I am no expert.
What criteria is employed by IRCC to screen PR card applicants is not public information. It is even unclear why some are sent for SR while others, who IRCC clearly has concerns about their compliance with the PR RO, are promptly sent the request for information and documentation pursuant to a formal
Residency Determination.
Around 2012 or 2013 CIC briefly posted an Operational Bulletin which it soon took off line, which specifically listed the checklist of criteria used in doing counter-interviews for PRs required to pick up the PR card in person. I have a copy somewhere but probably on a hard drive in a box somewhere in my office area (which appears to be more like a poorly run landfill site than a work space). It was very similar to the triage criteria for issuing RQ to citizenship applicants, which was leaked in 2012 (the OB 407 version of the File Requirements Checklist).
I have posted a fair bit about
cutting-it-close, but there is no magic number of days, one way or the other. As I oft point out, both appearance and context matter. Which means what the other facts are and what the PR's history is matter. Just because two PRs both happen to have been present in Canada a mere 850 days (well less than half the time) during the five years that count does not mean they will both encounter the same processing. Many other factors can influence how it goes.
My sense is that any indication the PR is not fully settled and living in Canada permanently will at least increase the risk of additional scrutiny by a lot. What indicates not being fully settled and living permanently in Canada will, of course, vary considerably depending on a wide range of facts.
My sense is also that SR tends to be focused on applicants perceived to have been involved in some fraud (or otherwise scamming the system), living abroad, or likely to leave Canada to live abroad. Not that you will see many who have been dragged into SR admitting there is any possible reason for IRCC to have such a perception. But there almost always is.
In terms of more specific factors, while there are undoubtedly many others, some examples I can guess include:
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cutting-it-close (less time in Canada than outside Canada is probably
cutting-it-close, but obviously less than 800 days is cutting it a lot closer)
-- applying soon after returning to Canada after an absence longer than a routine holiday (longer than, say, a couple or three weeks, for most people anyway)
-- leaving Canada for an extended time after applying
-- job history in Canada not sufficient to support the PR without obvious other means of support (suggesting employment, income abroad)
-- long-term work or residential status abroad
But there are many things which can draw negative, skeptical attention. Even which PoE a PR uses, when traveling to and from Canada, in relationship to where the PR reports living and working, if incongruous for someone living and working where the PR claims, could trigger elevated scrutiny. IRCC can compare residential address with work address, or check for information in LinkedIn or other websites. And so on.
To be clear: the vast majority of legitimate PRs who have settled in Canada permanently will not encounter delays when they apply for a new PR card, be that six months or a week before the card expires, or six months or a week after the card expires.
quasar81 said:
Hello Experts,
Just curious if there are some automatic triggers for secondary review process?
1) Residency number of days:
There is 2 yrs(730 days) out of last 5 years residency requirement for PR status maintenance.
If the residence is little bit <800 days, lets say 790 days - is it some kind of an automatic trigger for "Secondary review"? or it is just a 'higher probability' of Secondary review.
Anybody can get Secondary review irrespective of number of days, but just curious if slightly >800days residence(let us say 805days) in Canada is less likely to trigger Secondary review than 790 days?
2) Sending application 1 weeks after PR card expired
Is an application after PR card expiry also a trigger for "Secondary review", even if it is 1 week after expiry, assuming residency obligations are met?
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