PR planning on daily commute between Windsor, ON and the USA

[dun]

Hello,

I have recently moved to Canada as a landed PR. I plan to go to work in the US in the morning and come back to Canada in the evening everyday. I will have an apartment in Windsor, ON.

1) Will these days be counted towards my residency obligation (2 yrs out of 5 yrs)?
2) Will they affect my citizenship application in the future?
3) Can I be driving a company car from the US (US plates) when crossing the border?

Where can I find the actual wording in the immigration laws to help me with questions 1 and 2?

Thanks!

Duncan

 

[Karlshammar]

1. As long as you return in the same day you left, it will count. If you stay overnight it will not.
2. Same as #1.
3. Yes.

You can find information at www.cic.gc.ca

 

[Leon]

You can find the definition of a "day" here:

6.4. Day
Section 27(2) of the Interpretation Act governs the calculation of time limits in federal statutes.
Where a statute refers to a number of days between two events (and precedes the number of
days with the words “at least”), both the day of occurrence of the first event as well as the day of
occurrence of the second event are to be counted in calculating the number of days. For the
purpose of calculating the number of days to comply with the residency obligation in IRPA
A28(2)(a), a day includes a full day or any part of a day that a permanent resident is physically
present in Canada. Any part of a day spent in Canada, or otherwise in compliance with A28(2)(a),
is to be counted as one full day for the purpose of calculating the 730 days in a five-year period.

 

[dun]

Thank you Kalshamar and Leon for your reply.

Kalshamar: I know you mentioned it is ok to drive a US company car into Canada. But is there anywhere I can find the black and white about it?

 

[Karlshammar]

I'm sure you can, but I don't know where to find it. As long as you have proof that you work for the company and/or have authorization to drive it out-of-country as part of your employment duties you should be fine.

Thank you Kalshamar and Leon for your reply.

Kalshamar: I know you mentioned it is ok to drive a US company car into Canada. But is there anywhere I can find the black and white about it?