Once you hold permanent residence, two things come up regularly: keeping the status current, and eventually applying for citizenship.
What is covered
- Grant of citizenship applications for adults and children
- Calculating physical presence accurately, including time credited before permanent residence
- Permanent resident card renewal and replacement
- Permanent resident travel documents where you are outside Canada without a valid card
- Residency obligation questions, including how much time you can be outside Canada
- Proof of citizenship applications
Where these applications go wrong
Almost always on presence calculations. Entry and exit records are now shared between Canada and the United States, and a calculation that relies on memory rather than records is likely to be contradicted. The first step is usually to obtain your travel history from the Canada Border Services Agency and work from that.
If your residency obligation is already in question, note that an appeal against a decision on residency obligation goes to the Immigration Appeal Division, which is an Immigration and Refugee Board matter and outside this licence class. You will be referred on.
Information only. The information on this page is general and is not advice about your situation. Immigration rules change often. No outcome can be promised, and nothing here creates a professional relationship. Advice about your own case is given in a consultation, under a written agreement.
Scope of licence. Amaninder Kaur holds a Class L2 licence and is authorised to provide immigration and citizenship advice and representation to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, the Canada Border Services Agency and provincial immigration programs. Matters before the Immigration and Refugee Board, including refugee claims, appeals, admissibility hearings and detention reviews, require a Class L3 RCIC-IRB licence or a lawyer, and are referred out.