Doubts on PR status maintainance

[shazfa]

Dear all,

Could you anyone please clear my doubts that after doing a soft landing if the applicant goes back to his country and does not come back to Canada for 1 year, does this PR status revokes ? Because someone informed that one has to stay 180 days every year in Canada to maintain the PR status .

Could anyone please shed some light on it .

Thanks alot

 

[Rob_TO]

Dear all,

Could you anyone please clear my doubts that after doing a soft landing if the applicant goes back to his country and does not come back to Canada for 1 year, does this PR status revokes ? Because someone informed that one has to stay 180 days every year in Canada to maintain the PR status .

Could anyone please shed some light on it .

Thanks alot

There is no such thing as a 180 day rule, whoever told you that is clueless about PR obligations. The only rule is that you need to be in Canada for 2 of every 5 rolling years.

So that means you could leave Canada immediately after landing for 3 years less a day, then come back to Canada and stay for 2 years, and still be in compliance with the residency obligation.

 

[shazfa]

There is no such thing as a 180 day rule, whoever told you that is clueless about PR obligations. The only rule is that you need to be in Canada for 2 of every 5 rolling years.

So that means you could leave Canada immediately after landing for 3 years less a day, then come back to Canada and stay for 2 years, and still be in compliance with the residency obligation.

Thanks alot Rob for solving my query. Could you please advice if these 2 years must be continous in one go or it can be in different parts.

 

[Bs65]

Not continuous as long as you accumulate 730 days out of the 5 years but make sure you keep good records of any exits and returns back to Canada to show if you need to either when renewing your PR card or if you stay out for an extended period.

 

[shazfa]

Not continuous as long as you accumulate 730 days out of the 5 years but make sure you keep good records of any exits and returns back to Canada to show if you need to either when renewing your PR card or if you stay out for an extended period.

Thanks alot BS65 for your input.

 

[Buletruck]

And remember after the first 5 years, it becomes a rolling 5 years. So in year 6, year 1 comes off, year 7 year 2 comes off, etc... You have to maintain that minimum 2 years at any point in the last 5 years. That catches a lot of people.

 

[shazfa]

And remember after the first 5 years, it becomes a rolling 5 years. So in year 6, year 1 comes off, year 7 year 2 comes off, etc... You have to maintain that minimum 2 years at any point in the last 5 years. That catches a lot of people.

Good Point Buletruck and thanks for reminding it.