Hello. If I am an international student who has gotten into a university in the US right before I get my permanent residency in Canada, will I lose my permanent residency if I go to the university in the US? And in general, will I be able to attend the University in the US while being a permanent resident?
Going to a US University as a Permanent Resident of Canada
- Thread starter S.M.G
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To maintain your PR status in Canada, you must live in Canada for 2 out of every 5 rolling years. As long as you do that, you'll be good.
From the time you become a permanent resident, you must physically live in Canada for two years out of every rolling five years to keep your PR status. This means that at any time, you must be able to look back at the previous five years and have spent at least two of those years in Canada.
So if your university degree in the US is 1-2 years, that will give you lots of time to live in Canada and meet the residency requirement. If your US degree is 4 years or more - then you have a problem.
Okay thanks. What if you travel back and forth while going to University in the US, as in travelling to Canada during holidays such as Easter, Christmas, summer, etc.? Or is it that you have to live in Canada for at least 2 years without leaving at any point in time.
It's a per day calculation. Every day you are in Canada (including travel days and day leaving or entering canada) count as your day in canada.
So it's 730 days in 5 rolling years.
