+1(514) 937-9445 or Toll-free (Canada & US) +1 (888) 947-9445

boltz

Hero Member
Jul 30, 2009
561
21
Can you guide me to the instructions to calculate the days of absence for PR renewal?

Count the day of departure; day of arrival; or both?

I'd appreciate if you can point me to the CIC instructions - I couldn't find them on the instruction guide (weird actually ???)

Thank you.
 
You don't count either. Any time spent in Canada counts as a day in Canada. So you would only include days where you were absent from Canada for the entire full day.

As for proof, see:

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/manuals/op/op10-eng.pdf

Page 16, section 6.4


6.4 Day

Section 27(2) of the Interpretation Act governs the calculation of time limits in federal statutes. Where a statute refers to a number of days between two events (and precedes the number of days with the words “at least”), both the day of occurrence of the first event as well as the day of occurrence of the second event are to be counted in calculating the number of days. For the purpose of calculating the number of days to comply with the residency obligation in IRPA A28(2)(a), a day includes a full day or any part of a day that a permanent resident is physically present in Canada. Any part of a day spent in Canada, or otherwise in compliance with A28(2)(a), is to be counted as one full day for the purpose of calculating the 730 days in a five-year period.
 
keesio said:
You don't count either. Any time spent in Canada counts as a day in Canada. So you would only include days where you were absent from Canada for the entire full day.

As for proof, see:

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/manuals/op/op10-eng.pdf

Page 16, section 6.4


6.4 Day

Section 27(2) of the Interpretation Act governs the calculation of time limits in federal statutes. Where a statute refers to a number of days between two events (and precedes the number of days with the words “at least”), both the day of occurrence of the first event as well as the day of occurrence of the second event are to be counted in calculating the number of days. For the purpose of calculating the number of days to comply with the residency obligation in IRPA A28(2)(a), a day includes a full day or any part of a day that a permanent resident is physically present in Canada. Any part of a day spent in Canada, or otherwise in compliance with A28(2)(a), is to be counted as one full day for the purpose of calculating the 730 days in a five-year period.

Thank you keesio; +1 to you.