PR card Renewal

[dutsub]

Hi Leon
A provincial Real Estate agency is asking me to submit M1000, but I had IMM5232 which I submitted. They are saying that they can accept IMM5232 subject to proof that I applied for PR card Renewal. Without that proof they will not process my application for registration saying it is their policy. I am a PR but did not renew my PR card as I am not travelling and leaving Canada.My enquiries are;

1. Can they really insist me to apply for PR card Renewal and is it mandatory to submit proof of that.
2. Can they report it to CIC that I am staying in Canada without renewing my PR card?
3. What step I should take if any provision of law is available in my defence so that my application for Real estate license is processed.
4. Can I challenge their authority to demand such thing from me?

Appreciate your response.

 

[Leon]

You can argue with them that there is no immigration policy that requires you to have a valid PR card in order to live in Canada.

Check out the manual ENF 27 found here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/manuals/enf/enf27-eng.pdf

IRPA does not require permanent residents in Canada to hold a PRC nor to have one when they present themselves at a port of entry.

While the PRC is not a mandatory document within Canada, it is necessary should a permanent resident travel outside Canada using a commercial transportation company.

However, although the PRC was not initially meant to be an ID for PR's to prove their status within Canada, it has kind of turned out that way. Some provinces will not give you a drivers license without a PRC. Many colleges require it to prove that the student has the right to pay the lower tuition fee for citizens and PR's etc.

1. If they refuse to budge, I don't know what else you can do.

2. They could but there is no law against not renewing your PR card.

3. See 1.

4. Yes, you can challenge them but if they refuse to budge.. etc.

 

[Naheulbeuck]

Is it that you are in breach of your RO and that's why you don't want to renew it or you just don't want to travel and therefore don't feel the need to pay for the renewal?