dindon said:
i need help here please , i become a permanent resident 3 month ago , october 07 , 2014 , but i lived in canada with work permit status since october 2007 , i did never leave the country , am i eligible for the citizenship ? because i heared u must have 1095 days within the last 4 years , witch with work permit its accounting half period, so since october 2007 till now i have a legal 2540 days witch is 1270 days 1/2 the period but its from 2007 till now. what do you guys think ?
See quoted below FAQ#3 answer for a similar question.
https://eservices.cic.gc.ca/rescalc/resCalcStartNew.do
What is the residence requirement?
To be eligible for Canadian citizenship, you must have lived in Canada for at least three years (1,095 days) out of the four years (1,460 days) preceding your application.
Please note that you cannot meet the residence requirements for citizenship without a minimum of two (2) years as a permanent resident.
When calculating your time in Canada:
only the four (4) years preceding the date of your application are taken into account;
each day you lived in Canada before you became a permanent resident counts as half a day;
each day you lived in Canada after you became a permanent resident counts as one day;
FAQ#3
https://eservices.cic.gc.ca/rescalc/redir.do;jsessionid=3ABAB9E52EF93640E5BCD03EC5E1675F?redir=faq#Q3
However, in some situations,
you may have to wait longer to apply than simply the number of missing days. Following are some examples:
You have resided in Canada for the whole four-year period immediately before your application, but for the initial part of the four-year period you were not a permanent resident.
As any time spent in Canada before you were a permanent resident is counted at half-value, dropping a half day at the start of your residence period and replacing it with a full day at the end brings you towards meeting the requirement more slowly than simply adding a full day at the end—for every day you gain you lose another half day.
For example, you entered Canada on 2001-07-01 and obtained permanent resident status on 2004-07-01. You indicated you would apply for citizenship on 2006-06-01. You have no absences from Canada and spent no time in jail, under a conditional sentence, on probation or on parole.
The calculator will state that you have 1,080 days of residence but that you will be eligible to apply only on 2006-07-01—30 days after the indicated application date—even though you are only missing 15 days.
Note: Because of this, it is not mathematically possible to meet the residence requirement until you have at least two (2) years of permanent residence, no matter how long you have spent in Canada before becoming a permanent resident.
