PRTD - proof of the residential addresses of the person you are accompanying

[zeninmaking]

Hello!
My wife is applying for a PRTD and stated that she accompanied a Canadian Citizen (me) while outside Canada.
Appendix A (situation B) asks to submit:

• proof of the residential addresses of the person you are accompanying for the five (5) years before the application;

What kind of documents proving my residential address can I submit and how many should I submit over the 5 years?

Also, my wife was outside Canada for only 213 days in the past 5 years. Is it still required to submit my residential address proof considering she meets the residency obligation criteria. I'm thinking the whole "accompanying a Canadian Citizen outside Canada" is used when the residency obligation is not met so they could count the days the applicant was with a Canadian Citizen while traveling? I could be wrong.

Thanks in advance!

 

[dpenabill]

Hello!
My wife is applying for a PRTD and stated that she accompanied a Canadian Citizen (me) while outside Canada.
Appendix A (situation B) asks to submit:

• proof of the residential addresses of the person you are accompanying for the five (5) years before the application;

What kind of documents proving my residential address can I submit and how many should I submit over the 5 years?

Also, my wife was outside Canada for only 213 days in the past 5 years. Is it still required to submit my residential address proof considering she meets the residency obligation criteria. I'm thinking the whole "accompanying a Canadian Citizen outside Canada" is used when the residency obligation is not met so they could count the days the applicant was with a Canadian Citizen while traveling? I could be wrong.

Thanks in advance!

As long as the total time spent outside Canada is fewer than 1095 days, as calculated in Question 5.5, there is no need to include the additional supporting evidence needed to get credit for days outside Canada accompanying a citizen spouse. The PR only needs to include two pieces of evidence showing residency in Canada.

In particular, note that in the guide for making a PR TD application, in the instructions regarding the RO in the appendix, the instructions for including supporting evidence to get credit for days outside Canada accompanying a citizen spouse follow a statement that makes it clear those are for a PR who was outside Canada for more than 1095 days. Which as you suggest makes sense.

 

[zeninmaking]

As long as the total time spent outside Canada is fewer than 1095 days, as calculated in Question 5.5, there is no need to include the additional supporting evidence needed to get credit for days outside Canada accompanying a citizen spouse. The PR only needs to include two pieces of evidence showing residency in Canada.

In particular, note that in the guide for making a PR TD application, in the instructions regarding the RO in the appendix, the instructions for including supporting evidence to get credit for days outside Canada accompanying a citizen spouse follow a statement that makes it clear those are for a PR who was outside Canada for more than 1095 days. Which as you suggest makes sense.

Thank you!

 

[stephen114791]

I am applying for PRTD, I do have a similar question, may I know what kind of documents proving the residential address and how many should I submit over the 5 years? should I provide the proving document for each year since I stay in one place for the past 5 years.

• proof of the residential addresses of the person you are accompanying for the five (5) years before the application;

Thanks in advance!

 

[armoured]

I am applying for PRTD, I do have a similar question, may I know what kind of documents proving the residential address and how many should I submit over the 5 years? should I provide the proving document for each year since I stay in one place for the past 5 years.

• proof of the residential addresses of the person you are accompanying for the five (5) years before the application;

Thanks in advance!

Just use your judgment about what you can provide - lease, utilities, official documents, we don't know what you have. I'd suggest 2-3 documents covering different periods in those five years, include a short letter saying you lived in the same place during all that period.

 

[stephen114791]

Just use your judgment about what you can provide - lease, utilities, official documents, we don't know what you have. I'd suggest 2-3 documents covering different periods in those five years, include a short letter saying you lived in the same place during all that period.

thank you