Eligibility to file for DCF confusing, please help.

[maisflocon 0]

Hi,

My wife and I are permanent residents in Canada, and I am a US citizen. I have been reading about the eligibility to file for DCF (and Adam Walsh Act, etc.) and I am really confused.

Some said I have to have resided in Canada for six months to do DCF, others said as long as I have a visa that allows me to stay for more than six months, I can do it. Yet others said I have to be permanent residents for six months. We just landed as permanent residents last month, but a few months prior to that, we have lived here on work permit for more than a year (temporary residents). Does that make us eligible to do DCF or no?

[maisflocon 0]

Hi,

My wife and I are permanent residents in Canada, and I am a US citizen. I have been reading about the eligibility to file for DCF (and Adam Walsh Act, etc.) and I am really confused.

Some said I have to have resided in Canada for six months to do DCF, others said as long as I have a visa that allows me to stay for more than six months, I can do it. Yet others said I have to be permanent residents for six months. We just landed as permanent residents last month, but a few months prior to that, we have lived here on work permit for more than a year (temporary residents). Does that make us eligible to do DCF or no?

Also, another confusing thing is, do you have to reside for six months up to the point when you file for DCF, or can the resident be in the past?

[Penguin_ie 5,997]

You have to be a legal resident of the country for 6 continuous months at the time you are filing for DCF. Of course, a legal resident is still allowed to travel so as long as you officially life in Canada, you could spend time in the USA.