Parent visit visa

[Sam44]

I have recently landed in Canada. I don't meet my residency obligations and therefore plan to stay for 2 years and then apply for PR renewal.

Question: As of now when I have not met my RO, can I apply for my parent visit visa. Can that risk my PR status?

 

[scylla]

I have recently landed in Canada. I don't meet my residency obligations and therefore plan to stay for 2 years and then apply for PR renewal.

Question: As of now when I have not met my RO, can I apply for my parent visit visa. Can that risk my PR status?

They apply themselves. You don't apply. There is no impact to your PR status.

 

[shar00]

@Sam44 when you landed in Canda without meeting the RO requirements, were you allowed in without any further questioning?

 

[Besram]

@Sam44 when you landed in Canda without meeting the RO obligations, were you allowed in without any further questioning?

Doesn't look like it - OP was sent to secondary inspection and asked about the residency obligation:

I got my PR card in 2020 and I left one month after I received my PR card. I am now back to canada and my PR is to expire in few months.
At the immigration counter, I was asked couple of questions and then was sent to the second immigration counter. The second immigration officer asked me the reason for visit which I said that my plan now is to settle in canada. She then asked whether I have met my residency obligations to which I responded no. She kept typing something and then told me that you have to apply for PR renewal however she said that it is less likely that I would get my card renewed.
I recently met a lawyer who told me that he can get my card renewed. He said he would not apply on humanitarian grounds rather apply as a routine renewal. Basically (as I understood) he would show as if I was living in canada for the last two years. Not sure how he would do that.

I don't think so this seems a reasonable track as it seems fishy but felt of posting on this forum and getting some advise

https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/pr-renewal-without-meeting-residency-obligations.857071/

 

[canuck78]

I have recently landed in Canada. I don't meet my residency obligations and therefore plan to stay for 2 years and then apply for PR renewal.

Question: As of now when I have not met my RO, can I apply for my parent visit visa. Can that risk my PR status?

There is no parent visit visa just a normal visitor visa or a supervisa which you don’t appear to qualify for. Their ability to secure a TRV will be dependent on their ties to their home country, their funds, the previous travel history, etc. Given your recent return to Canada would not suggest they attempt to apply for a TRV right away so there is no concern they are attempting to move with you to Canada.

 

[shar00]

@Besram could you or OP describe how the process of secondary questioning actually takes place? In the past, whenever I've visited canada on my PR, I only had to go to the kiosk and get a slip and didn't have to interact with any officers. I'm assuming that the kiosk slip will flag a person who has not meed the RO requirements?

 

[Besram]

@Besram could you or OP describe how the process of secondary questioning actually takes place? In the past, whenever I've visited canada on my PR, I only had to go to the kiosk and get a slip and didn't have to interact with any officers. I'm assuming that the kiosk slip will flag a person who has not meed the RO requirements?

Yep, that's likely the process at the airport if you still have a valid PR card. There's also a chance you might simply get asked when you hand in the kiosk ticket, even if you weren't flagged by the kiosk.

Different story if you don't have a valid PR card and are crossing the land border. No kiosk there, and you'll likely get asked directly at the booth if you meet your residency obligation (because the expired PR card obviously is a red flag).

When were you last in Canada?

 

[shar00]

I was in Canada this past April. My PR is valid till 2026, but I needed to have moved to Canada by Oct of this year to have met the 730 day RO requirement. I was originally planning on making a visit in early December this year, since I still have a valid PR card. But sounds like not meeting the RO requirements could potentially cause my PR to be revoked, or at least lead to secondary questioning

 

[scylla]

I was in Canada this past April. My PR is valid till 2026, but I needed to have moved to Canada by Oct of this year to have met the 730 day RO requirement. I was originally planning on making a visit in early December this year, since I still have a valid PR card. But sounds like not meeting the RO requirements could potentially cause my PR to be revoked, or at least lead to secondary questioning

It can cause CBSA to file a report against you that triggers the loss of your PR status.

Or nothing might happen and you might be able to enter Canada without issues.

However if you want to guarantee that you can keep PR, then you want to re-enter Canada before you are out of compliance with RO.