Client Fact Situation for Client Care Assignment - Bridget Grant

You will be playing the role of the client, Bridget Grant. Sheis a citizen ofthe United States, and she is also a Canadian permanent resident. She would like to apply for Canadian citizenship through the naturalization process.In the last four years Bridget has been in and out of Canada on business matters. Almost half of the trips and days away have been back to the United States and the remaining time has been trips to a variety of countries, mostly Asia and Europe, on business and vacation.

Bridget spent two years in Canada on a work permit as an Intra Company Transferee before becoming a permanent resident. Since theninthe last three years she has been in Canada for a total of30months(912 days). She continues to work with the same Canadian subsidiary of Global Protection Corp. of Seattle. The Canadian subsidiaryis inCalgary, Alberta.Set out in the chart below are the details of the trips outside of Canada in the past three years. She did not leave Canada during her two-year work permit period.

Year Dates Destination Reason for Absence Total Days

-3 July 1 to 15 California Vacation - Wine/bicycle tour 14

-3 Sept 5 to Oct 3 Seattle Business - Training on new products/Services 28

-3 Nov 25 to Dec 23 Seattle Business - Product Development Sessions 28

-2 April 1 to 14 Bali Vacation - Honeymoon 14

-2 July 8 to Aug 19 Shanghai Business - Foreign Acquisition Exploration 42

-1 Feb 17 to Mar 3 Austria Vacation - Skiing 14

-1 May 5 to 19 Mumbai Business - Providing Training 14

-1 August 3 to 31 France Business - Intra-corporate Transferee 28

-1 Nov 6 to 24 Seattle Family - Parents funeral/estate affairs 18

You can see that Bridget was in Canada for most of the required period until the last absence before the application. Bridget married a Canadian-born citizen who has extensive family in Alberta and B.C. Her job is in Calgary, but she is required to take trips back to the parent company office in the U.S. and around the work on the company's business. On the side Bridget has set up her own company marketing outdoor gear to people who enjoy outdoor winter and summer sports and leisure activities like hiking and skiing. Bridget pays taxes in Canada and belongs to community organizations such as civilian emergency preparedness and wilderness rescue services.