PR Renewal Application ....Am I meeting Residency Obligations?

[VisaApprovalSent]

Hi,
Here is my timeline ,Please take a look and tell me if I should expect any issues.

Became PR on 8 JAN 2010 ,landed and immediately went back to US .lived there till 22 OCT 2011 -----629 days
Entered Canada permanently 23 OCT 2011, started life here,kids were in school etc.

Visited INDIA from 7 SEPT 2012 -- 15 JAN 2013 ----- 131 DAYS away

Visited INDIA from 11 SEPT 2014-- 29 OCT 2014 ----49 DAYS

Total Days out of Canada from 8 JAN 2010 to 8 JAN 2015 --- 809 days

Total days inside Canada from 8 JAN 2010 to 8 JAN 2015 ----- 994 days

PR card expires on 5 FEB 2015

The long gap of 629 days worries me .I have all the stamps on passport ,please provide your input.

Thanks,

 

[FredCanada]

Hi

You have 730 days in Canada in the preceding 5 years. You have nothing to worry about. The system is not designed to penalize anyone who has made a home in Canada. I am sure you have made a good home.......

Best Regards

Fred

 

[Alurra71]

Hi,
Here is my timeline ,Please take a look and tell me if I should expect any issues.

Became PR on 8 JAN 2010 ,landed and immediately went back to US .lived there till 22 OCT 2011 -----629 days
Entered Canada permanently 23 OCT 2011, started life here,kids were in school etc.

Visited INDIA from 7 SEPT 2012 -- 15 JAN 2013 ----- 131 DAYS away

Visited INDIA from 11 SEPT 2014-- 29 OCT 2014 ----49 DAYS

Total Days out of Canada from 8 JAN 2010 to 8 JAN 2015 --- 809 days

Total days inside Canada from 8 JAN 2010 to 8 JAN 2015 ----- 994 days

PR card expires on 5 FEB 2015

The long gap of 629 days worries me .I have all the stamps on passport ,please provide your input.

Thanks,

As the previous poster mentioned, so long as you have a MINIMUM of 730 days spent inside Canada in the preceding 5 years, you will be fine. I would check your days again, because 5 years should give you 1825 days. If your numbers are to be used, you spent 22 days in limbo.

 

[Leon]

Putting this in Excel, it looks like this:

08.01.10 landed
31.01.10 23 in Canada
22.10.11 629 US
07.09.12 321 in Canada
15.01.13 130 India
11.09.14 604 in Canada
29.10.14 48 India
07.01.15 70 in Canada

1018 days in Canada

807 days outside Canada

1825 total

So you actually have a few more days in Canada than counted because for PR, any part of a day spent in Canada counts as a full day so when you travel, both your travel days count as inside Canada.

In any case, you have way more than the 730 days you need so you have nothing to worry about.

 

[canadaon]

Until you are absent for more than 1095 days it wouldn't be a problem.

I was out of the country for 1065 days and got my PR renewed. Good luck!!