Hi all
I just wanted to share my bad PR card renewal experience with you after I have read this web board and asked questions a few times.
After I have lived 809 days straight without leaving the country even once since my last arrival back in July 2014 when I was given a warning due to residency obligation breach (4+yrs of absence), I submitted application to renew my PR card on Oct 3, 2016. Because eCAS shows only processing and shows no further updates, today I called CIC call centre to find out if/when my new card has been made/sent. But I heard something I didn’t expect i.e.my case went secondary review since Oct 28, 4 days after they started processing my case (Oct 24), and about 1 month after they received my application (Oct 5). My case is still with Sydney NS, as they told me. And they haven't asked for additional information from me and I haven't received any email from them since Oct 24 when they said they started processing my case. And along with my application to renew the card, I sent them all whole bunch documents below which I think make my case strong and will help them check my residency and process my card quickly. But things don’t go the way I planned.
1. coloured copy of passports in the past 5 yrs (no stamps as they scanned it so I requested immigration records)
2. Personal Immigration Entry/Exit record from CBSA (which I requested it myself), showing ONLY entry date and location though, which is consistent with my last entry date.. And No EXIT information!!!
3. Personal Immigration Entry/Exit record from my home country (translated and notorized)
4. T4 from my employer for tax year 2014 and 2015
5. Employment Letter showing that I work 37.5 hours per week on-site with client xxx at Ontario and that I have worked since Oct 2014-now
6. Approved timesheet showing no. of hours I worked each day and the work location of xxxx
7. Bank statement (Jul 2014-now) showing direct deposit from my employer
8. CRA notice of assessment for tax year 2014 and 2015
9. Boarding Pass and plane ticket receipt for flight on my last entry in July 2014
10. Hotel receipt (Vancouver) on 1st night I arrived
11. And all other stuffs e.g. rental agreement for the whole 2 yrs, driver’s license, car registration, car insurance, health insurance
I still cannot understand why I was sent to secondary review. I don’t know what I could’ve done differently if I had to do it again. I asked the person in call centre and she had no idea how much longer it’s going to take and why it went to secondary review, but suspected they might have questions on my residency. What is even odder is that my application for PR sponsorship for my child that I sent 2 weeks after PR card renewal was approved!!! And yes I sent the same set of document that I sent for PR card renewal plus additional document required for sponsorship. And I was approved as a sponsor on Nov 15, only 1 week after they started working on my application. In fact I was relieved when I knew that I was approved as a sponsor, thinking my PR card renewal would be ok. But the relieve is short-lived. And it looks like I have to cancel my plane ticket leaving Canada on Dec 8, which l have bought as soon as I saw the status 2 weeks ago on CIC website that “Processing time 45 days; Working on applications received on Sep 19, 2016”. I should’ve called CIC before that as they have more info than the eCAS. So my questions now are
-What should I expect from now? Will they ask for more documents? But I don’t have anything else to send.
-Now my file is still at NS, where is the secondary review going to be done?
-Can I request for urgent processing? Believe I can, but not sure it will be accepted..
And here are the questions for CIC going through my mind:
-Does my case going to secondary review have anything to do with previous breach? The officer I got at the airport said I am not gonna make it. Oh well I thought he was joking. Eventhough he DID NOT report me at that point I believe he made a note on the file.
-Did I send application too soon (809 days are too little)?
-How come my PR sponsorship for my child got approved in 1 week? I believe criteria for PR sponsor is a bit stricter, with additional income requirement.
After having waited patiently for 2 years and 4 months without travelling and seeing my family I am so frustrated now because I don’t know when I can travel back home and see my family again. (But I can fly them here though as they just got visitors visa) My plan for my kid’s education in Canada and my career are uncertain now.
I just wanted to share my bad PR card renewal experience with you after I have read this web board and asked questions a few times.
After I have lived 809 days straight without leaving the country even once since my last arrival back in July 2014 when I was given a warning due to residency obligation breach (4+yrs of absence), I submitted application to renew my PR card on Oct 3, 2016. Because eCAS shows only processing and shows no further updates, today I called CIC call centre to find out if/when my new card has been made/sent. But I heard something I didn’t expect i.e.my case went secondary review since Oct 28, 4 days after they started processing my case (Oct 24), and about 1 month after they received my application (Oct 5). My case is still with Sydney NS, as they told me. And they haven't asked for additional information from me and I haven't received any email from them since Oct 24 when they said they started processing my case. And along with my application to renew the card, I sent them all whole bunch documents below which I think make my case strong and will help them check my residency and process my card quickly. But things don’t go the way I planned.
1. coloured copy of passports in the past 5 yrs (no stamps as they scanned it so I requested immigration records)
2. Personal Immigration Entry/Exit record from CBSA (which I requested it myself), showing ONLY entry date and location though, which is consistent with my last entry date.. And No EXIT information!!!
3. Personal Immigration Entry/Exit record from my home country (translated and notorized)
4. T4 from my employer for tax year 2014 and 2015
5. Employment Letter showing that I work 37.5 hours per week on-site with client xxx at Ontario and that I have worked since Oct 2014-now
6. Approved timesheet showing no. of hours I worked each day and the work location of xxxx
7. Bank statement (Jul 2014-now) showing direct deposit from my employer
8. CRA notice of assessment for tax year 2014 and 2015
9. Boarding Pass and plane ticket receipt for flight on my last entry in July 2014
10. Hotel receipt (Vancouver) on 1st night I arrived
11. And all other stuffs e.g. rental agreement for the whole 2 yrs, driver’s license, car registration, car insurance, health insurance
I still cannot understand why I was sent to secondary review. I don’t know what I could’ve done differently if I had to do it again. I asked the person in call centre and she had no idea how much longer it’s going to take and why it went to secondary review, but suspected they might have questions on my residency. What is even odder is that my application for PR sponsorship for my child that I sent 2 weeks after PR card renewal was approved!!! And yes I sent the same set of document that I sent for PR card renewal plus additional document required for sponsorship. And I was approved as a sponsor on Nov 15, only 1 week after they started working on my application. In fact I was relieved when I knew that I was approved as a sponsor, thinking my PR card renewal would be ok. But the relieve is short-lived. And it looks like I have to cancel my plane ticket leaving Canada on Dec 8, which l have bought as soon as I saw the status 2 weeks ago on CIC website that “Processing time 45 days; Working on applications received on Sep 19, 2016”. I should’ve called CIC before that as they have more info than the eCAS. So my questions now are
-What should I expect from now? Will they ask for more documents? But I don’t have anything else to send.
-Now my file is still at NS, where is the secondary review going to be done?
-Can I request for urgent processing? Believe I can, but not sure it will be accepted..
And here are the questions for CIC going through my mind:
-Does my case going to secondary review have anything to do with previous breach? The officer I got at the airport said I am not gonna make it. Oh well I thought he was joking. Eventhough he DID NOT report me at that point I believe he made a note on the file.
-Did I send application too soon (809 days are too little)?
-How come my PR sponsorship for my child got approved in 1 week? I believe criteria for PR sponsor is a bit stricter, with additional income requirement.
After having waited patiently for 2 years and 4 months without travelling and seeing my family I am so frustrated now because I don’t know when I can travel back home and see my family again. (But I can fly them here though as they just got visitors visa) My plan for my kid’s education in Canada and my career are uncertain now.
