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| Subject: Prohibtions under Citizenship act |
Hello!
I completed 4 years as a permanent resident in Canada last week. I need advice wheather or not I can apply for citizenship. I was in prison for one day in September 2006 for domestic assault case and currently under one year probation (conditional discharge) since August 2007. Thank you.
[04-04-2008,18:07]
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N Pandya |
(in reply to: Prohibtions under Citizenship act)
When calculating your time in Canada only the four(4) years preceding the date of your application are taken into account;
each day you lived in Canada before you became a permanent resident counts as half a day;
each day you lived in Canada after you became a permanent resident counts as one day;
time spent serving a sentence for an offence in Canada (e.g. prison, penitentiary, jail, reformatory, conditional sentence, probation and/or parole) cannot be counted toward residence - there are some exceptions to this rule;
absences from Canada may have an impact on your residence. Only a citizenship judge can determine if you meet the residence requirements with fewer than 1,095 days of physical presence.
You can use the residence calculator:
http://services3.cic.gc.ca/rescalc/resCalcStartNew.do?&lang=en
Good luck
[04-04-2008,21:07]
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