Permanent Residence

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Permanent Residence (PR) refers to your status in Canada.  As a PR of Canada, you still hold your citizenship with your home country.  As a PR, you are now allowed to do the following in Canada:

• apply for most social benefits Canadian citizens would receive, including health care coverage,
• live, work or study anywhere in Canada,
• apply for Canadian citizenship,
• protection under Canadian law and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms,
• pay taxes and adhere to all Canadian laws at the federal, provincial and municipal levels.

To apply for a PR card, you must have been physically in Canada for minimum of 730 days in the last 5 years.

Note: special circumstances exist for times outside of Canada, that would still count:

1. Accompanying a Canadian Citizen outside Canada
2. Employment outside Canada
3. Accompanying a PR outside of Canada
4. Humanitarian and Compassionate grounds

Please contact us for information on "special circumstances" and to see if you are eligible to apply for PR.