注:過去に永住権を取得したけれども長年カナダに住んでいなかった人でも、過去に審判員による審問において永住権の喪失が決定されていない限り、カナダの永住権を保持していると見なされます。この永住者が一時的にカナダに入国したい場合(訪問、就労、就学のため)は、カナダに渡航する前に在住資格を確定(determination of your residency status)してもらう必要があります。
Minimum residency obligations
You must meet the residency obligation to obtain a Permanent Resident Card.
If you have been a permanent resident for five (5) years or more
◦you must have been physically present in Canada for a minimum of 730 days within the past five (5) years.
If you have been a permanent resident for less than five (5) years
◦you must show that you will be able to meet the minimum of 730 days of physical presence in Canada within five (5) years of the date you became a permanent resident.