Applejack said:
I applied my PR renewal in May 2016. On July 2016, I was noticed that my application was in process. I recently realized that I have made a mistake on Q3( the date I became a PR). Instead of 2005, I mistakenly wrote 2015. Would IRCC reject my application because of it? If so, why didn't they do it instantly? Why if the photocopy of my landing paper has indicated 2005 was the time I became PR?
*My sister's application was same as mine in terms of residential history, except the mentioned mistake. And her PR card was mailed two days ago.
*Our applications had been referred for secondary review.
Is it possible for my application to gain approval?
I do not disagree with doing what is suggested by
thecoolguysam, to in effect make a submission to explain (including correcting) the mistake. I am, however, not sure correcting this now will change much about how this goes.
There should not be much at stake. This does not appear to be the sort of error for which there is any risk IRCC will allege misrepresentation, and thus it should itself have no impact, none whatsoever, on the validity of your PR status. Worst case scenario (relative to this particular error) would be having to make another PR card application.
I definitely encourage making the effort to inquire about this through the call centre. While the call centre representatives are not especially reliable when answering questions like this, calling and asking would be prudent, perhaps making the effort to get through
at least twice to get and compare the response of at least two representatives . . . while it can be time consuming and frustrating to get through just once, let alone multiple times, this is the sort of question for which it is probably worth the effort to get responses you can compare. In one of those calls politely push to make an inquiry specifically about your PR card application in particular.
My sense, however, is that there may be some other or additional reason for Secondary Review in your case.
Thus, some more in-depth observations may be warranted:
IRCC will often, perhaps even typically, recognize a typographical error or minor mistake, consider it insignificant, and process the application in a manner unaffected by the minor, more or less obvious error.
But of course some errors will have more impact than others, and some errors will have a necessary, unavoidable effect. An error made in the date that an application is purportedly signed is controlling, for example, and cannot be amended or disregarded, no matter how obvious the date was entered in error.
This error, as to landing date, probably is not of the latter sort, but it may be an error which, even if obvious, mandates at least a more probing identity verification check. Like birth dates, date of landing is a key fact, a kind of
vital statistic, in establishing the immigrant's identity.
Thus, it is feasible that it is this error alone which has resulted in delayed processing and a SR referral. And if this is all there is to it, odds are good that in due course IRCC will issue and deliver a new PRC to you . . . or, again, worst case would be having to apply for a PRC again.
In contrast, if there are other mistakes, discrepancies, even incongruities in the application, or other potential issues related to potential inadmissibility, and particularly if there are any concerns at all about compliance with the PR Residency Obligation, those could respectively affect how your PRC application is handled and decided. Obviously, even a minor mistake can and typically will loom larger if there are other additional errors or cause for concerns.
Perhaps the most salient or likely issue is PR Residency Obligation compliance. In particular, if you are not well-settled and living permanently in Canada at this stage, or otherwise have
cut-it-close relative to PR RO compliance, that is far more likely to be the cause of problems in processing your PRC application.
This is obviously your
second PRC renewal application (at the least), but that in itself does not hint of any issues
so long as you have been settled permanently and nearly full time in Canada for many years. More than a few PRs (including multiple acquaintances and friends of mine) remain PRs indefinitely and do not become Canadian citizens for a variety of entirely legitimate, personal reasons. Such PRs, it warrants noting with some emphasis, are obviously settled permanently in Canada, and IRCC has no concerns related whatever personal reason there is for the PR not becoming a citizen.
In contrast, though, if after being a PR for more than a decade you are
cutting-it-close relative to the PR RO, some extra, elevated scrutiny should be expected.
In any event, if there is a problem in your case, in processing your PRC application, that will most likely be about something other than, and more significant than, this minor error made relative to the date you became a PR. An issue about PR RO compliance comes to mind. Which is to say there is little need to worry about the impact of this particular mistake; again, worst case scenario based on this one error is having to make a new application for a PRC.
