Dear all,
I find myself in a situation where I could really use some guidance and input. LEON, SCYLLA, anyone who can help, please do provide your feedback.
I am continuing from this thread I posted a while ago where Leon and a few others helped me out not too long ago: http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/permanent-residency-card-renewal-didnt-meet-the-requirments-t202150.0.html
To sum it up… I submitted in an application for a PR Card Renewal as mine expired not too long ago (April, 2014). I travel quite a bit so getting a PR Card is important to me as I base my home in Canada. My first application submitted in May was an application where I DID NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS on compassionate grounds which you can see on the past forum post (I barely did not meet requirements). After taking Leons and a few others advice, I successfully withdrew that application. Not too long after my application was successfully withdrawn, my friends car got broken into and my wallet stolen along with my Permanent Residency Card in it (bollocks!).
I then waited until I met the requirements, and submitted a new application that showed I was 981 days out of Canada in total in the last five years (it says if your total equals 1095 or more days you complete section D – Residency Obligation). I know that is a lot of days to be out of Canada but I waited until I met the requirements even if it was marginally because I really need a PR Card Renwal sooner rather than later. Do you think I am fine with the days? or is that something where they are like that’s a lot of days out of Canada and needs to be looked into (the reason why I was out of Canada for so long was because when I first got my Permanent Residency Card I had a 2 years left of High School to complete in Europe and I wrote that down so they could see)… Also I was even in Canada 3 more months after submitting this new application if that counts for anything, will the CIC factor those days in for my favor?
So after submitting this new application stating I now met the requirements (barely, I know), and that my last residency card was stolen (I put what happened and the Police Report number…do both these things look suspicious to you and work against me?)… I then get a mail 2 weeks ago saying my application was returned because I didn’t meet the photo requirements. I forgot to write the dates on the back of the photo because I used two pictures I took in Europe and they don’t write the date on the back as they do in Canada. So I found two more passport pics that met the requirement sizes and were taken within the last year and I wrote the date they were taken on the back which was within 12 months (Decemember 2013, and the day ofcourse). I just sent it back to the address on the form they gave me including the piece of paper they sent me writing on it ‘Please find attached photos with the dates on the back’ along with my entire application. So since submitting my first application, I withdrew it, my card got stolen, and then I stupidly forgot to put dates on the back of my pictures.
Up to this point do you think I am okay or am I just screwed?
Now this is where it gets tricky and unfortunate for me because I have to return home. I have to return to Europe (tomorrow) for some personal family reasons which urgently require me, and it’s a one way flight because I wouldn’t be able to get back in Canada after on just a return flight. I just graduated college so I don't have a job although I was looking and I am now in Europe indefinitely waiting to come back to Canada. I have a friend staying in my old place who picks up my mail and so forth just in case. Will the CIC know I left Canada? I used my British Passport to leave even though I don’t think they check or report my passport I.D that I left Canada and inform the government. If I do get called in for an interview to the CIC or to pick up my card in Canada, I can always book a return flight as I can always return as a visitor. In a dream world I would just get my PR card mailed to me, book a return flight to Canada pick it up and I have it from then on. I know this is a bundle of confusion but I have tried to explain it as clearly as possible. I am just so eager to get back to Canada with a PR Card so I have the freedom to travel again.
What do you guys think, will my application go to the back off the line after being returned to me because it was incomplete? Do they mail the PR card or do I have to pick it up if succesfull? Will the CIC factor those three months in after I filed my new application and know I am in Europe? Does all this work against me or am I over thinking everything? What should I do, or do you think there is nothing I can do? I don’t want them to know specifically I left Canada as that could work against me. I know there is an option of getting a "Returning Resident Permit" from the embassy here but I don't know how long that takes to get, and if it would then alert the CIC I left and work entirely against me. Please help.
I find myself in a situation where I could really use some guidance and input. LEON, SCYLLA, anyone who can help, please do provide your feedback.
I am continuing from this thread I posted a while ago where Leon and a few others helped me out not too long ago: http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/permanent-residency-card-renewal-didnt-meet-the-requirments-t202150.0.html
To sum it up… I submitted in an application for a PR Card Renewal as mine expired not too long ago (April, 2014). I travel quite a bit so getting a PR Card is important to me as I base my home in Canada. My first application submitted in May was an application where I DID NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS on compassionate grounds which you can see on the past forum post (I barely did not meet requirements). After taking Leons and a few others advice, I successfully withdrew that application. Not too long after my application was successfully withdrawn, my friends car got broken into and my wallet stolen along with my Permanent Residency Card in it (bollocks!).
I then waited until I met the requirements, and submitted a new application that showed I was 981 days out of Canada in total in the last five years (it says if your total equals 1095 or more days you complete section D – Residency Obligation). I know that is a lot of days to be out of Canada but I waited until I met the requirements even if it was marginally because I really need a PR Card Renwal sooner rather than later. Do you think I am fine with the days? or is that something where they are like that’s a lot of days out of Canada and needs to be looked into (the reason why I was out of Canada for so long was because when I first got my Permanent Residency Card I had a 2 years left of High School to complete in Europe and I wrote that down so they could see)… Also I was even in Canada 3 more months after submitting this new application if that counts for anything, will the CIC factor those days in for my favor?
So after submitting this new application stating I now met the requirements (barely, I know), and that my last residency card was stolen (I put what happened and the Police Report number…do both these things look suspicious to you and work against me?)… I then get a mail 2 weeks ago saying my application was returned because I didn’t meet the photo requirements. I forgot to write the dates on the back of the photo because I used two pictures I took in Europe and they don’t write the date on the back as they do in Canada. So I found two more passport pics that met the requirement sizes and were taken within the last year and I wrote the date they were taken on the back which was within 12 months (Decemember 2013, and the day ofcourse). I just sent it back to the address on the form they gave me including the piece of paper they sent me writing on it ‘Please find attached photos with the dates on the back’ along with my entire application. So since submitting my first application, I withdrew it, my card got stolen, and then I stupidly forgot to put dates on the back of my pictures.
Up to this point do you think I am okay or am I just screwed?
Now this is where it gets tricky and unfortunate for me because I have to return home. I have to return to Europe (tomorrow) for some personal family reasons which urgently require me, and it’s a one way flight because I wouldn’t be able to get back in Canada after on just a return flight. I just graduated college so I don't have a job although I was looking and I am now in Europe indefinitely waiting to come back to Canada. I have a friend staying in my old place who picks up my mail and so forth just in case. Will the CIC know I left Canada? I used my British Passport to leave even though I don’t think they check or report my passport I.D that I left Canada and inform the government. If I do get called in for an interview to the CIC or to pick up my card in Canada, I can always book a return flight as I can always return as a visitor. In a dream world I would just get my PR card mailed to me, book a return flight to Canada pick it up and I have it from then on. I know this is a bundle of confusion but I have tried to explain it as clearly as possible. I am just so eager to get back to Canada with a PR Card so I have the freedom to travel again.
What do you guys think, will my application go to the back off the line after being returned to me because it was incomplete? Do they mail the PR card or do I have to pick it up if succesfull? Will the CIC factor those three months in after I filed my new application and know I am in Europe? Does all this work against me or am I over thinking everything? What should I do, or do you think there is nothing I can do? I don’t want them to know specifically I left Canada as that could work against me. I know there is an option of getting a "Returning Resident Permit" from the embassy here but I don't know how long that takes to get, and if it would then alert the CIC I left and work entirely against me. Please help.