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gilldevinders

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Feb 9, 2013
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I wanna know that from when to count 5 years from the day we got our pr visa on passport or from when we landed on the canadian airport
PLZ TELL
 
From the day you landed in Canada at the Canadian airport.
 
One Q
I landed in month of Feb 2009
My PR shows May 2013

So my years are till my PR card expires right ? i.e. May 2013
 
Rambo123 said:
One Q
I landed in month of Feb 2009
My PR shows May 2013

So my years are till my PR card expires right ? i.e. May 2013

No, your clock started ticking when you landed in the airport. PR cards can be lost, stolen, destroyed, renewed etc. They have no effect on if you meet the residency obligation or not. If you landed in Feb. 2009, your first 5 years as a PR is Feb 2009 until Feb 2014. In this period, you must have at least 730 days in Canada.

After you have been a PR for 5 years, it is any rolling 5 year period so the days you stayed in Canada right after your landing will move outside the 5 year window and will have to be replaced with new days stayed in Canada so you should always be able to look back at the past 5 years and say that you have 730 days or more in Canada.