回复: 听说夫妻有一个是公民,另一个的枫叶卡是永久保留的,是真的吗?
请问如果夫妻双方都是新移民, 在5年期限内,老公一直在国内. 老婆在第5年截止前住满3年拿到公民,并回国开始陪伴老公. 老公在这种情况下可以保留枫叶卡吗? 还是会因为5年期限没有住满2年而被取消枫叶卡? 谢谢!
依照移民法对枫叶卡在5年内满2年的规定如下:
(a) a permanent resident complies with the residency obligation with respect to a five-year period if, on each of a total of at least 730 days in that five-year period, they are
(i) physically present in Canada,
(ii) outside Canada accompanying a Canadian citizen who is their spouse or common-law partner or, in the case of a child, their parent,
(iii) outside Canada employed on a full-time basis by a Canadian business or in the federal public administration or the public service of a province,
(iv) outside Canada accompanying a permanent resident who is their spouse or common-law partner or, in the case of a child, their parent and who is employed on a full-time basis by a Canadian business or in the federal public administration or the public service of a province, or
(v) referred to in regulations providing for other means of compliance;
意思是以上5种情形都可以算做是5年内住满2年而进行换发新的枫叶卡,其中第2项就是你陪伴公民配偶在海外(加拿大以外的地区)的日子也能算在730天里面,既然还是要算730天,所以我认为你配偶如果在第5年末才拿到公民,然后回到中国和你一起生活,这样你已经来不及在这个5年内达到730天的要求了,既然这5年无法满足居住730天的条件,就没办法换新的发枫叶卡