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IGOR2014

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Jul 15, 2014
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hello I am in a difficult situation ... I have come to Canada .. on 13/7/2011 permanent residency expires in December 2016 ..
I lived here in Canada for a year and 4 months .. then traveled outside of Canada to 6 months .. then I went back to Canada and work 6 months and then traveled outside of Canada 6 months and then went back to Canada
Do I now completed more than 730 days during the 3 years .. and I am now in Canada completed 9 months

Question?
Am I in a bad situation?
Do we have to be consecutive days without traveling outside of Canada?

How do I keep permanent residency status and get citizenship?
Is permanent residency status is now in a problem ..... I did not I travel more than 2 years
I'm in the anxiety please help
 
IGOR2014 said:
hello I am in a difficult situation ... I have come to Canada .. on 13/7/2011 permanent residency expires in December 2016 ..
I lived here in Canada for a year and 4 months .. then traveled outside of Canada to 6 months .. then I went back to Canada and work 6 months and then traveled outside of Canada 6 months and then went back to Canada
Do I now completed more than 730 days during the 3 years .. and I am now in Canada completed 9 months

Question?
Am I in a bad situation?
Do we have to be consecutive days without traveling outside of Canada?

How do I keep permanent residency status and get citizenship?
Is permanent residency status is now in a problem ..... I did not I travel more than 2 years
I'm in the anxiety please help

No, there is no problem. It does not have to be an unbroken stay of 2 years. When you apply to renew your PR card, you will write a list of your absences. If they do not count 1095 days or more, then you are fine. The earliest you can apply to renew your PR card is next summer because you can apply no more than 6 months before it expires.

As for citizenship, you currently must have accumulated 1095 days (3 years) in the 4 year period before you apply. 3 in 4 years means that your absences from Canada in order to apply for citizenship can be no more than 1 year. If your absences of 2x6 months are actually combined a little less than 1 year and you have no other absences, you will be able to count all your time spent in Canada towards the 3 years which would mean that you would qualify to apply for citizenship next summer. However, next summer, new rules for citizenship are going to be put in effect meaning that you will need 4 in 6 years in Canada to apply so you will have to see if you qualify to apply before the new rules take effect. If you don't, you will have to wait at least another year.