Hi,
I would like to know if anyone in this forum was working outside Canada in a non Canadian company and tried to renew their PR card? I would like them to share their experiences. How was the renewal process and if any documents were requested and what type of document were requested.
This is not for me but a friend of mine. Residency obligations have been met (770 days). The person has never worked in Canada.
Thanks for sharing.
No personal experience with this scenario. Lots of exposure to the travails of others as reported in this and other forums over the years. Peruse the back pages of the topics about being referred to Secondary Review, for example, for more than a few reports, oft times despairing reports, from others in somewhat similar situations.
While there are many other factors which can influence how this goes, this individual obviously has an elevated risk of at least being subject to Secondary Review, and perhaps a formal Residency Determination. 770 days is
cutting-it-close; anything less than 900 days is
cutting-it-close, and less than 800 is really
cutting-it-close. (Which should be obvious, since such a person is spending more time outside Canada than in Canada, which tends to indicate someone not settling permanently in Canada, whereas the specific purpose of PR status is so the individual can settle permanently in Canada. No rocket science necessary to map the trajectory of these things.)
A critical factor is whether the individual is now well settled permanently in Canada, and stays in Canada pending the processing of the application to renew the PR card. If not, it could be a rough road ahead. If settled in Canada now and staying in Canada going forward, the process for getting a new card could take awhile but there should be no problem in the long run.
This individual needs to remember how critically important it is to provide truthful, complete information . . . the temptation to fudge to make this go easier can be strong but it is critical to be truthful . . . thus, for example, address history abroad needs to be truthfully disclosed even if it is likely to increase difficulties.
But again, there are other factors, many factors, which can push such a case in a positive or negative direction.
Again, peruse the back pages of other topics specifically about Secondary Review, where there are many reports reflecting how these things go. (Caveat: the reports need to be read critically, somewhat skeptically, and in context with other reports.)
