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To make this explicit, you can just wait, you are not required to have a valid PR card, you are not in any way breaking any laws, and as long as you remain in Canada and refrain from initiating contact with IRCC - no issue. In other words, you are just a PR who does not currently have a PR...

Thank you so much! Gosh I wish I was better at finding answers like that. Seems relevant to the poster(s) above and potentially to your case (although I admit I now no longer recall who is who). I trust those who need this info will find it.

I disagree on several points: -At the time they send a PFL, they are ready and prepared to refuse the application on serious grounds - that's why it is called a procedural fairness letter, they are giving him a chance to respond. At this stage we are no longer in the 'years of PR processing...

Getting a lawyer is to get you PROFESSIONAL ADVICE. Reading stuff on the internet is not sufficient in this case. This was a very bad decision and you should have seen a lawyer and checked carefully BEFORE applying. (Might not have fixed it but would at least have helped you prepare/not made...

Over all I 'm not going to quibble with your timeline but would note: I don't think the step of withdrawing is necessary or will help. Couples who marry during their process can get it reviewed on basis of the changed circumstances (this is in the regs or operating manual), and officers must...

An honest question - I know / have seen the point that days after the 44(1) report 'are not counted' for purposes of the review/decision (i.e. when/if it is appealed). But I wonder (and by wondering saying I think it is possible) if, once a positive H&C decision is taken on/at the appeal, if...

I strongly doubt they look at marriage certificate to check your address. Don't worry about it, don't even explain it.

I believe the only thing at risk is your ability to sponsor your spouse. One point of clarity - your spouse arrived here in January 2024 and you applied to sponsor her common law? Surely you read the requirements then and realized that it requires 12 months of cohabitation? And if you didn't...

Ah, didn't know that. Mea culpa. Sorry, I don't know what the issue is.

There are two things in this example that make this ambiguous here as it would apply to your case: -it is not clear if France is the country of origin/passport or just a country where the person resided prior to immigrating; and, -yes, this person did not return to France in the intervening...

They should each fill out one form - separate 5406s for adults.

As below, follow basic instructions for lost documents. If you are well over the minimum physical presence requirement, you should be okay (it's not that often they ask for all passport pages and stamps). You could order your CBSA ATIP records for entries and exits, just for your own comfort...

It means that this is html code that is not designed or intended to be looked at by public and could have any meaning whatsoever - they do NOT intend for it to be used and hence do not say or imply anywhere that it has any meaning. If you want to believe something because somebody told you...

I will add to the discussion above - I repeat also see a lawyer - that it is possible that the best chance is to admit that the facts are such BUT you had no idea and could not even imagine that it would be considered common law if you had not been living together for several years before...

Province and CIty of destination on COPR basically don't matter either - EXCEPT that PRs coming to settle in Quebec need to have Quebec shown as province of destination. (Those settling in other provinces entering via Montreal port of entry - no problem, just tell them you are in transit to...

Soft landing in itself doesn't make you a tax resident. You should still check to avoid triggering anything unexpected by other means, but no, getting the status of a PR on its own does not. (And i'm avoiding the definitional issue)

Montreal as port of entry does not matter - just tell them you're travelling on separately to your actual destination. You're not the first to transit through Montreal, which after all the second largest international airport.

The visa and passport will be returned, of course, along with a printed COPR. You can fly to and enter at any port of entry, doesn't matter what's on the COPR. If you enter in Quebec (i.e. montreal) advise you are connecting on to other province. [To clarify, it does matter on COPR that it is...

Go ahead and suggest it. I think that goes to the Permanent Committee for Applicant Discombobulation, Obfuscation and Intentional Ambiguity. Note I edited a bit above, don't think anhthing important, except to say go through your application and check it carefully a couple more times before...

The 'if it applies' is answered by the box below, which reads (for a US citizen): "United States of America - Additional forms for residents There are no extra forms for this country." The 'extra forms' means, amongst others, the travel history form 5562. So go ahead and click submit...