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so what happens when someone has lived just over 2 years before their PR expires and applied for an extension like your parents did.. but did not get the extension approved yet? do they have to leave the country? I am asking because we are planning to move in a week or so; and in 2 years and...

Hello all, Here is my situation and we are trying to figure out what our options are: We have canadian PR that we got just around 3 years ago (landed on Oct 24th 2009); and we are currently in the US. So we have around 1month odd to make the move and i am looking for employment in canada but...

Actually i work in Redmond to be more precise but i suppose i can do that. Or most likely stay here for 4 days, work 1 day from home and hence stay for 3 days in canada. That seems more doable without a ton of travel (only problem would be paying rent in two places; but thats the cost of...

With 2 little kids and all we are trying to avoid living apart like that (ofcourse i suppose every one prefers to avoid such a situation) - but i could travel every week for a while and see how it works out. So steaky, if my wife is in canada and has her PR card status in tact, can she...

Hello all, Here is my situation; we (family of 4) got canadian PR cards about 2years ago. The way i understand the rules, we have to live in Canada for 2 years out of the first 5years to keep the status and eventually apply for citizenship. That leaves us about 8months more until we actually...

Reviving this thread; now we are getting close to the 3years rule (another 8months) and my US GC looks like its atleast 3-4years away. Any more stories of people who have made the jump; or thinking of would be great..

Thank you all for your thoughts and links provided. Nag, Some of the stories from your link are outright scary; so i will take my rose tinted glasses off on canada for a while. We've thought about some of those aspects (like fewer job opportunities etc) but thought we would do just fine. We...

Hello All, I am currently in the US on a h1b with a good employer. And have recently received a PR card for Canada. My understanding is i have to live there for 2 years out of the next 5years to maintain my PR status; i have been trying to look for jobs in canada but the options are very...