Maintain PR and natiaonlity

[A_ali]

Hello Leon,

I have checked your forum frequently but join today .

I just need your advise if you can help me out actually I become a permanent residence in 2010 I came to tornto and them return back then I re-enter in canda on the Feb 2012.

Problem is that I have a job in Middle east and a nature of my job is like 35 days work and 35 days off means I stay 35 days in canada and 35 days out side my family is still living in there they dont travel with me and my kid recently born in canada too all I wanted to know if I will keep travelling like this I cant finish my PR days will be short from 5 months at least but will my mrs get the nationality as she will obviosuly stay here for almost more than 3 years and can I apply for the PR card renewal please let me know.

Regards
Asif

 

[Pippin]

I wonder if you are confusing maintaining your PR status and being able to apply for Citizenship? I have posted the links below. It sounds as if you were not in Canada at all from 2010 - Feb 2012, so I am not sure how that will impact your residency requirement for the four year period. (Is that your concern?) From February on, spending half your time in Canada should maintain your PR obligations and when you wish to apply for Citizenship, you will have to make changes in your employment off shore.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/newcomers/about-pr.asp
Keeping your permanent resident status

Your permanent resident status allows you to live in Canada, but there is also a time limit on how long you can live outside the country. To keep your status as a permanent resident, you must live in Canada for at least two years within a five-year period.

For further information on residency obligations, please see Appendix A of Applying for a Permanent Resident Card.

Losing your permanent resident status

There are several ways you could lose your permanent resident status:
•A permanent resident who does not meet their residency obligations could lose permanent resident status.
•If convicted of a serious crime, a permanent resident may be deported from Canada.

When you become a Canadian citizen, you are no longer a permanent resident.

https://eservicesak.cic.gc.ca/rescalc/resCalcStartNew.do?&lang=en
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;
•time spent serving a sentence for an offence in Canada (e.g. prison, penitentiary, jail, reformatory, conditional sentence, probation and/or parole) cannot be counted toward residence - there are some exceptions to this rule;
•absences from Canada may have an impact on your residence. Only a citizenship judge can determine if you meet the residence requirements with fewer than 1,095 days of physical presence.

 

[A_ali]

Pippin,

Thanks for the reply I know this that I have to maintain like my PR card is expiring in Jul 2015 but my main question is if my wife is still living here in canada and she completed her 3 years will she get the citizenship ( I am the main applicant she came here as a spouse ) on the other hand we are expectinga baby soon by this month so obviously he will be by born canadian .

All I need to ask does this help if incase they cancel my PR but if my wife will get the citizen ship then what would be my status

 

[scylla]

Pippin,

Thanks for the reply I know this that I have to maintain like my PR card is expiring in Jul 2015 but my main question is if my wife is still living here in canada and she completed her 3 years will she get the citizenship ( I am the main applicant she came here as a spouse ) on the other hand we are expectinga baby soon by this month so obviously he will be by born canadian .

All I need to ask does this help if incase they cancel my PR but if my wife will get the citizen ship then what would be my status

If they cancel your PR but your wife has citizenship - they your status will simply be that of someone who doesn't have PR. The fact your wife has citizenship won't affect your status. If you want to become a PR again after they cancel it, your wife can sponsor you.