Appendix A: Residency obligation
Minimum residency obligations
You
must meet the residency obligation to obtain a Permanent Resident Card.
If you have been a permanent resident for Five (5) years or more
- you must have been physically present in Canada for a minimum of 730 days within the past five (5) years.
If you have been a permanent resident for less than five (5) years
- you must show that you will be able to meet the minimum of 730 days physical presence in Canada at the five (5)-year mark.
Time spent outside of Canada
You may also count the days spent outside of Canada in the following circumstances as days for which you satisfy the residency obligation:
OPTION 1. Accompanying a Canadian citizen outside Canada
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OPTION 2. Employment outside Canada
You may count each day you worked outside Canada provided that your employment meets the following criteria:
- you are an employee of, or under contract to, a Canadian business or the public service of Canada or of a province and
- you are assigned on a full-time basis to:
- a position outside Canada
- an affiliated enterprise outside Canada or
- a client of the Canadian business or the public service outside Canada
For the purposes of this application, a Canadian business is defined as:
- a corporation that is incorporated under the laws of Canada or of a province and that has an ongoing operation in Canada
- an enterprise that has:
- an ongoing operation in Canada
- is capable of generating revenue
- is carried out in anticipation of profit
- in which a majority of voting or ownership interests is held by Canadian citizens, permanent residents, or Canadian businesses as defined above or
- an organization or enterprise created by the laws of Canada or a province
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