Here's a tip that might not apply to you but I've seen people get into trouble because they didn't know this:
The five year period which is looked at when you apply for Citizenship is a revolving period!
You need to make sure you take this fact into account when calculating the days you have lived in Canada.
Now what does that mean? Let's look at an example below, let's assume you have your PR for the whole duration below:
- Came to Canada on 1 Jan 2018 and stayed for one year (till 1 Jan 2019)
- Then you go back to your country for two years (till 1 Jan 2021)
- Come back to Canada and stay from 1 Jan 2021 to present.
What happens here is that any time you stay after 1 Jan 2023, it will not add to your days being in Canada in the last 5 years. Meaning that even if you stay from the first day of 2023 to the first of 2024, you 'days in Canada in the past 5 years' stays the same at just about 3 years. After 1 Jan 2024, you stay accumulating days.
The reason for this is just as you are adding one day after 1 Jan 2023, you are also losing a day from back in 2018 where you stayed in Canada (cause the 5 year period keeps moving ahead).
Now in this is just an example, but you could see if someone doesn't take this fact into account they might calculate their days wrong. As long as you continuously stayed in Canada since the day you are counting it for your citizenship this shouldn't be a problem for you.
I hope the explanation is clear but let me know if you have any questions.
