Miro_Dida said:
Dear All
I have a complicated case regarding my PR renewal so I hope someone can help.
I applied for renewing my PR card and I already got the approval and the new card was sent by mail on May 16, 2016 to my ex-husband’s address in Canada, as we agreed to get it on my behalf, noting that I am currently outside Canada.
Until March 2016 we used to have good relations, but now the situation is completely upside down and we have divorce cases in the court, so he refuses to bring the PR card to me.
I called the CIC and they confirmed it was sent via mail, so I declared that I didn’t receive it, so they asked me to fill a solemn declaration form (which they sent to my e-mail) and send it back by Fax.
Now I need to change the mailing address, please advise with the procedures and will this weaken my case and arouse doubts?
Thanks a lot in advance
In terms of your particular query, as to the process for changing your address and the potential impact of that, the process for changing your address should be straight-forward as instructed by IRCC at its website. See http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/change-address.asp
The impact of doing this is hard to forecast. Obviously, best case scenario for you is to obtain the PR card already mailed. I do not know how things go when the PR does not actually receive a PR card that has already been mailed.
If you were in Canada, I'd guess the odds would be good that you could submit the appropriate paperwork, and that would result either in a new card being mailed to your new address or you being scheduled to pick up the card at a local IRCC office.
But you are not in Canada, and you have been outside Canada, it appears, for an extended period of time. And, I am guessing, you do not have a currently valid PR card in possession. Moreover, you were abroad, outside Canada, more than you were in Canada in the five years preceding the date you applied for a new card (approx 760 days in Canada as of March this year, if I am recalling prior posts correctly), and the last time you entered Canada there were questions raised about your compliance with the PR Residency Obligation.
If retaining PR status is a major objective for you, my sense is you should attempt to return to Canada as soon as feasible.
Otherwise, how you should proceed from this point is largely a very personal decision, one to be made based on a lot of factors particular to you personally.
Participants in a forum like this can offer information and explanations about many aspects of the PR experience and related processes, but this is neither a proper place, nor a reliable place, to obtain personal advice, and this is especially so in a situation which is particularly complicated and a situation in which what-to-do depends on factors personal to the individual.
And this does indeed appear to be a complicated situation. It is likely there are many, many particular details in your situation which could have a big impact on what is involved, what is at stake, or how things will go. Moreover, your situation appears to be tangled in the breakdown of your domestic relationship, and its problematic elements, which suggests further complications are possible.
So, I cannot offer much here. I am not sure anyone here can. Again, my sense is that if you can get yourself to Canada, that would help. In the meantime, a huge factor is how much time you have been outside Canada in the preceding five years, as of now, and as of when you will actually return to Canada. Remember, just because a new PR card has been issued does not indicate whether or not, or to what extent, there could be an issue about complying with the PR Residency Obligation.
