I received PR status in Canada under the Skilled worker class, but like many immigrants, I'm finding it very tough to get a job. I'm aware of the PR obligations in terms of the two out of five year residency rule. But what I am really concerned about is this: If I am unable to find work, will that mean that it will be likely that when I eventually apply for renewal of the PR status, it will be refused? Theoretically, this should not be the case, as I don't believe there is anything in writing that says a permanent resident has to have found a job in order to renew the PR status. But that's only in theory. I wonder what the reality is...
Not finding work and renewing PR card
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Well that is officially the case, yes. But if a PR doesn't find a job, it is more difficult to prove that he/she has actually been residing here. Obviously bank statements and other receipts help, but a job is probably the most definitive proof that one has really been living continuously in the country. That's what concerns me here.
So if you can't find a job, you will sit at home and do nothing? You can take your job search to other towns and provinces, you can get a survival job to make a bit of cash or you can study. Even if you do nothing but look for jobs, you can document your job search as your proof of being in Canada, application letters and refusal letters, documenting domestic trips to other towns and provinces to interview etc. Bank records, phone bills and utility bills should also go a long way to help you prove that you were in Canada.
The OP was not asking about how a homemaker proves his/her residency as they spoke only of unsuccessful job search.steaky said:
If the OP is indeed a homemaker, there would generally be children to take care of. If there are no children, there isn't much homemaking to be done. These children will be in school and they will likely have extra curricular activities as well. The children will need to visit doctors and dentists as well. This leaves the parent with a lot of people, teachers, coaches, doctors and dentists who can write letters on their behalf stating that they know them as the parent of these children and know them to have been living in Canada.