Residence Calculator
The residence calculator is used to find out whether the adult (age 18 or more) permanent residents are eligible to get Citizenship in Canada. If you have permanent residence in Canada and you’ve lived long enough you can use this calculator, which will find out your eligibility. If not, it can also tell you when you will be eligible to apply for Canadian citizenship.
What are the requirements?
Before you apply for Canadian Citizenship, make sure you have completed at least 3 years (1,095 days) in Canada out of the 5 years (1,825 days). Please not that, without living in Canada for a minimum of 2 years as a permanent resident, you will not meet the residence requirements for citizenship.
Remember the following things while calculating your time in Canada:
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• Before you became a permanent resident, each day you lived in Canada will be counted as half a day (for a maximum of 365 days).
• After you became a permanent resident, each day you lived in Canada will be counted as one day.
• If you ever served a sentence for an offence in Canada (for instance, prison, reformatory, probation, parole, penitentiary etc.), your time spent for that sentence will not be counted towards residence (there are some exceptions though).
• If you have less than 1,095 days of physical presence in Canada, it may affect your residence. However, whether you meet the requirements can only be determined by a citizenship judge.
The residence calculator does three different calculations so that you can decide when to apply:
• Basic residence,
• Basic residence considering the time spent serving a sentence, and
• Physical presence.
How to use the Residence
The residence calculator is used to find out whether the adult (age 18 or more) permanent residents are eligible to get Citizenship in Canada. If you have permanent residence in Canada and you’ve lived long enough you can use this calculator, which will find out your eligibility. If not, it can also tell you when you will be eligible to apply for Canadian citizenship.
What are the requirements?
Before you apply for Canadian Citizenship, make sure you have completed at least 3 years (1,095 days) in Canada out of the 5 years (1,825 days). Please not that, without living in Canada for a minimum of 2 years as a permanent resident, you will not meet the residence requirements for citizenship.
Remember the following things while calculating your time in Canada:
• …show more content…
• Before you became a permanent resident, each day you lived in Canada will be counted as half a day (for a maximum of 365 days).
• After you became a permanent resident, each day you lived in Canada will be counted as one day.
• If you ever served a sentence for an offence in Canada (for instance, prison, reformatory, probation, parole, penitentiary etc.), your time spent for that sentence will not be counted towards residence (there are some exceptions though).
• If you have less than 1,095 days of physical presence in Canada, it may affect your residence. However, whether you meet the requirements can only be determined by a citizenship judge.
The residence calculator does three different calculations so that you can decide when to apply:
• Basic residence,
• Basic residence considering the time spent serving a sentence, and
• Physical presence.
How to use the Residence