Moving out of Canada after applying for PR under CEC category

[gc2canada]

I am currently in Canada on a temporary work permit which expires in Dec 2012. Having gained 2+ years of work experience in the last two years, I was getting ready to apply for permanent residency under CEC category. However, my employer has assigned me on an assignment in another country and I will have to move out of Canada in the next month.

My questions are:
1. If I apply for permanent residency in Canada before leaving, will my application continue to be processed after I leave or will be stand abandoned?
2. Can I submit the PR application in the Canadian consulate of the country where I move to next (not my home country)?
3. Based on the current application processing time published on CIC website (sorry am unable to post links), do I read correctly that the processing time for PR application is same (11 months) whether applied in Canada or to a consulate in any other country?

Thanks for your guidance.

 

[vbomb]

You can leave the country after applying, just have someone check your mail in Canada and make sure you have documentation to get back into the country before you get your PR

 

[jes_ON]

I am currently in Canada on a temporary work permit which expires in Dec 2012. Having gained 2+ years of work experience in the last two years, I was getting ready to apply for permanent residency under CEC category. However, my employer has assigned me on an assignment in another country and I will have to move out of Canada in the next month.

My questions are:
1. If I apply for permanent residency in Canada before leaving, will my application continue to be processed after I leave

YES

2. Can I submit the PR application in the Canadian consulate of the country where I move to next (not my home country)?

If you have been lawfully admitted to that country for at least a year... (you can apply to the visa office that covers that country).

3. Based on the current application processing time published on CIC website (sorry am unable to post links), do I read correctly that the processing time for PR application is same (11 months) whether applied in Canada or to a consulate in any other country?

11 months is an historical average of processing times for applications completed in 2010. It is not a service standard.