{"id":479,"date":"2026-09-21T23:21:39","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T23:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hostinghappisoft.xyz\/immigration\/carte-de-rp-et-citoyennete\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T23:21:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T23:21:39","slug":"carte-de-rp-et-citoyennete","status":"publish","type":"wv_service","link":"https:\/\/wviscanada.ca\/en\/immigration\/carte-de-rp-et-citoyennete\/","title":{"rendered":"PR card and citizenship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Permanent residents must hold a valid permanent resident card, or a permanent resident travel document, to return to Canada by plane, train, bus or boat. An expired card does not make you lose your status - it only prevents you from coming back.<\/p>\n<h2>Maintaining your status<\/h2>\n<p>You must have spent at least 730 days in Canada over the past five years. Some of the time spent abroad may count toward that total, depending on the situation: accompanying a spouse who is a citizen, full-time employment with a Canadian business. If in doubt, have your calculation checked before you file.<\/p>\n<h2>Becoming a citizen<\/h2>\n<p>Most applicants must be permanent residents, have lived in Canada for at least 1,095 days over the past five years, have filed their income tax returns, pass the citizenship test and prove their proficiency in French or English.<\/p>\n<p>There are also cases where a person is a citizen without knowing it, through descent, and others where a person wrongly believes they are one. A proof of citizenship settles the question.<\/p>\n<h2>How we help<\/h2>\n<p>We calculate your actual physical presence, we prepare the renewal or the travel document when you are stuck abroad, and we prepare the citizenship application as well as the test.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Les r\u00e9sidents permanents doivent d\u00e9tenir une carte de r\u00e9sident permanent valide, ou un titre de voyage pour r\u00e9sident permanent, pour rentrer au Canada \u00e0 bord d\u2019un avion, d\u2019un train, d\u2019un autobus ou d\u2019un bateau. Une carte expir\u00e9e ne vous fait pas perdre votre statut \u2014 elle vous emp\u00eache seulement de revenir. Maintenir son statut Il [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":470,"menu_order":11,"template":"","class_list":["post-479","wv_service","type-wv_service","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wviscanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wv_service\/479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wviscanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wv_service"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wviscanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wv_service"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wviscanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wviscanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}