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Hi Leon, Thank you for your response. I really appreciate it. :D However, I still want to clarify whether or not to include my expired PR card to my PR card renewal application. On this page http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/pr-card/apply-first-pr-card.asp , it says that 1. Get...

Hello Leon and other experts: I am now completing my PR card renewal application. I just have one question and hopefully you can help me out: Do I need to send my expired PR card together with my PR card renewal application OR do I hold on to it and surrender/destroy it upon receiving the new...

Hi Leon and others, I have now stayed in Canada for a total of 800 days in the last 5 years... Can I now apply for renewal of permanent resident card? I am currently in Canada. Will there be any issues? Also, if I stay for 1 more year, will I be eligible to apply for Canadian Citizenship...

Hello Cosmopolitan, If I may ask, how did you get your departure order? Was it upon your arrival into Canada at some port of entry or did you receive it because you applied to renew your PR card without meeting the residency obligation? Which port of entry did you enter if you got the...

Thank you very much Leon for helping explain things to us. My friend will definitely renew her PR card only after staying here in Canada for at least 2 years and apply for Canadian citizenship after staying for at least 3 years.

Siavash, When you were at the airport with the immigration officer, did the officer asked for your current mailing address in Canada? Did they say if they gonna send you something in the mail?

Anybody (Leon, Scylla, Alabaman, PMM, steaky) who knows the answer to my questions above? Please help as my friend is in the same situation.

Hi Scylla, But sometimes they (the immigration officers) do not ask for current mailing address. So, if that is the case, will they use the mailing address you gave them when you first landed in Canada? But what about if you moved and lived in a different address in Canada afterwards?

Also, to add another question -- Should the immigration officers provide the OP paper documents about the report right before the OP leaves the port-of-entry after the questioning? Or should the OP wait something to arrive in the mail?

Leon and Syclla, But how would the OP know if he/she is reported by the CIC for not meeting the residency obligation? Should they (i.e. immigration officers) provide the OP paper documents telling him/her that he/she is reported and therefore had to appeal for the PR status? What does it mean...

Leon and Alabaman, Is a RQ for PR card renewal the same as a RQ for citizenship application? Do the questions in a RQ only pertain to the last 5 years (for PR card renewal) or last 4 years (for citizenship application) (from the date of submission of a RQ) or do they pertain to your entire...

Hi Leon, Thank you very much for your help. :)

Hello Leon, Thank you very much for your responses. Can I ask you some more follow-up questions? My friend's questions are: My friend was a permanent resident of another country more than 10 years ago and then later on became a permanent resident of Canada and she is now in Canada and plans...

Thank you so much Leon, much is appreciated. The reason I asked those questions is that my friend (who is a PR) who is currently in Canada would not be able to fulfill her residency requirements in the first 5 years as a PR but has decided to live and work here in Canada for good. She is even...

Hello again, I have some additional questions, sorry: 1. How serious/bad is it if one receives a residency questionnaire? Can one get it during PR card renewal and citizenship application? 2. If one receives a residency questionnaire but have concrete proofs (such as bank statements...

Hi Leon and other experts, Please share your answers to my following questions: 1. Do you mean to say that at the port of entry, if the officer would like to report a person for not meeting residency requirement, he will give you the paper work right there and then? What does it mean if the...

Hi djlin, I have a question -- how did you find the scanning machine for entry (instead of going through immigration officer)? Are there signs to the scanning machines upon arrival into the immigration hall? So, a PR card and the declaration form are all that are needed to enter Canada at YVR?

Congrats djlin and welcome back to Canada! I didn't know that there is a machine option. Last time I went to YVR, all people went through the officers. Wow, that is nice if they have machines. So, are you staying in Canada for good? Do you think all airports in Canada have those machines?

metaopsis, thank you for sharing to us your story. so to make it clear, the immigration officer at the airport didn't report your wife -- that is, just before you left the airport, the immigration officer didn't mention to your wife anything about her being reported? if the immigration...

welcomehome, which border crossing was this? so when you attempt to enter canada with your expired PR card, did the border guards let you in eventually? what did they tell you?