How many years have to stay in Canada for getting citizenship?

[saima malik]

Hello guys I have applied sk pnp program I want how many after I get PR card and how many years after I get citizenship??plz guide me

 

[Politren]

Hi
Use the online calculator at the CIC website , it will show you when you will be eligible according with your situation.

 

[dpenabill]

Hello guys I have applied sk pnp program I want how many after I get PR card and how many years after I get citizenship??plz guide me

I fully agree that the best approach is to use the online physical presence calculator. It is easy to use, including totally hypothetical scenarios.

However, the absolute minimum (unless the law is changed) is four years plus however many days the PR spends outside Canada in the meantime. Note this is from the date the PR lands and becomes a PR. Date of PR card is not relevant.

 

[screech339]

I fully agree that the best approach is to use the online physical presence calculator. It is easy to use, including totally hypothetical scenarios.

However, the absolute minimum (unless the law is changed) is four years plus however many days the PR spends outside Canada in the meantime. Note this is from the date the PR lands and becomes a PR. Date of PR card is not relevant.

dpenabill:

Do you mean four years MINUS however days the PR spends outside Canada? I know it is probably a typo, but wanted to clarify it more to the OP.

Correction: Your post is correct. My apology. Add 1 day for every absence day outside Canada.

 

[nope]

No, it's four years PLUS however much time the OP spends out of Canada.

No time out of Canada = 4 years from today + 0

10 days out of Canada = 4 years from today + 10 days

150 days out of Canada = 4 years from today + 150 days

 

[screech339]

No, it's four years PLUS however much time the OP spends out of Canada.

No time out of Canada = 4 years from today + 0

10 days out of Canada = 4 years from today + 10 days

150 days out of Canada = 4 years from today + 150 days

Oh right. My apology. Yes, add 1 day for every absence day as PR. I corrected my post. Thank you for correcting me.

 

[Mermaid May]

So when is the earliest time to apply for citizenship? If someone landed on Feb 1 2016 and stayed in Canada without leaving during first 4 years? Will it be Feb 1 2020? or need to wait until Feb 1 2022, six years after landing?
Thanks!

 

[scylla]

So when is the earliest time to apply for citizenship? If someone landed on Feb 1 2016 and stayed in Canada without leaving during first 4 years? Will it be Feb 1 2020? or need to wait until Feb 1 2022, six years after landing?
Thanks!

2020

 

[screech339]

So when is the earliest time to apply for citizenship? If someone landed on Feb 1 2016 and stayed in Canada without leaving during first 4 years? Will it be Feb 1 2020? or need to wait until Feb 1 2022, six years after landing?
Thanks!

Feb 2, 2020, to be more accurate, assuming never left Canada since landing. You qualify the day after you reached 1460 days. In other words, on the 1461st day of being in Canada.

 

[dpenabill]

So when is the earliest time to apply for citizenship?

Four years . . . or six years? 2020 or 2022?

Yep, it is four years plus a day. Not six years. 2020 not 2022. Assuming the PR never leaves Canada. And acknowledging that it is better to wait a bit longer, so there is a margin over the minimum (the more travel, the more significant a margin is; and with no travel outside Canada, a margin would be relatively insignificant, the fulcrum being more about how well IRCC can verify there was no travel).

By the way, to be clear, Feb 2, 2020 is no more accurate than 2020, just more precise.

 

[Cappuccino]

Four years . . . or six years? 2020 or 2022?

Yep, it is four years plus a day. Not six years. 2020 not 2022. Assuming the PR never leaves Canada. And acknowledging that it is better to wait a bit longer, so there is a margin over the minimum (the more travel, the more significant a margin is; and with no travel outside Canada, a margin would be relatively insignificant, the fulcrum being more about how well IRCC can verify there was no travel).

By the way, to be clear, Feb 2, 2020 is no more accurate than 2020, just more precise.

It's easier to think of 1460 days required in a 6 year period, as a landed permanent resident, and then use the online physical presence calculator. Note that the first and last day of any trips outside of Canada do not count as days away. So for example if you left Canada on 15th February and returned on 22nd February then this would be 5 days, since you were physically in Canada on both 15th and 22nd so only 16th,17th,18th,19th and 20th count as days away.

Although trips 2 days or less do not count as days away for the total, they DO still have to be declared with the Citizenship application, including day trips.

Also note that you have to be in Canada for at least 6 months in each of the qualifying years.

 

[bublo ksa]

2020

Hello Guys,
I have a confusion about residency time period for applying citizenship. As CIC website shows that You must have been physically present in Canada as a permanent resident for at least 1,460 days during the six years immediately before the date of your application.It means I have to complete six years in Canada then I will be eligible for applying or as soon as I spend 1,460 days in a row would be fine? I came to Canada in March 2012 and have been staying here. Can I apply now or wait for six years?

 

[itsmyid]

Hello Guys,
I have a confusion about residency time period for applying citizenship. As CIC website shows that You must have been physically present in Canada as a permanent resident for at least 1,460 days during the six years immediately before the date of your application.It means I have to complete six years in Canada then I will be eligible for applying or as soon as I spend 1,460 days in a row would be fine? I came to Canada in March 2012 and have been staying here. Can I apply now or wait for six years?

1460 days in a row after you became a PR. Based on the status you showed, you landed in 2014? Then you have another 3 years to go

 

[bublo ksa]

1460 days in a row after you became a PR. Based on the status you showed, you landed in 2014? Then you have another 3 years to go

I landed in 2012 so when i can apply? in 2016 or in 2018?

 

[scylla]

I landed in 2012 so when i can apply? in 2016 or in 2018?

2016 (assuming you spend no time or extremely little time outside of Canada).