If you don't live in Canada, how can you maintain your permanent resident status?

Under what circumstances can new immigrants obtain a re-entry permit? The law stipulates that the Canadian company or the Canadian government appoints the parties to work abroad for a long time; Studying abroad or receiving vocational training; In order to accompany the spouse abroad, and the spouse is a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident who has obtained a re-entry permit; There are other reasons that the immigration officer thinks are reasonable.

As long as any of the above reasons exist, it is possible for the person concerned to obtain re-entry permit. The validity of the re-entry permit is generally 12 months. In some special cases, the validity period is two years. After the re-entry permit expires, you need to apply again to get a new re-entry permit.

Can I leave Canada while waiting for the re-entry permit?

When the applicant asked this question to Vancouver immigration officials. The answer of immigration officials is generally: "You can't leave the country." Such a reply has brought great trouble to the applicant. As a matter of fact, the reply of the immigration officials is illegal. Canada's immigration law and its related regulations do not mention anywhere that you can't leave the country after the waiting period after applying for re-entry permit. In Canada, if there is nothing prohibited by law, you can do it with confidence unless the law explicitly prohibits you from doing so. If the law does not say that you can't leave the country during the waiting period after applying for re-entry permit, that means you can leave the country. Many new immigrants from Asia have not adapted psychologically. Before they do something, they often ask, "Does the law allow me to do this?" The correct mentality should be: "Is it forbidden for me to do this by law?" The question is, if the applicant really leaves Canada during the waiting period and returns to Vancouver when he gets the re-entry permit, will it affect the approval of the re-entry permit? Will it still affect the applicant's immigration status? No, the approval of the re-entry permit depends on the reasons for the application. When approving the re-entry permit, no immigration officer will ask you if you have left the country while waiting. Whether the applicant will lose his immigration status depends not on whether you have been abroad during the waiting period, but on many other factors. Therefore, the above concerns of the applicant are totally unnecessary.

Use "return the card", which is also commonly known as "leave". Can I apply for a "re-entry permit" if I have not lived in Canada for three years in a row, that is, can I get Canadian citizenship after taking three years off?

In some cases, yes, in others, no. The issue of naturalization is stipulated in another federal law, the Citizenship Act, and has nothing to do with the "re-entry permit" clause in the immigration law. According to the Citizenship Law, permanent residents must live in Canada for three years within four years and meet other conditions, such as English proficiency, before they can be naturalized. There is no requirement for three years' residence in the Citizenship Law. However, there is no clear definition of the term "resident" in law. A judge ruled that as long as it can be proved that this person's life center is in Canada, this person's residence is in Canada, and his/her departure is only temporary. Once these temporary factors disappear, he/she will return to his/her home in Canada, so the person's residence is still in Canada. However, some judges have ruled that the law requires you to live for three out of four years, that is, you can't live for three years, not a day less.

There is a case of 1978. The applicant has been studying in the United States for a long time and has not lived in Canada for three years. The applicant's parents are not in Canada, and he is unmarried. Only some friends live in Canada. During the winter and summer vacations, the applicant returned to Canada to live for a period of time and visit friends. The judge finally concluded that the applicant had settled in Canada before leaving Canada. He is only an international student in the United States, so he is temporary. His address is actually in Canada. Therefore, the focus of his life is still in Canada. Although he often went abroad to the United States for three years, his application for naturalization was approved. Another situation is 1997. The applicant has been in Asia for a long time because of the need to export Canadian products, and both his spouse and children live in Canada and become citizens. He is an "astronaut" himself, running between Canada and Asia. His annual export volume reaches/kloc-more than $0.00 million, and he owns real estate, cars and bank accounts in Canada. The judge finally decided that his focus of life was still in Canada, so although he had not lived in Canada for a long time, he still qualified for citizenship and his application was approved.