How to calculate the "immigration supervision" time of Canadian permanent residents

Calculating the starting and ending time of a five-year sentence is a hot topic for Canadian immigrants.

First of all, it doesn't start when immigrants report for duty;

Secondly, not since you got the maple leaf card.

According to the law, the five-year period can only be five years from the day you plan to enter Canada. As long as you can prove that you can meet the requirement of living for two years in these five years, there is no problem. For example, an investment immigrant applicant registered in 1997, and obtained a maple leaf card in 10 in 2003. If this person returns to Canada in July 2004, the Canadian immigration officer will ask him if he has lived in Canada for two years since July 2004, counting back five years. Instead of counting from the date when this person obtained the maple leaf card, that is, from June 5438 +2003 10, and from five years to July 2008, this person is required to live for two years during this period. Article 28 of Canada's New Immigration and Refugee Protection Act stipulates that permanent residents must live in Canada for two years in any five years.

There are only three ways to meet the two-year residence time stipulated by the Canadian Immigration Bureau according to the law:

1. The immigrant applicant actually lives in Canada;

2. Accompany a spouse with Canadian nationality to live overseas (at this time, the time spent living overseas is regarded as living in Canada, but it is not counted as accompanying a child with Canadian nationality overseas);

3. Working for a Canadian company or a Canadian government agency overseas (at this time, the time spent living abroad is also regarded as living in Canada).