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Can I Travel Outside Canada for a short term vacation after June 11??

bigben3

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Hi All,

Will the Intent to Reside clause restricts me from traveling outside Canada for short term? e.g: vacation?
 

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Of course you can travel. The new rules gives more flexibility to travel in the last 6 years you should be here only 4.
 

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bigben3 said:
Hi All,

Will the Intent to Reside clause restricts me from traveling outside Canada for short term? e.g: vacation?
There is no law against traveling outside nor inside Canada.
 

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bigben3 said:
Hi All,

Will the Intent to Reside clause restricts me from traveling outside Canada for short term? e.g: vacation?
No. You should, however, inform CIC of trips 2 weeks or longer.
 

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MiriamT said:
No. You should, however, inform CIC of trips 2 weeks or longer.
I think he is asking for the period before the application.
 

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MUFC said:
I think he is asking for the period before the application.
OP should clarify; there's room for the question to be interpreted both ways.
 

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He is saying after Jun 11th so he means after the law not after he submitted application.
 

bigben3

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Re: Can I Travel Outside Canada for a short term vacation after applying ??

Hi..

How long can I be outside of Canada after applying. .will 1 month of vacation would cause any bad impact on my application? ?
 

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Re: Can I Travel Outside Canada for a short term vacation after applying ??

bigben3 said:
Hi..

How long can I be outside of Canada after applying. .will 1 month of vacation would cause any bad impact on my application? ?
Just be able to prove it was a vacation and you didn't abandon your Canadian residence, if it comes up. But Liberal government probably won't enforce intent to reside clause anyway.
 

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For what it's worth, my wife and I submitted our application in early May (so it doesn't apply totally to your situation), and went on a 3-month vacation the next day. We didn't notify CIC. Our citizenship test was in late October, and we're both at Decision Made now, so I guess it didn't slow things up too much. If challenged, we would have told them the truth -- the fact that I was on parental leave gave us a chance that we would never have again to visit my wife's family (where we used to live) for an extended period. I had a job to come back to, and of course our house.