PR Renewal
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Travel to Canada - Cdn. Citizenship question
Hi
I had a couple of questions:
a) My wife received a letter for the written test from Canada Immigration and Citizenship in Dec 05, as she had met all conditions for becoming a Canadian Citizen.
b) We have taken time and informed them that we need a longer notice in terms of days as we are living in a different country (rescheduling of written test date). They had given us a couple of days notice.
c) Her I-94 (US visa valid till 08/2008) is issued under Indian Passport, and therefore, could she have issues if she travels to Canada now (I-485 not yet applied for due to retrogession. I have applied for I-140 under EB-1)
d) If she does not appear for the next written test and let us say does not travel to Canada in the near future (say 3 years) would she lose her right to become a Canadian Citizen ? In other words, can she go to Canada at any point on time and request for Canadian Citizenship, after having lived in the USA for say 3 years, continuously, without visiting Canada at all during those 3 years ?
Please advise
Regards
Hi
I had a couple of questions:
a) My wife received a letter for the written test from Canada Immigration and Citizenship in Dec 05, as she had met all conditions for becoming a Canadian Citizen.
b) We have taken time and informed them that we need a longer notice in terms of days as we are living in a different country (rescheduling of written test date). They had given us a couple of days notice.
c) Her I-94 (US visa valid till 08/2008) is issued under Indian Passport, and therefore, could she have issues if she travels to Canada now (I-485 not yet applied for due to retrogession. I have applied for I-140 under EB-1)
d) If she does not appear for the next written test and let us say does not travel to Canada in the near future (say 3 years) would she lose her right to become a Canadian Citizen ? In other words, can she go to Canada at any point on time and request for Canadian Citizenship, after having lived in the USA for say 3 years, continuously, without visiting Canada at all during those 3 years ?
Please advise
Regards
srinivkk said:Friends,
If we land by car and come back to US there will not be any stamping on the passport. How will they know about the actual days stayed in Canada when applying for renewal of the PR Card?
Thanks
Who told you your passport will not be stamped? The Canadians will stamp your passport (both immigration and customs) with the date you landed. In addition to this, your COPR form will be signed, stamped, and processed for entry. And if you are not a USA GC holder, then your passports will also be stamped on your entry back into the USA.
As far as Canada is concerned, they don't need to see any stamps in the passports when renewing your PR card. The form is VERY detailed and asks that you prove your physical presence in Canada for at least 2 years in the preceeding 5 years. This means you will have to show that you have had an address in Canada, and some ties (like a job, school, activity on your SIN #, filing of taxes, bank accounts, etc). And you do all of this by submitting copies of documents with the application.
If you think you can fool them and stay out for 5 years and just reapply for your PR card renewal - think again.