Hello, I received my PR on Nov 2012 and my PR is expiring in 3 months. I would like to renew it. But due to family reasons, I was unable to stay in Canada since I got my PR. Will I be able to renew my PR?
Renew PR - Did not stay in Canada
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You can't attempt to renew PR card if not physically inside Canada. And you can't fly directly to Canada with an expired PR card. If your PR card expires while outside Canada you must then apply for a PR Travel Document to return to Canada to renew your card, or try to enter Canada via a USA land border.
What exactly are "family reasons"?
If the reasons are a serious medical condition of a family member that required you to stay with them for 5 years, and you have evidence of doctors notes, hospital receipts, that nobody else could care for them, etc etc that proves this... then you may have a chance to renew PR card or get a PR TD on H&C reasons.
If you don't have valid H&C reasons, then when applying for either PR TD or attempting to enter Canada, it will most likely end in rejection/being reported, and process started to revoke your PR status.
Somebody more experienced may correct me on this, but you may still be allowed to retain your PR and renew it even if you were outside of the country. I refer to this:
"Canadian permanent residents must meet certain residency obligations or they may lose their permanent resident status. Two years of "residency days" must be accumulated in every five-year period. Residency days need not be consecutive and may be accumulated inside or even outside Canada in the following ways:
Inside Canada:
"Canadian permanent residents must meet certain residency obligations or they may lose their permanent resident status. Two years of "residency days" must be accumulated in every five-year period. Residency days need not be consecutive and may be accumulated inside or even outside Canada in the following ways:
Inside Canada:
- By physical presence
- By accompanying a spouse/common-law partner who is a Canadian citizen, or
- As a child accompanying a parent, or
- By employment on a full-time basis with a Canadian enterprise or the Public Service of Canada, or
- By accompanying a Canadian permanent resident who is outside Canada and who is employed on a full-time basis by a Canadian enterprise or the Public Service of Canada as the employee's spouse/common-law partner or child."