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From: tmadej (jx0238@yahoo.com)
Subject: Re: Returning to Canada after 3 years without RRP!!!
Newsgroups: misc.immigration.canada
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Date: 2002-07-09 20:17:30 PST
I talked with CIC call center reps, and here is what they told me:
1. If you are a PR, and landed in, say, Feb of year 2000, stayed in
Canada for 1 week, left for a 3rd country and stayed there for 2+
years untill now.
2. If you go back to Canada between now and Feb of year 2003, you can
be admitted as valid PR.
3. If you want to keep your PR status, you will have to stay in Canada
most of the time in the next 2 years so that you can fulfill the 2/5
yr residency obligation.
4. Experts: have you tried to call the CIC call centers? You can get
the answer right away.
5. Old PRs in similar situation: when in doubt, call the CIC call
centers. Their phone numbers are published in CIC website.
6. To all: anyone still confused about the PR residency requirement of
the new law, call the CIC and get a straight answer and publish it
here to clarify things that should have been very straightforward.
)From: tmadej (jx0238@yahoo.com)
Subject: Re: Returning to Canada after 3 years without RRP!!!
Newsgroups: misc.immigration.canada
View this article only
Date: 2002-07-09 20:17:30 PST
I talked with CIC call center reps, and here is what they told me:
1. If you are a PR, and landed in, say, Feb of year 2000, stayed in
Canada for 1 week, left for a 3rd country and stayed there for 2+
years untill now.
2. If you go back to Canada between now and Feb of year 2003, you can
be admitted as valid PR.
3. If you want to keep your PR status, you will have to stay in Canada
most of the time in the next 2 years so that you can fulfill the 2/5
yr residency obligation.
4. Experts: have you tried to call the CIC call centers? You can get
the answer right away.
5. Old PRs in similar situation: when in doubt, call the CIC call
centers. Their phone numbers are published in CIC website.
6. To all: anyone still confused about the PR residency requirement of
the new law, call the CIC and get a straight answer and publish it
here to clarify things that should have been very straightforward.