PR residency obligation

[herb]

Hi, everybody!

I got a PR in January 14,2009 and it will be expired January 2014.
I have been living in the USA with my family since in January 2004.
My children are 21years old and 16 years old.

One is in the first semester of nursing program and the other is junior in high school.
My husband owns a small business in here in the USA, and I am in the clinical laboratory technician program.
I am going to graduate in 5 months (May 2012), but we have to be in Canada in order to maintain 2years PR obligation.
If I go to CANADA this month, we have no problem to PR, but as you can see, I can not move to there until Jun 2012.

I came here from Asia when I was 40 years old, and I started with ESL program to learn English. Now it is almost done by May
So we agreed to move there this summer. At that time PR would be valid but it can not satisfy the residency obligation.
Is there anyway to do something before 730days start?
Should I send any form of letter to the immigration office?

from herb

 

[Leon]

Don't send any letters to the immigration office. Just move to Canada when you are ready. You shouldn't have any problems entering with a still valid PR card. What you must then do is live in Canada for 2 years straight to make your 730 days. That means your PR card will expire before you can apply for a new one but that is ok. There is no law in Canada stating that you must have a PR card except to travel. When you apply to renew your PR card finally, they will only ask about the 5 year period immediately before you apply. If you have 730 days in Canada in that period, you are ok.

 

[herb]

Thank you so much for your help.

 

[rink]

Hi Herb,
Were you able to renew the PR even you didn't meet the residency if so?
Please advise I'm in the same situation and planning to move to canada.

 

[Buletruck]

You realize this is 5 years old?