Has anyone done this where they got PR card, left Canada and returned in the last 1 - 1.5 year of their PR. Were they able to re-enter? Were there any issues/questions.
To keep your permanent resident status, you must have been in Canada for at least
730 days during the last five years. These 730 days don’t need to be continuous.
When a permanent resident appears at a POE for examination, the officer must confirm that the person is a permanent resident. Officers must remain cognizant of the fact that the Act gives permanent residents of Canada the right to enter Canada at a port of entry once it is established that a person is a permanent resident, regardless of non-compliance with the residency obligation in A28 or the presence of other grounds of inadmissibility.
Port of entry (POE) officers can refuse entry to a permanent resident only when the person has already lost the status in accordance with the provisions of A46 (such as when a final determination has been made that they have failed to comply with the residency obligations or when a removal order comes into force). In other words, once a permanent resident’s status is established, the person may enter Canada by right and the immigration examination under IRPA concludes.
If an officer has concerns that a permanent resident has not complied with the residency obligation ofA28, the officer should advise the permanent resident when the examination is concluded that they are authorized to enter Canada; however the permanent resident may wish to answer additional questions so the officer may determine whether their concerns are well founded or not.
In cases where:
permanent resident status is established;
the permanent resident refuses to provide any further information and enters Canada; and
the officer believes, on a balance of probabilities that the person is in non-compliance with the residency obligation,
officers may report the person, pursuant to A44(1). if there is sufficient evidence to support an inadmissibility allegation. In the absence of sufficient evidence to support the writing of an inadmissibility report, officers may enter any available information into FOSS (date of entry, last country of embarkation, current address in Canada etc.).
