Hello everyone. I hope you're all doing well. I am not sure if anyone else had a similar experience, so I hope you can help me or at least give me some advice.
For context. I became a Permanent resident in 2010 when I was 7 years old. I continued to live in Canada for 3 years until 2013. Due to family issues, we left Canada and lived abroad ever since. We renewed our pr card in 2015, however it expired in 2020.
I was able to obtain a PRTD via H&C and arrived in Canada at last in June 2022 and haven't travelled until today. While I was preparing for my Citizenship Application, I realized that if I were to answer the question of absence in the physical presence part of the application, I would have to write that I left Canada from 2013-month-day to 2022-June-06. While I understand that they only care about my presence in Canada for the last 5 years (and that I will meet the quota and more), I fear that the long absence I had will cause me issues such as making my application non-routine or worse. I understand that I should take what is said here with a grain of salt and consult an immigration lawyer, but I want to hear from you guys, so I can have a better understanding.
For context. I became a Permanent resident in 2010 when I was 7 years old. I continued to live in Canada for 3 years until 2013. Due to family issues, we left Canada and lived abroad ever since. We renewed our pr card in 2015, however it expired in 2020.
I was able to obtain a PRTD via H&C and arrived in Canada at last in June 2022 and haven't travelled until today. While I was preparing for my Citizenship Application, I realized that if I were to answer the question of absence in the physical presence part of the application, I would have to write that I left Canada from 2013-month-day to 2022-June-06. While I understand that they only care about my presence in Canada for the last 5 years (and that I will meet the quota and more), I fear that the long absence I had will cause me issues such as making my application non-routine or worse. I understand that I should take what is said here with a grain of salt and consult an immigration lawyer, but I want to hear from you guys, so I can have a better understanding.
