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oxsegun

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We got our permanent resident card on the 16th October 2012,by September 2014 my family will have spent two years outside Canada. I plan to bring them back to Canada sometime in November 2014 to January 2015.I hope we don't run a risk of being reported by the immigration officer or rather how long can someone stay outside Canada that will make him to violate residency obligation .
 

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oxsegun said:
We got our permanent resident card on the 16th October 2012,by September 2014 my family will have spent two years outside Canada. I plan to bring them back to Canada sometime in November 2014 to January 2015.I hope we don't run a risk of being reported by the immigration officer or rather how long can someone stay outside Canada that will make him to violate residency obligation .
You are fine if you stick to the plan you wrote here. Residency obligation is 2 out of 5 years. So you can stay up to a maximum of 3 years and be ok. Just make sure you come back by September 2015, but earlier the better to be safe.
 

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oxsegun said:
We got our permanent resident card on the 16th October 2012,by September 2014 my family will have spent two years outside Canada. I plan to bring them back to Canada sometime in November 2014 to January 2015.I hope we don't run a risk of being reported by the immigration officer or rather how long can someone stay outside Canada that will make him to violate residency obligation .
The residency obligation is effective from landing date not PR Card expiry date. You need 730 days of physical presence in Canada at the 5 year anniversary of this landing date if as it seems you've been a PR for less than 5 years. To facilitate straightforward PR Card renewal and any citizenship application you need to keep a detailed record of your travels that you can easily reference to when the relevant application day arrives.