Posted on: 03-08-13 19:12:29
Hi,
I landed as a PR in 2011. Lived here for 9 months and then went to my home country for 6 months stay. After that I came back to Canada. Now it's been a year since I came here again. Now I have a few questions:
1)My 6 months stay outside of Canada, may it be a problem?
2)I was living outside of Canada for those 6 months with my Canadian citizen husband and canadian citizen kids, is it in my favour in counting the absence from Canada as a presence as I was with Canadians ?
3)stay outside of Canada will be simply deducted as the no. Of days of those 6 months or with some penalty or more than I stayed outside of Canada.
4)What kind of residence proofs I need to prepare to proof my stay in Canada.
Thanks in Advance
Need some expert opinion
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Originally posted by Amias
Hi,
I landed as a PR in 2011. Lived here for 9 months and then went to my home country for 6 months stay. After that I came back to Canada. Now it's been a year since I came here again. Now I have a few questions:
1)My 6 months stay outside of Canada, may it be a problem?
2)I was living outside of Canada for those 6 months with my Canadian citizen husband and canadian citizen kids, is it in my favour in counting the absence from Canada as a presence as I was with Canadians ?
3)stay outside of Canada will be simply deducted as the no. Of days of those 6 months or with some penalty or more than I stayed outside of Canada.
4)What kind of residence proofs I need to prepare to proof my stay in Canada.
Thanks in Advance
Need some expert opinion
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1) No. It is not a problem. Your Husband is a Canadian Citizen and that helps.
2) When you are applying for your Canadian Citizenship, include a photocopy of their Passports and add a covering letter stating that. They will understand that.
3) No deductions in your case. Discuss this with your husband. Did he work outside of Canada or was it a holiday trip?
4) You have a place of residence, A Lease that goes with it, or a rent payment receipt, utility bills, Internet service charges for that place you are living, a phone bill, a bank statement with address noted on it etc., and there are number of other proofs, that could be a Valid Driver's License, a vehicle registration too will give you with an address proof. A photo copy of a Bus Pass, if you are not using a vehicle. School admission and registration for your children and if you are employed, then a pay stub or a letter from your employer will do. Your husband can help you with this, if he is the one who works in the family. Any letters addressed to you from inside or outside of Canada that arrived here at that address is also proof of residence at that location. They only need the photo copy of that front cover with stamp affixed and address therein.
Generally when you fly in and out of a country you have plane tickets and stub for your boarding pass with a seat number etc., when you landed here for the first time will give them a date of entry. You are O.K. after that piece of evidence as proof.
FH.
