A Case of PR Canada

[colewiz]

My inquiry is related to Canadian Permanent Residence

Message: I am writing to you on behalf of a friend, whose wife visited Canada in 2008 on immigrant visa, but cam back to Pakistan within 3 months. She has been living in Pakistan since, but she got married in the meanwhile and now she would like to go back. Her father, who is a permanent resident of Canada (so are her siblings and mother and they visited Canada together the first time), but her father is not telling her anything about her PR card or anything at all. Seems like he is hiding information, or does not want her to get her PR card because he is upset with her for marrying a man of her choice, not his. That is obviously wrong. I would like to know how much would this sort of case cost, and how long it would take. I would like you to pursue the case for us. Thank you.

 

[scylla]

To keep your PR status you must live in Canada for 2 out of every 5 years. If your friend first came to Canada as a PR in 2008, then left and has never returned - then she doesn't meet the PR residency requirement of 2 out of every 5 years.

She has very limited options for trying to keep her PR status. If she can get a US visa and if she still has her confirmation of permanent residency, then she can try entering Canada via a US/Canada land border in a private vehicle (i.e. friends car). If she is able to enter Canada without being reported by border officials for failing to meet the residency requirement, then she will have to live in Canada for 2 year straight before she will meet the residency requirement and renew her PR card. Note that she will not be able to sponsor her husband for PR during this 2 year period.

If she cannot get a US visa and/or no longer has her confirmation of permanent residency, then her PR status is really gone and she will have to reappy for PR from scratch (e.g. as a skilled worker) if she wants to become a permanent resident of Canada again.

 

[lellen]

I would like to know how much would this sort of case cost, and how long it would take. I would like you to pursue the case for us. Thank you.

Hi!

This is a public forum, so people here are going to help you as much as they can with what they know, but if you want to contact the lawyers who host this forum in order to hire them you're going to have to do that directly on their website, maybe with the private questionnaires they offer.
Good luck!

 

[zardoz]

My inquiry is related to Canadian Permanent Residence

Message: I am writing to you on behalf of a friend, whose wife visited Canada in 2008 on immigrant visa, but cam back to Pakistan within 3 months. She has been living in Pakistan since, but she got married in the meanwhile and now she would like to go back. Her father, who is a permanent resident of Canada (so are her siblings and mother and they visited Canada together the first time), but her father is not telling her anything about her PR card or anything at all. Seems like he is hiding information, or does not want her to get her PR card because he is upset with her for marrying a man of her choice, not his. That is obviously wrong. I would like to know how much would this sort of case cost, and how long it would take. I would like you to pursue the case for us. Thank you.

1) This is a forum made up of (mostly) members of the public, who have a vested interest in Canadian immigration matters, not lawyers. Therefore, your message is aimed at the wrong target audience.
2) The chances of this lady recovering from the failure to comply with the residency obligation requirements are, I would suggest, very slim. Regardless of anything her father may have done, she is the one who chose not to reside in Canada and return permanently to Pakistan. Are there any very strong H&C circumstances to mitigate this?