PR RENEWAL

[cyrus1234]

Landed in April 2010, Came to Canada for good in August 23rd 2014. Can I put my pr card for renewal in September 2016?
My dad landed April 2010, came to Canada for good in August 23rd 2014 as well and went out for four weeks in March 2015 and came back. Can my dad renew his pr card in October 2016?

 

[dpenabill]

Landed in April 2010, Came to Canada for good in August 23rd 2014. Can I put my pr card for renewal in September 2016?
My dad landed April 2010, came to Canada for good in August 23rd 2014 as well and went out for four weeks in March 2015 and came back. Can my dad renew his pr card in October 2016?

The main thing is to be sure to have been present in Canada 730+ days within the five years prior to applying for the card. But of course it is also important that you be able to affirmatively prove this presence. And if required to prove your presence, proof of dates of travel alone is NOT enough, but you will need to prove actual presence in Canada.

So yes, assuming you respectively meet the PR Residency Obligation as of those dates, you will then be eligible for new PR cards. Be aware, however, that cutting it so close (particularly given it appears you are currently in breach of the PR RO), increases the risk for Secondary Review and a significantly longer than routine processing time.

Be sure to keep rental receipts (or other documentation showing interest in a place of abode), records of activities and transactions in Canada, records of employment, and be sure to file income tax returns (even if not legally required to do so).

 

[cyrus1234]

thanks

 

[TJ2010]

TJ2010

Hero

Dear Sir/Ma,
I am James Chukwuma , a permanent resident of Canada who landed for the first time in April 26, 2013 in Toronto. I stayed for 2 months(60 days) and returned back to continue with my plastic surgeryy residency training(Medical Doctor Specialist training). I have being in Nigeria since then without being able to visit Canada due to the requirements of the training. I thought my plastic surgery residency training would end in October, 2015 but I was informed by my program director that the end of my training has be shifted to June 30 due to the frequent strike actions and political unrest in the country in 2014 and 2015.

To give further information about me, I have been offered a clinical fellowship job/training in an hospital in Canada which is expected to start in July 1st, 2016 and I have also been given a PhD admission at the University of Toronto which is expected to start in September, 2016 which I am going to run concurrently with the clinical fellowship job/training.

I want to finish my training in Nigeria, which means I have to wait till June 30, 2016 so that I can come back to Nigeria and sit for my final exam in October 15, 2016. My PR card is still valid till June 26, 2018. I have 2 children and a wife whose PR dates and circumstance is like me. My wife and children also land with me in Canada in April 26, 2013 and returned to Nigeria with me after 60 days. We have being together in Nigeria since then and we have not visited Canada since then. We all plan to return after June 30, 2016 if you permit us.

The following are my requests on humanitarian ground:

1. I request that you should permit me to stay in Nigeria till June 30, 2016 despite the fact that my permanent resident obligation demands me to return back to Canada on the June 26, 2016 in order to finish up my clinical residency training in plastic surgery. For me to fulfil my obligation as a PR I need to stay till 26th June. But for me to be able to finish up my training I have to wait till after June 30. Please on humanitarian ground permit me to stay till after June 30 in order to finish up my training in Nigeria.

2. I also want to request that I should be granted sometimes(2 weeks) to return to Nigeria in October to write my final exam which I discuss above. I request on humanitarian ground that you should permit me to be able to return to Nigeria to stay for 2 week in order to be able to do my final exam.

I will be glad if my family and I are permitted as I have discussed above on humanitarian ground.
Thank you

James