PR wife going out of country due to..

[jshahid]

If the husband is citizen and wife just have a PR. What will happen if he got a job out of canada?

does she have to stay back or can she travel with him and still get her citizenship??

 

[Swede]

If the husband is citizen and wife just have a PR. What will happen if he got a job out of canada?

does she have to stay back or can she travel with him and still get her citizenship??

Any time spent by a PR living abroad with a citizen counts as physical presence in Canada for purposes of PR status retention.

 

[Suin]

Any time spent by a PR living abroad with a citizen counts as physical presence in Canada for purposes of PR status retention.

With a husband who is a citizen. Also she can apply for citizenship living abroad through the Canadian consulate.

 

[jshahid]

Thank you for your replies

 

[PMM]

Hi

With a husband who is a citizen. Also she can apply for citizenship living abroad through the Canadian consulate.

No, Citizenship requires physical residence in Canada, except for Military or employment with Provincial/Federal Gov't.

 

[jshahid]

Hi


No, Citizenship requires physical residence in Canada, except for Military or employment with Provincial/Federal Gov't.

Now this is confusion... other 2 were saying one can apply without physically being in Canada as long as they are with the citizen husband ?????????????

 

[scylla]

Now this is confusion... other 2 were saying one can apply without physically being in Canada as long as they are with the citizen husband ?????????????

No - that's not what they said.

They said that the wife can keep her PR status if she is outside of Canada with her Canadian citizen husband. In other words, the days she spends outside of Canada with her Canadian citizenship husband count towards her PR residency obligation.

The same rules do not apply for citizenship. The days spent outside of Canada do not count towards the citizenship residency obligation. She will need to physically live in Canada for 3 out of 4 years to qualify to apply for citizenship.

 

[miltonian]

Fully agree with PMM and Syclla.

 

[Nordicgirl]

Fully agree with PMM and Syclla.

Me too.