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If you arrived August '13 as a PR/landed immigrant, that means your 5-year RO period ended August 2018. From some cursory maths, based on the timeline you posted, you only spent 13-14 months total in Canada as a PR. which means you are about 10 months short of the 2-year RO. If this is all...

Only if you are sure you'll get a RQ and/or you might not have met the residency obligation. Otherwise, it looks suspicious and it could slow down your application. I'd wait until they ask for more, if they do at all.

I wish. No, I'm still on DM. Been DM in ECAS since 16 November. I called a few days ago and was just told that it's currently still in process, no info on if/when it will be approved, why it is taking so long, etc.. There appear to be about half a dozen people who applied around the same time as...

Congrats. Based on your post and others this week, it appears that a lot of late September/early October applicants are leaping ahead of those of us who applied in early/mid September. A handful of us on here who have been DM since mid November are still at DM with nothing else.

God, vishalv, I'm so sorry this has happened. Your situation illustrates some of the many flaws in this renewal process and at CIC in general. No government agency is ever going to be perfect and we can't expect perfection from other human beings, but what has happened to you is ridiculous. I...

I've been at DM since Nov 16th. No updates in ECAS since then.

Gotcha, no worries. There have been plenty of instances on this forum of users with timelines like yours, where DM comes a bit later on. For some, DM seems to show up immediately and for others it occurs later; there doesn't appear to be much of a pattern to this other than who is processing...

Unfortunately there is no uniform or predictable process. With that said, if your application has no problems or mistakes and is processed by the timeline, the "most" common scenario is to send the application, not hear anything for 2-3 months, and then get an email from CIC stating that your...

Congratulations!!! We have the same timeline. Hoping mine gets updated soon too.

Difficult to say or predict. Technically, you being a U.S. green card holder and spending the majority of your Canadian PR time there should have no effect on your PR renewal based on the rules as they are at present. It will almost definitely lead to additional processing and questioning. You...

IF you are a PR and it's just your card that is expired, and IF you have not formally had your PR status revoked by the government, then yes, you will be able to re-enter Canada via land border crossing with your expired PR card. You'll need to explain the situation and expect some questioning...

So, PR renewal is not always an objective thing. I think that goes for just about all immigration with every country. Injustices do happen, but take unverified stories on here with a grain of salt. I think your U.S. status matters more for citizenship than for PR renewal but anything can...

If by "problems" you mean, will she be denied entry, then no. As long as she has PR status that has not been revoked, she will be allowed to enter Canada even if she is flagged by CBSA for her RO. You are a permanent resident until that status is formally taken away and until that time, you have...

Call the Canadian embassy in your home/destination country and explain your situation. Ask them if it's possible for them to advise the airline that it's ok for you to fly back to Canada with only an expired PR card. Getting a Canadian embassy to do this is extremely rare but it has worked at...

Have you thought about entering via land crossing from the US on your return trip to Canada? It's a worst case scenario but it's better than not being allowed to board your plane back because of an expired PR card.

Agree with others, not surprised this was rejected on H&C grounds because this doesn't really meet that requirement. Until their PR status is formally revoked, they can cross from the US via land border with an expired PR card so unless/until their PR status is revoked, that is an option. They...

To be clear, you will be allowed to enter Canada either way. You are currently a legal permanent resident and CBSA will not turn you away or deny you entry. They will likely ask you if you've met your residency obligation and they may ask you additional questions. Given your history/details, you...

Really sorry this happened to you chiefone; this is kind of what I was suspecting (or that your application was lost). Safe travels and hope the reapplication goes more smoothly.

Agreed. CIC experienced problems with the PR card production line/process back in October and there appear to be some lingering effects. I don't know what fixes they implemented but their PR card production does not seem to be back up to normal speed. Combine that with rolling Canada Post...

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