Residency Obligation – Asare Immigration Consulting Inc.

Residency Obligation

Canadian permanent residents who do not meet certain residency requirements risk losing their permanent resident status and being deemed inadmissible. In every five-year period, two years (730 days) of residency days must be accumulated.

Although PRs have the right to enter and remain in Canada, permanent residents applying to renew their PR card, PR Travel Document or arriving at a Canadian Port of Entry will be evaluated and officers will determine whether the applicant meet the residency requirement within the five-year period.

Human or International Rights Violations

Permanent residents and foreign nationals who have violated human or international rights outside of Canada are barred from entering the country.

Security Risk

A permanent resident or a foreign national seeking to enter Canada may be found inadmissible on security grounds if he or she is, among other things;

Exemptions

Depending on the nature and facts pertaining to inadmissibility, a person found inadmissible (for example) by reason of serious criminality may be exempted and permitted to enter or remain in Canada if he receives a record suspension (a pardon), granted a conditional discharge or if he is acquitted of the offence in question.

With respect to offences committed outside Canada, the person will be exempt if he has been deemed to be rehabilitated or has demonstrated to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship that he is rehabilitated.

Organized Crime

Both permanent residents and foreign nationals may be found inadmissible for being members of an organized crime group. Specifically, this section applies when a permanent resident or foreign national is a member of an organization that is believed on reasonable grounds to be or to have been engaged in activity that is part of a pattern of criminal activity OR applicant is engaged in activities such as people smuggling.