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RuthyB

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Dec 25, 2024
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Hello again. This may be obvious and I may already know the answer, but I really don't want to lie to Immigration, please understand where I coming from.

I am updating my PR card to reflect my new last name (to my husband's last name). I became a PR on December 15th, 2025, so I have not been a PR for anywhere near five years. On the last page I need to fill out, Time Outside of Canada, it asks me if I have lived outside of Canada in the past 5 years. It says nothing about since being a PR. Since April 10th, 2025, I lived in the United States. But since April 11th, 2025 and since I became a PR in December, I haven't even left the province where I live, let alone the country.

I want to believe they are asking since I became a PR, but don't wanna lie if they really mean in the past 5 years. Any help would be appreciated.