Your status as a permanent resident begins on the date you were granted permanent resident status. This date is on your Permanent Resident Card (formerly known as Alien Registration Card).

Your time as a Permanent Resident begins on the date you were granted permanent resident status. This date is on your Permanent Resident Card (formerly known as Alien Registration Card. See similar questions...

Admission as a Legal Permanent Resident to Guam, which is a U.S. territory, can maintain your LPR status. The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) including Saipan became a U.S. Commonwealth on November 3, 1986. The CNMI has, under an agreement with the United States, control over its own immigration and customs. Therefore, entry into Saipan will not maintain your LPR status. See similar questions...

Ans:- Canadian Current rules, discourages a Canadian permanent resident from remaining outside of Canada for more than six months in any twelve month period. Where prolonged absences are required, a Returing Resident Permit may be obtained from the Canadian authorities which would allow for continuous absences of up to two years while permanent resident status is preserved. See similar questions...

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Pursuant to the provisions of Canada's constitutional laws, the holder of a Canadian permanent resident visa and his/her accompanying dependants are permitted to permanently reside in Canada and earn a livelihood in any one of the ten provinces or three territories within Canada. In addition, individuals with Canadian permanent residence may attend primary and secondary education institutions in the various provincially administered public school systems, tuition exempt. See similar questions...

Canadian permanent residents holding citizenship from the following countries, are exempted from obtaining entry visas for temporary visits to the United States: Antigua, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda British subjects), Botswana, Brunei, Cyprus, Dominica, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Nauru, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. See similar questions...

You can you have the intent to be both a visitor and an immigrant concurrently. Canada Immigration accepts that you can have such dual intent, but you have to satisfy the immigration officer that you are a genuine visitor and that you will comply with all visitor requirements. Many people enter Canada while their immigration applications are under process or even while they have an intention to become an immigrant at some point in the future. See similar questions...

You must physically reside in Canada for two years (730 days) in any five-year period. The two years do not have to be consecutive. There are some exceptions to physical residency so please visit the department Web site at http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/newcomers/about-pr.asp for full details. If you have a Permanent Resident Card, you may proceed to Canada where an officer will make a determination as to whether you have lost permanent resident status. See similar questions...

You may voluntarily renounce your status as a permanent resident of Canada. It is important to understand that once you give up your permanent resident status you also give up the benefits and privileges of residence in Canada, such as the right to reside in Canada and access to Canada's health and education systems. If you want to reside permanently in Canada again, after renouncing permanent resident status, you will have to make a new application for permanent residence. See similar questions...

A work permit is a temporary resident visa and does not lead directly to a Canadian permanent resident visa. However, there is no bar to an application for permanent resident status while residing in Canada as a temporary resident with a work permit. application for permanent resident status is not, in itself, grounds for extension of a work permit, however. See similar questions...