Vaild time lived in Canada before applying Canada citizenship?
i was told that when counting the vaild time lived in Canada, the time i lived in the States also counts, but timed by 0.5. i have been to CIC website but didn't find info about it. Can anyone help me to verify this info?
Great thanks.
Answer:
You may be credited with time spent in Canada before becoming a permanent resident, to a maximum of one year. This is calculated at a rate of one half-day for every day you were in Canada and only for the four-year period before your application will count. For example, if you were in Canada as a student for one year before you were granted permanent resident status, you will be credited with six months for the time you spent in Canada as a student.
The residence requirement for citizenship is calculated as follows.
Within the four years immediately before the day you sign your application, every day that you were not a permanent resident is counted as half a day, and every day that you were a permanent resident is calculated as one day. Note that you cannot meet the residence requirements for citizenship without a minimum of two years as a permanent resident.
Only the previous four years (immediately before the day you sign your application) are considered. Any time before this period is not counted toward your residency calculation. For example, if you mail your application on January 1, 2007, your residency calculation starts on January 1, 2003, even if you lived in Canada before 2003.
But, time in the U.S. is not time spent in Canada.
Not true. Now why would your citizenship requirement for Canada count your stay in a foreign country? Where is the logic? Your stay in Canada as a non-immigrant, like being a student counts to the number of days needed to become a citizen.
To become Canadian citizens, adults must have lived in Canada for at least three years (1,095 days) in the past four years before applying.**
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