maniivannan, with due respect I must say your initial response to the guy was rude actually. The guy only wants a straight answer. If someone has it then go for it, or do not post any statement that discourage anyone looking for answers. Everyone knows that each one of us immigrants struggle here, so it's not the point. It's not obligatory for anyone to post any response if you do not want to. Please keep in mind.

Preet, Mani thanks for your posts...its not discouraging me to write further...infact I've few questions for Mani.

Mani, I read this post in David’s site and felt like posting a comment so the guy who wrote it can answer. I didn't know it was you. Our situation looks similar but differs in many ways:

1. You work in US and were a PR and currently waiting for your Citizenship...right? Do you daily commute to Detroit for work? Or live in Detroit? Even if you commute on weekends to Canada...your ties...will be stronger than ours. I'm confused now...are you working with a Canadian employer...I presume a US firm...that means you live in Canada and just travel for work? Your ties are here also stronger than ours. I was in the citizenship section of CD and I think I read a post where someone said that for the ctz test he filled a form because he's in-out of Canada often for work...is this you?

2. We live in South America (near Brazil) and can only travel once a year to Canada. Cdn dude is right our employer can help preserve our PR but for citizenship they need to see our presence. My question was only to know how strong our ties should be with Canada to be a citizen, whether presence is needed or not? We’ve asked the same question from our lawyer too…let’s see what she replies but I wanted to know from people with their personal experience that’s why post to CD.

Can you help shed some light on our case or anyone in CD with personal experience of self, friends..family etc.

Thanks………………..Jona

This had been repeated a zillion times.
To become a Canadian citizen you need to be physically present in Canada 3 years out of the 4 years prior to applying.
It does not matter whether you are working for a Canadian employer outside Canada. While that helps to maintain your PR it does nothing for citizenship.

This has been clarified hundreds of times. If you still have doubts, why don't you just apply for citizenship and see if you get lucky?

Yellowknife thanks...I'm laughing now (khoda pahad….). Let me share this with my husband. Honestly its punishing of government...we want to move to Canada but cannot cause the job needs him here...and if we stay here and relocate in 2009/2010 means it'll be another 3 yrs of PHYSICAL presence to get citizenship (2013/2014). So in another words what we can do by 3-4 yrs will take 7-8 yrs! I went to CIC site to check and they said the decision depends on a judge but it is very unlikely to be approved if the 1095 days rule is not fulfilled. Got my first taste of Canada without even stepping in there!

Thanks for your info though.

Jona

Yo febpreet, I am still blinking what the hell i wrote in my post to get that preaching from you??? All I know is that I was trying to help Jonna. I would suggest you that, instead writing a para to me, you could have write two lines to jonna to help to solve the problem!

jonav, can't your husband's company 'transfer' him to Canada? Unless it is a Canadian government entity that your husband is working for(and even then it would be up to a citizenship judge), it will be quite difficult to use the time for the purpose of citizenship unfortunately.

Yes, we also await the transfer but unfortunately the project started recently (Gold mining) and he needs to set up his department etc..If it'll happen it cannot happen earlier then 2009. The other option is he be on a rotation 28 work days 21 days off and family lives in Canada which I don't favor. I'm not autonomous enough to handle Canada alone with small kids. I spoke to my hubby and he says there's no harm in applying and let's see if a ctz judge takes care of a genuine case or brushes us off.

Jona