Hi everyone,
I am a Canadian PR holder. My PR will expire in June 2015. I will have clocked more than 730 days (having stayed in Canada from Jan 2012 to October 2014) to renew my PR in Jan 2015 (6 months before the expiry date of June 2015) .
However, I intend to leave Canada and work overseas in November 2014 for some years and will not be renewing my PR card (in Jan 2015).
With the above in mind, my questions are:
1) As a person with an expired PR card of 2 years (June 2015 - June 2017), can I still return to Canada in June 2017 to renew my PR card? I would still be able to meet the residency obligation of 2 years out of the last 5 years due to my stay in Canada from June 2012 to October 2014.
2 ) If I could return to Canada to renew my PR card in June 2017, should I enter Canada with a visa exempt passport/expired PR card by air OR should I apply for a travel document overseas where I will be working at?
3) As I only intend to be in Canada for a few weeks in June 2017 to submit my PR renewal application, can I leave Canada without waiting for my new PR card to arrive? The new PR card will be sent to a Canadian address and a friend will mail it to me overseas. I will only return to Canada in May 2020 to fulfill the 730 days residency obligation before the new PR card expires in June 2022.
I am a Canadian PR holder. My PR will expire in June 2015. I will have clocked more than 730 days (having stayed in Canada from Jan 2012 to October 2014) to renew my PR in Jan 2015 (6 months before the expiry date of June 2015) .
However, I intend to leave Canada and work overseas in November 2014 for some years and will not be renewing my PR card (in Jan 2015).
With the above in mind, my questions are:
1) As a person with an expired PR card of 2 years (June 2015 - June 2017), can I still return to Canada in June 2017 to renew my PR card? I would still be able to meet the residency obligation of 2 years out of the last 5 years due to my stay in Canada from June 2012 to October 2014.
2 ) If I could return to Canada to renew my PR card in June 2017, should I enter Canada with a visa exempt passport/expired PR card by air OR should I apply for a travel document overseas where I will be working at?
3) As I only intend to be in Canada for a few weeks in June 2017 to submit my PR renewal application, can I leave Canada without waiting for my new PR card to arrive? The new PR card will be sent to a Canadian address and a friend will mail it to me overseas. I will only return to Canada in May 2020 to fulfill the 730 days residency obligation before the new PR card expires in June 2022.