working in an embassy as locally engaged staff and residency obligation

[said mo]

HI

I have a PR card that expires in 2021, i live in Canada for 12 months then i returned to my country and worked and lived for 2 years.

Now i received an offer to work in the Canadian embassy under the locally engaged staff, my question is :
will the days i spend at this work count for my residency obligation for renewal of my PR card or the citizenship?

 

[canuck78]

HI

I have a PR card that expires in 2021, i live in Canada for 12 months then i returned to my country and worked and lived for 2 years.

Now i received an offer to work in the Canadian embassy under the locally engaged staff, my question is :
will the days i spend at this work count for my residency obligation for renewal of my PR card or the citizenship?

No.

 

[Bs65]

Residency obligation is all based on whether someone was working for a Canadian company or the government whilst in Canada and was then assigned to a position outside Canada. Does not apply if being locally employed outside Canada. Citizenship requires physical presence in Canada to count so no days outside count at all

 

[keesio]

No.

Isn't a Canadian embassy considered Canadian soil?

 

[canuck78]

Isn't a Canadian embassy considered Canadian soil?

He is being employed as local staff and is not being transferred to a job abroad. He wouldn’t be living at the embassy.

 

[k.h.p.]

Questions around calculating RO and working for Canadian organizations on the IRCC website include the following relatively easy to understand sentence:

This doesn’t include employment as a locally engaged person.

So no, you can't count working as a locally engaged person as RO time.