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Will PNP changes affect citizenship eligibility?

NMOT

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Sep 10, 2019
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Hi all,

I am currently applying for PR through Express Entry, PNP Ontario. I have a couple of questions:
  1. Once I become a PR and for some reason have to move to another province other than Ontario, will this negatively impact my eligibility for citizenship?
  2. I was selected from one of Ontario's Tech Draws, with my NOC being 2175 - Web Designers. If I decided to change my career path to something entirely different down the line, will this negatively impact my eligibility for citizenship?
I did take a look at https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/become-canadian-citizen/eligibility.html and it doesn't look like these points have any affect but just wanted to be sure.

Thanks
 

trk1

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Jul 15, 2014
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1. No impact on Citizenship.
2. No impact on Citizenship.

Any undertaking we sign to Provinces, we are expected to honour.

All the best!

I am not a legal expert..please treat this as another opinion!
 
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arsal385

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Sasktechewen PNP nomination certificate clearly indicates that this nomination may be withdrawn if you changed your intention to remain in the province.
As a law abiding resident you should do your efforts to stay in a province which nominates you and should only leave if you got a job offer from another province.

Having said that, there is nothing mentioned in citizenship form regarding staying in a particular province. They emphasis on staying in Canada for 3 years out of last 5 years.
 

Mike263

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Jun 2, 2020
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Hi all,

I am currently applying for PR through Express Entry, PNP Ontario. I have a couple of questions:
  1. Once I become a PR and for some reason have to move to another province other than Ontario, will this negatively impact my eligibility for citizenship?
  2. I was selected from one of Ontario's Tech Draws, with my NOC being 2175 - Web Designers. If I decided to change my career path to something entirely different down the line, will this negatively impact my eligibility for citizenship?
I did take a look at https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/become-canadian-citizen/eligibility.html and it doesn't look like these points have any affect but just wanted to be sure.

Thanks
1. As a PNP, you're obliged and expected to live and utilize your skills and experience for a province that nominated you. If you'd already spent a couple of years in that province, you diligently tired to settle and establish yourself; but now have a valid reason or justification to move to another province (e.g. a better job, high salary, family or specific community ties etc), it should be fine.

However, as a PNP, if you just spent a couple of months in your nominated province and didn't make reasonable efforts to establish yourself; and then moved and got settled to another province - it would potentially be questionable by ircc at the time of your citizenship application (in-process). It happens and the officer does raise a concern on it (on a case-by-case basis).

2. It does not affect positively or negatively.
 
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NMOT

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Sep 10, 2019
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Thanks all, appreciate the help!
Toronto does seem to be a good fit for me in terms of culture, environment and job market so I think I shouldn’t have a problem anyways.