Dear Canadavisa community,
I became a landed resident in 2010. I was originally planning to attend school in Canada (and was informed that I had a good chance of being accepted), but ultimately did not gain entrance. Meanwhile, I've tried to find work in Canada, but it's been very hard trying to find the suitable job (unless I accept substantial salary reductions or take a career detour). As of now, I haven't met the 730-day requirement in the 5-yr period. I'm trying to understand how the following two situations might impact the renewal of my PR card:
1) If I accept a job offer from another country and live there, but continue to pay taxes to the Canadian government and try to make arrangements to return as much as possible (or negotiate potential partial telecommute options), would I still likely be denied renewal at the 5th year mark?
2) On this site: http: //travel.gc.ca/travelling/living-abroad/taxation, there's a classification called "factual resident" that includes a full-time student studying abroad status. Does this mean that the time spent abroad attending school could still be counted towards the 730-day requirement?
Obviously, I'm keen on maintaining my Canadian residency. However, it'd be totally impractical to just live there and fulfill the time requirement and not be doing anything. I'm assuming and hoping that the folks at immigration would understand these situations?
Thanks for any advice or sharing of experiences!
I became a landed resident in 2010. I was originally planning to attend school in Canada (and was informed that I had a good chance of being accepted), but ultimately did not gain entrance. Meanwhile, I've tried to find work in Canada, but it's been very hard trying to find the suitable job (unless I accept substantial salary reductions or take a career detour). As of now, I haven't met the 730-day requirement in the 5-yr period. I'm trying to understand how the following two situations might impact the renewal of my PR card:
1) If I accept a job offer from another country and live there, but continue to pay taxes to the Canadian government and try to make arrangements to return as much as possible (or negotiate potential partial telecommute options), would I still likely be denied renewal at the 5th year mark?
2) On this site: http: //travel.gc.ca/travelling/living-abroad/taxation, there's a classification called "factual resident" that includes a full-time student studying abroad status. Does this mean that the time spent abroad attending school could still be counted towards the 730-day requirement?
Obviously, I'm keen on maintaining my Canadian residency. However, it'd be totally impractical to just live there and fulfill the time requirement and not be doing anything. I'm assuming and hoping that the folks at immigration would understand these situations?
Thanks for any advice or sharing of experiences!