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(a) when they become a Canadian citizen;
(b) on a final determination of a decision made outside of Canada that they have failed to comply with the residency obligation under section 28;

(a) a permanent resident complies with the residency obligation with respect to a five-year period if, on each of a total of at least 730 days in that five-year period, they are

• (i) physically present in Canada,
  
• (ii) outside Canada accompanying a Canadian citizen who is their spouse or common-law partner or, in the case of a child, their parent,
  
• (iii) outside Canada employed on a full-time basis by a Canadian business or in the federal public administration or the public service of a province,
  
• (iv) outside Canada accompanying a permanent resident who is their spouse or common-law partner or, in the case of a child, their parent and who is employed on a full-time basis by a Canadian business or in the federal public administration or the public service of a province, or
  
• (v) referred to in regulations providing for other means of compliance;
  

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For the purposes of subparagraphs 28(2)(a)(ii) and (iv) of the Act and this section, a permanent resident is accompanying outside Canada a Canadian citizen or another permanent resident — who is their spouse or common-law partner or, in the case of a child, their parent — on each day that the permanent resident is ordinarily residing with the Canadian citizen or the other permanent resident.

“On occasion, it may be appropriate for clients to provide the address of a third party (friend, relative, service provider or a paid representative) in Canada in order to facilitate processing and issuance of the PR card following their arrival in Canada, as new immigrants may not have a permanent address. However, where there are clear indications that the initial entry into Canada is only of short duration and the client provided a third party address for the purpose of forwarding the PR card outside of Canada, these cases should be flagged with an info-alert indicating that the client is outside Canada.”

To get married in Ontario, you do not have to be a Canadian citizen or live in Ontario. The first step to getting married in Ontario is to get a marriage license.

Find a family doctor or nurse practitioner
A family doctor or nurse practitioner is your primary health care provider – meaning they are the person you make an appointment with when you have a new, non-emergency health concern. You can learn more about their services below.
Visits to a doctor or nurse practitioner are publicly funded – meaning you don’t have to pay.
Here are two options to find a family doctor or nurse practitioner who is accepting new patients:

Register with our Health Care Connect service and have a nurse find a doctor or nurse practitioner for you.

Use The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario’s Find a Doctor search.

choose “Advanced Search” to find a doctor near you (by city/town or postal code)

click on “Additional Search Options” to narrow your search (to family doctors and/or language spoken)

contact the doctor to check if they are accepting new patients

There are some risks if you leave Canada on the same day of your CoPR landing and you should seriously consider changing your departing flight.

If you give Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) an address in Canada, but you leave before the card is mailed to you, you can ask your family or friends who live at that address to send you the PR card. You will need your PR Card in order to re-enter Canada, and it should be noted that having it mailed to you outside of Canada is a significant risk.

If you arrive and do not give IRCC a Canadian mailing address (or you do not receive your PR Card), and you depart Canada, you will need to apply for a Travel Document (Permanent Resident Abroad) before you try to re-enter Canada. This application must be submitted to a Canadian visa office abroad and may take approx. 6-8 months to process.

This Travel Document can only be used once. Further, the Travel Document is issued at the discretion of the Visa Officer and they will consider the reason for your departure from Canada, the country you went to, etc.

Upon your entry to Canada at Pearson International Airport, the border services officer may notify you that you have been randomly selected for an arrival test. You will have your PR interview before getting the arrival test.

If you are randomly selected for a mandatory arrival test, you must quarantine and wait for the results at your final destination inside of Canada. More detailed information can be found here.

We hope that this general information is helpful and we recommend that you seek legal help from a lawyer or a licensed consultant familiar with Canadian immigration to obtain assistance about your particular circumstances.

You can become a sponsor if you are:

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• able to prove that you are not receiving social assistance for reasons other than a disability, and;

You must also be able to show that you can provide basic needs for:

• yourself,
• your spouse or partner,
• your spouse or partner’s dependent child(ren) (if applicable)
• your dependent child(ren) (if you’re sponsoring only your dependent child).

Note: In most cases, there is no low-income-cut-off (LICO) for spouse, partner or dependent child sponsorships. However, if either a spouse or partner you’re sponsoring has as dependent child who has dependent children of their own, or a dependent child you are sponsoring has a dependent child of their own, you must meet a minimum LICO score, which is determined by the Canadian government each year.
If you must meet LICO requirements, you must include a Financial Evaluation (IMM 1283) form with your application (see your checklist for more details). If you live in Quebec, you don’t have to submit this form to IRCC. See subsection 1(3) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR) for more information.

Submitting Application for Evaluations

• If you still have questions about the WES evaluation application submission, submit your questions at www.wes.or/ca/contact https://www.wes.org/ca/contact-us/
  
• The fees are based on the two types of evaluations WES provides: basic Document-by-Document and detailed Course-by-Course. For the distinction between the two reports, visit WES website http://www.wes.org/ca/fees/evaltypes.asp https://www.wes.org/ca/evaluations-and-fees/other/
  
• ICAP service, which stores your verified academic transcripts, and send them to institutions at your request, costs an additional fee per application.
  
• Submission of incomplete or incorrect documentation is the main reason your evaluation report might be delayed; we urge you to review Required Documents for your country of education (http://www.wes.org/ca/required/index.asp) and submit all the required documents.

(a) a permanent resident complies with the residency obligation with respect to a five-year period if, on each of a total of at least 730 days in that five-year period, they are

• (i) physically present in Canada,
  
• (ii) outside Canada accompanying a Canadian citizen who is their spouse or common-law partner or, in the case of a child, their parent,
  
• (iii) outside Canada employed on a full-time basis by a Canadian business or in the federal public administration or the public service of a province,
  
• (iv) outside Canada accompanying a permanent resident who is their spouse or common-law partner or, in the case of a child, their parent and who is employed on a full-time basis by a Canadian business or in the federal public administration or the public service of a province, or
  
• (v) referred to in regulations providing for other means of compliance;

• your card has expired or will expire in less than 9 months
  
• your card is lost, stolen, or destroyed
  
• you didn’t receive your card within 180 days of immigrating to Canada
  
• you need to update your card to:
  
• legally change your name
  
• change your citizenship
  
• change your gender designation
  
• correct your date of birth

For the purposes of subsection 148(1) of the Act, the following documents that a person requires under the Act to enter Canada are prescribed:


(a) a travel document referred to in subsection 31(3) of the Act [PR Travel document];
(b) refugee travel papers issued by the Minister;
(c) a document referred to in subsection 50(1) or 52(1) [passport or refugee travel document];
(d) a temporary travel document referred to in section 151;
(e) a visa referred to in section 6 or subsection 7(1);
(f) a permanent resident card; and
(g) an electronic travel authorization referred to in section 7.01 or 7.1.