After 1.5 years my PR card has approved, haven't received it yet.
I applied Jan 2015, they started processing March 2015.I left the country May 2015. Received a questionaire dec of 2015. Told them I was outside the country in that questionaire.
January 2016 received a letter that I had to ask for a PRTD and contact the local office once back in Canada with the PRTD.
Applied for a PRTD in March of 2016(approved within 5 days, Paris) returned to Canada july 2016. Send in the copy of PRTD in July and had the interview Aug 2016.
I was honest in this 50 min interview that by this time I was short of 11 months. The officier was very nice and i explained why I was missing the 11 months.
I showed them home insurance, rental agreement, purchase of car with insurance and school inscription of my children.
At the end i received a letter saying that I did not comply, missing 11 months but was accepted on H&C grounds. My children(canadian) and my husband(new PR resident) had settled here and I had enough proof that we have started a life here together. I have been a PR resident since the early 90's and it was my first time out of the country for a few years and very happy and relieved that it all worked out in the end.