Advice Appreciated: Live in Canada with an Expired PR Card.

[davidinchina]

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

My PR card will expire in March 2018, and I plan to return to Canada in May 2017. By then, I won't be able to fulfill the residence obligation. I will begin taking a 2-to-3-year graduate program in Canada starting from September 2017. Based on my reading of the wonderful forum, I know that I will be allowed to enter Canada, and that I will be eligible for a renewed card starting from May 2019.
My question is whether I will be retreated as a legal PR between March 2018 and May 2019 in the following activities.

Q1. Is my stay in Canada after March 1 2018 legal?
Q2. Am I eligible to apply for national academic scholarships that are reserved for Canadian PRs or citizens?
Q3. Am I supposed to pay for national or international tuition during that time?

Thank you so much.

 

[Kamal k]

Hi bro
You know i have same as your situation mine is expire in jun 2018 and i plan to go canada on may but i still wonder if they let me go in i will we be able to renew it after

Thx i wish to good luck bro

 

[zardoz]

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

My PR card will expire in March 2018, and I plan to return to Canada in May 2017. By then, I won't be able to fulfill the residence obligation. I will begin taking a 2-to-3-year graduate program in Canada starting from September 2017. Based on my reading of the wonderful forum, I know that I will be allowed to enter Canada, and that I will be eligible for a renewed card starting from May 2019.
My question is whether I will be retreated as a legal PR between March 2018 and May 2019 in the following activities.

Q1. Is my stay in Canada after March 1 2018 legal?
Q2. Am I eligible to apply for national academic scholarships that are reserved for Canadian PRs or citizens?
Q3. Am I supposed to pay for national or international tuition during that time?

Thank you so much.

A1. Yes.
A2. Yes
A3. National but some institutions will insist on seeing a valid/unexpired PR card, so you might have problems once it expires. They might switch you to international.

 

[davidinchina]

Thank you so much.

 

[Rob_TO]

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

My PR card will expire in March 2018, and I plan to return to Canada in May 2017. By then, I won't be able to fulfill the residence obligation. I will begin taking a 2-to-3-year graduate program in Canada starting from September 2017. Based on my reading of the wonderful forum, I know that I will be allowed to enter Canada, and that I will be eligible for a renewed card starting from May 2019.
My question is whether I will be retreated as a legal PR between March 2018 and May 2019 in the following activities.

Q1. Is my stay in Canada after March 1 2018 legal?
Q2. Am I eligible to apply for national academic scholarships that are reserved for Canadian PRs or citizens?
Q3. Am I supposed to pay for national or international tuition during that time?

Thank you so much.

Note that you may be reported for not meeting RO upon your entry to Canada. If you are, you can appeal this and wait for your hearing which I heard can take up to a couple years. During this time you are allowed to renew your PR card on 1 year terms, and can work or go to school like any other PR. However if you're reported and end up losing your appeal, then your PR status would be gone and CIC may ask you to leave the country so you may need to quit school. Or else transfer your status to a study visa and start paying international student fees.

If you aren't reported upon entry, then you would need to stay here 2 straight years without leaving once, to come back into compliance with RO and only then apply to renew PR card. As mentioned above, schools can be picky about seeing PR cards so best to do as much as possible while your PR card is still valid.