PR Card Renewal Online 2024

[girlriri]

Hello - a friend has mailed application in July 2024, returned August 2024
mailed back Dec 26 2024
Called IRCC today and was told they have the application but working on October applications. Wondering if he should apply online as it will be quicker. Travelling within 2 months and worried it may not come on time. Any suggestions or recommendations?

 

[Ponga]

Hello - a friend has mailed application in July 2024, returned August 2024
mailed back Dec 26 2024
Called IRCC today and was told they have the application but working on October applications. Wondering if he should apply online as it will be quicker. Travelling within 2 months and worried it may not come on time. Any suggestions or recommendations?

If he does not receive the new PR Card in time, he could return to Canada via a land PoE in a private vehicle (or on foot), assuming he can enter the U.S.

The valid PR Card is required by commercial carriers (U.S. passport holders are usually exempt), so all others need to enter Canada as mentioned above. His expired PR card will allow him to enter Canada.

 

[dpenabill]

Hello - a friend has mailed application in July 2024, returned August 2024
mailed back Dec 26 2024
Called IRCC today and was told they have the application but working on October applications. Wondering if he should apply online as it will be quicker. Travelling within 2 months and worried it may not come on time. Any suggestions or recommendations?

It appears that an online application will only be faster if it meets the criteria for automated processing. I do not know for sure, but I highly suspect that if the current application is in the IRCC system and still subject to further processing, that will preclude automated processing of any subsequent online application. Whether to try is a tough personal call. A lot may depend on the particular PR's situation, including how clear it is the PR meets the Residency Obligation and how clear it is the PR has settled PERMANENTLY in Canada, among other factors.

The obvious, but in many situations an unsatisfactory alternative, is to rely on obtaining a PR Travel Document to make the return trip to Canada. PRs with status to travel to the U.S. can fly to the U.S. city nearest to their destination in Canada and then use ground transportation to return to Canada at a land-border Port-of-Entry.