expires September 2027. How do I calculate residency obligation days? Is it 5 years from April 2022 or September 2022?
Also, I have not been in Canada since April 2022 when i initially landed, i stayed for a week and then left Canada. I'm travelling back to Canada next month Feb 2025 and once i land i need to apply for replacement of my lost PR card. So, what do i use as proof of residency if i have not been here since 2022?
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April 2022 is the date you became a PR. Are you entering by land or are you a US citizen?
 
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armoured

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ura2021 said:
My date of landing is April 2022. MY PR card(which is now lost) was issued in September 2022 and expires September 2027. How do I calculate residency obligation days? Is it 5 years from April 2022 or September 2022?
Also, I have not been in Canada since April 2022 when i initially landed, i stayed for a week and then left Canada. I'm travelling back to Canada next month Feb 2025 and once i land i need to apply for replacement of my lost PR card. So, what do i use as proof of residency if i have not been here since 2022?
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In your case, if you have been OUTSIDE Canada LESS THAN 1095 days since the day you landed, then you are still in compliance with the residency obligation. You don't need to prove anything.

It is less than 1095 days outside Canada in any five year period (looking back), but counting only from the day of landing. This is just an arithmetic restatement of minimum 730 days IN Canada in any five year period.

(1095 days = 5 yrs * 365 days/yr - 730 days required to be in Canada).

Now note: when/if you apply for PR card, you are in compliance - but you have very little actual residency in Canada. They should process it - you're in compliance - but they can take as much time as they like to process it. If you apply and then leave - well, they could ask you to come pick it up in person in December, and then you have to risk re-entering when you are out of compliance, and they could report you, etc.

What is technically known as "your problem."
 
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ura2021

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Mar 14, 2021
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armoured said:
In your case, if you have been OUTSIDE Canada LESS THAN 1095 days since the day you landed, then you are still in compliance with the residency obligation. You don't need to prove anything.

It is less than 1095 days outside Canada in any five year period (looking back), but counting only from the day of landing. This is just an arithmetic restatement of minimum 730 days IN Canada in any five year period.

(1095 days = 5 yrs * 365 days/yr - 730 days required to be in Canada).

Now note: when/if you apply for PR card, you are in compliance - but you have very little actual residency in Canada. They should process it - you're in compliance - but they can take as much time as they like to process it. If you apply and then leave - well, they could ask you to come pick it up in person in December, and then you have to risk re-entering when you are out of compliance, and they could report you, etc.

What is technically known as "your problem."
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Well explained! Thank you!
 
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