Parents left Canada on PR in 1994 - Can they apply for tourist visa now?

[ss0592]

Hi,

My situation is sort of complex so I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions.
My parents immigrated to Canada on PR in 1994, with me as well. I was a minor. They ended up leaving within 6 months but did not renounce their PR or anything of the sort.

In 2018, I applied for PR and was asked to first renounce my older PR. I did that and my new PR was approved in 2019.

Now I want my parents to be able to visit me, whatever the visa might be. I am thinking tourist is the easiest option, but if that old PR can be revived or something, nothing like it.

Do you have any suggestions on how to proceed? Our options are -
1. Apply for tourist visa and see what happens
2. Apply to renounce old PR and then apply for tourist visa (tried this, no response to the renouncing emails/calls made)
3. ??


Any help at all on how to proceed would be greatly appreciated! We've tried calling IRCC but due to covid they don't even connect us to any dept and directly disconnect the call.

 

[armoured]

I am thinking tourist is the easiest option, but if that old PR can be revived or something, nothing like it.

Do you have any suggestions on how to proceed? Our options are -
1. Apply for tourist visa and see what happens

There's no likelihood that PR can be easily revived, and all variants that might conceivably work would require them living in Canada and not leaving for a long time, health care issues, etc.

Apply for the tourist visa is my suggestion. They will likely come back with the renunciation point soon enough.

They will of course have to show their ties to home country to get approved.

(When a family member had to do this and I contacted the visa office, they said apply for TRV first to make it easier for them - just caused the machinery of govt to move. I am not aware of any negatives to this approach.)

 

[ss0592]

There's no likelihood that PR can be easily revived, and all variants that might conceivably work would require them living in Canada and not leaving for a long time, health care issues, etc.

Apply for the tourist visa is my suggestion. They will likely come back with the renunciation point soon enough.

They will of course have to show their ties to home country to get approved.

(When a family member had to do this and I contacted the visa office, they said apply for TRV first to make it easier for them - just caused the machinery of govt to move. I am not aware of any negatives to this approach.)

That's what I was thinking too. Thanks for your advice!

 

[canuck78]

Hi,

My situation is sort of complex so I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions.
My parents immigrated to Canada on PR in 1994, with me as well. I was a minor. They ended up leaving within 6 months but did not renounce their PR or anything of the sort.

In 2018, I applied for PR and was asked to first renounce my older PR. I did that and my new PR was approved in 2019.

Now I want my parents to be able to visit me, whatever the visa might be. I am thinking tourist is the easiest option, but if that old PR can be revived or something, nothing like it.

Do you have any suggestions on how to proceed? Our options are -
1. Apply for tourist visa and see what happens
2. Apply to renounce old PR and then apply for tourist visa (tried this, no response to the renouncing emails/calls made)
3. ??


Any help at all on how to proceed would be greatly appreciated! We've tried calling IRCC but due to covid they don't even connect us to any dept and directly disconnect the call.

When did you contact IRCC about renouncing PR?

 

[ss0592]

When did you contact IRCC about renouncing PR?

For my parents? Right after I got my PR so around 2019 - just got a canned response. Then off late in 2021, I have been calling multiple times but again no response. Submitted a query/help ticket thing (I forget the name), and again no response.

 

[canuck78]

For my parents? Right after I got my PR so around 2019 - just got a canned response. Then off late in 2021, I have been calling multiple times but again no response. Submitted a query/help ticket thing (I forget the name), and again no response.

Strange at the point they should have lost PR.

 

[steaky]

If they still have PR status, they should just go to the land border and get reported. Since they are just staying Canada temporary.