Residency Obligation & Long Absence from Canada Before and During the 5-Year Period.

[DebkaMan]

Hello everyone. I hope you're all doing well. I am not sure if anyone else had a similar experience, so I hope you can help me or at least give me some advice.

For context. I became a Permanent resident in 2010 when I was 7 years old. I continued to live in Canada for 3 years until 2013. Due to family issues, we left Canada and lived abroad ever since. We renewed our pr card in 2015, however it expired in 2020.

I was able to obtain a PRTD via H&C and arrived in Canada at last in June 2022 and haven't travelled until today. While I was preparing for my Citizenship Application, I realized that if I were to answer the question of absence in the physical presence part of the application, I would have to write that I left Canada from 2013-month-day to 2022-June-06. While I understand that they only care about my presence in Canada for the last 5 years (and that I will meet the quota and more), I fear that the long absence I had will cause me issues such as making my application non-routine or worse. I understand that I should take what is said here with a grain of salt and consult an immigration lawyer, but I want to hear from you guys, so I can have a better understanding.

 

[scylla]

Hello everyone. I hope you're all doing well. I am not sure if anyone else had a similar experience, so I hope you can help me or at least give me some advice.

For context. I became a Permanent resident in 2010 when I was 7 years old. I continued to live in Canada for 3 years until 2013. Due to family issues, we left Canada and lived abroad ever since. We renewed our pr card in 2015, however it expired in 2020.

I was able to obtain a PRTD via H&C and arrived in Canada at last in June 2022 and haven't travelled until today. While I was preparing for my Citizenship Application, I realized that if I were to answer the question of absence in the physical presence part of the application, I would have to write that I left Canada from 2013-month-day to 2022-June-06. While I understand that they only care about my presence in Canada for the last 5 years (and that I will meet the quota and more), I fear that the long absence I had will cause me issues such as making my application non-routine or worse. I understand that I should take what is said here with a grain of salt and consult an immigration lawyer, but I want to hear from you guys, so I can have a better understanding.

Ultimately your absences are what they are. Report your residency days correctly and there shouldn't be an issue. Make sure you apply with a buffer. Don't apply with just 1095 days. That's a sure fire way to end up in secondary review.

 

[armoured]

Agree with above. I'd just note, you'll need a police clearance certificate, so plan in advance how to get it.

 

[montrealtoma]

Hello everyone. I hope you're all doing well. I am not sure if anyone else had a similar experience, so I hope you can help me or at least give me some advice.

For context. I became a Permanent resident in 2010 when I was 7 years old. I continued to live in Canada for 3 years until 2013. Due to family issues, we left Canada and lived abroad ever since. We renewed our pr card in 2015, however it expired in 2020.

I was able to obtain a PRTD via H&C and arrived in Canada at last in June 2022 and haven't travelled until today. While I was preparing for my Citizenship Application, I realized that if I were to answer the question of absence in the physical presence part of the application, I would have to write that I left Canada from 2013-month-day to 2022-June-06. While I understand that they only care about my presence in Canada for the last 5 years (and that I will meet the quota and more), I fear that the long absence I had will cause me issues such as making my application non-routine or worse. I understand that I should take what is said here with a grain of salt and consult an immigration lawyer, but I want to hear from you guys, so I can have a better understanding.

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[MaHab]

In these cases, does one need to report the absence as from say 2013 (like in DepkaMan's case above) or can one just write the absence as starting from the first day of the 5 year eligibility period?
Thanks