do I need to work with a Canadian employer to eligible for citizenship?

[sunshinewarrior]

Hi,

I am a software engineer by profession. I have Canadian permanent residency in Canada and H1-B visa in US. I wanted to work and reside for a couple of years in Canada thereby gaining Canadian citizenship. For some goddam reason, I am not able to find a job in GTA (Greater Toronto Area) {maybe because I am still in SFO, so companies are not ready for remote interviews or not having enough experience or some other stuff}. By all fairness I am only applying to well funded startups in GTA so I am kind of restricting my choices too.

I was wondering if I make my current employer/new employer in US to allow me to work remotely from GTA, would that period be counted in Canadian citizenship requirement?

 

[scylla]

Hi,

I am a software engineer by profession. I have Canadian permanent residency in Canada and H1-B visa in US. I wanted to work and reside for a couple of years in Canada thereby gaining Canadian citizenship. For some goddam reason, I am not able to find a job in GTA (Greater Toronto Area) {maybe because I am still in SFO, so companies are not ready for remote interviews or not having enough experience or some other stuff}. By all fairness I am only applying to well funded startups in GTA so I am kind of restricting my choices too.

I was wondering if I make my current employer/new employer in US to allow me to work remotely from GTA, would that period be counted in Canadian citizenship requirement?

Short answer is yes.

Canadian citizneship requires physical residency - that's it. You can certainly work remotely.