There are few Physical Residency Obligations one must meet to become a permanent resident in Canada and to get a permanent resident card.

What are the requirements?

A) Calculation of time to be spent in Canada:

1. If you are a permanent resident in Canada for at least five years or more:

a) You must be physically present in Canada for a minimum period of 730 days during the last five years.

2. If you are a permanent resident in Canada but for less than five years:

a) You will need to show that the minimum requirement of physical presence for 730 days in Canada will be met by you. The counting for the number of days present will start from the date you became a permanent resident.

B) Calculation of Time spent outside Canada:

You may count all days you spent outside Canada and consider these as days to meet the residency obligation in the following cases:

You may also count days outside of Canada as days for which you satisfy the residency obligation in the following circumstances:

+OPTION 1. Accompanying a Canadian citizen outside Canada

You need to accompany a Canadian Citizen outside of Canada and count each day that you have accompanied that citizen. However, the person you accompany should be your spouse or common in law partner. If you are a child under 19 years, you need to accompany your parents.

+OPTION 2. Employment outside Canada

If you have employment outside Canada: If you are under contract to or an employee of Canadian Business or a public service or a territory. You should be assigned a full-time basis position outside Canada for meeting the criteria.

+OPTION 3. Accompanying a permanent resident outside Canada

You may accompany a permanent resident of Canada outside of Canada also for which the criteria are almost the same as accompanying a Canadian Citizen.

+OPTION 4. Humanitarian and compassionate grounds

Any compelling compassionate or humanitarian factor can be considered by CIC in case you fail to meet the residency obligation. This should be mentioned in Canada permanent resident application for getting such a facility.

The eligibility criteria for a person to become a permanent resident of Canada are as follows:

1 Prove your identity

2. Confirm that you have the permanent resident status

3. Meet all the residency obligations

Application for travel document should be made by those who are permanent resident outside Canada but do not have PR card to return to Canada. Following needs to be noted for making the application for Permanent Resident Travel Document:

1. Document Checklists: You need to produce valid identity proofs like the passport; citizenship validation documents, etc. You may visit Migration Concerns for referring to detailed procedures.

2. How long is the processing time? If your application is complete, the officer in charge may issue the PRTD within a short time. For detail please refer to the Migration Concerns.

3. How to know PR status in Canada? You can check the PR status by logging online and by giving the necessary inputs.

4. The validity of PR: Most PR in Canada is valid for a period for five years, but some are valid for one year also. You can find validity period printed on the card.