Hello,
I became a permanent resident last year and just received a Canadian grant to research and complete a project over the course of one year. The grant would pay me a full-time subsistence salary.
I am planning to be traveling around the U.S. for the majority of my one-year research period, but am worried about whether or not the time will count towards the minimum of 730 days/5 years requirement.
I assume that the Canada Council for the Arts would be an "organization or enterprise created by the laws of Canada or a province", but I am not an "employee" or exactly "under contract" with them as defined on cic.gc.ca:
"you are an employee of, or under contract to, a Canadian business or the public service of Canada or of a province or territory and
as a term of your job or contract, you are assigned on a full-time basis to:
a position outside Canada
an affiliated enterprise outside Canada or
a client of the Canadian business or the public service outside Canada; and
you will continue working for the employer in Canada after the assignment"
Does anyone have experience with a similar situation? Is it possible to call an immigration officer to see if this qualifies as "employment outside of Canada" BEFORE the end of my first five year period, so I don't accidentally lose my PR?
Thanks for any experiences you might be able to share or recommendations you might have!
I became a permanent resident last year and just received a Canadian grant to research and complete a project over the course of one year. The grant would pay me a full-time subsistence salary.
I am planning to be traveling around the U.S. for the majority of my one-year research period, but am worried about whether or not the time will count towards the minimum of 730 days/5 years requirement.
I assume that the Canada Council for the Arts would be an "organization or enterprise created by the laws of Canada or a province", but I am not an "employee" or exactly "under contract" with them as defined on cic.gc.ca:
"you are an employee of, or under contract to, a Canadian business or the public service of Canada or of a province or territory and
as a term of your job or contract, you are assigned on a full-time basis to:
a position outside Canada
an affiliated enterprise outside Canada or
a client of the Canadian business or the public service outside Canada; and
you will continue working for the employer in Canada after the assignment"
Does anyone have experience with a similar situation? Is it possible to call an immigration officer to see if this qualifies as "employment outside of Canada" BEFORE the end of my first five year period, so I don't accidentally lose my PR?
Thanks for any experiences you might be able to share or recommendations you might have!
