Residency Obligations

[sahil7822]

Hello , My PR card is expiring in December 2025 and my physical presence in canada will short by 120 days. And i have to travel in jan 2025. Will i be still allowed entry to canada even though I won’t meet my RO.

 

[scylla]

Hello , My PR card is expiring in December 2025 and my physical presence in canada will short by 120 days. And i have to travel in jan 2025. Will i be still allowed entry to canada even though I won’t meet my RO.

Yes, you will be allowed to enter Canada

 

[Copingwithlife]

Hello , My PR card is expiring in December 2025 and my physical presence in canada will short by 120 days. And i have to travel in jan 2025. Will i be still allowed entry to canada even though I won’t meet my RO.

And by searching this forum there’s numerous discussions on your question, plus under Permanent Residency Obligations

 

[sahil7822]

Yes, you will be allowed to enter Canada

Also will i be able to sponsor my wife ?

 

[scylla]

Also will i be able to sponsor my wife ?

No. Not until you meet the residency obligation.

 

[Ponga]

No. Not until you meet the residency obligation.

There have been recent discussions, here, that this may or may not be the case. You would think that a PR would need to be in compliance with their own Residency Obligations to sponsor, but as of yet nobody [here] has found evidence from IRCC that it is an actual requirement...which is crazy, IMHO.

 

[sahil7822]

But if i apply for my Card renewal later when i am under compliance means i just let my card expire and apply after 3-4 months. I will be able to renew my card right.

 

[Ganbaro]

But if i apply for my Card renewal later when i am under compliance means i just let my card expire and apply after 3-4 months. I will be able to renew my card right.

Yes. My PR card was expired in 2018 and i just renewed it last month.

 

[armoured]

Hello , My PR card is expiring in December 2025 and my physical presence in canada will short by 120 days. And i have to travel in jan 2025. Will i be still allowed entry to canada even though I won’t meet my RO.

You will be allowed entry to Canada if you can make it to a land border. You won't be able to baord a flight to Canada without a valid PR card.

Also will i be able to sponsor my wife ?

You are allowed to apply to sponsor your spouse (of course). They might process it normally. They might delay it until you're in compliance. Or they might start a formal process of checking your residency obligation and reporting your for non-compliance (which is bad).

While in fact no-one knows which of these will happen - there's at least a decent chance that it won't be any faster to apply to sponsor your spouse before you are in compliance. If you're really only four months out - maybe just get in compliance first?

 

[sahil7822]

Yeah but my PR card is expiring in Dec 2025 and by doing the math i will be in compliance in May 2026.

 

[armoured]

Yeah but my PR card is expiring in Dec 2025 and by doing the math i will be in compliance in May 2026.

What's your question not answered from the posts above?

 

[sahil7822]

What's your question not answered from the posts above?

That I won’t have issue for applying for renewal for my PR card

 

[armoured]

That I won’t have issue for applying for renewal for my PR card

if you apply when in compliance, yuo shouldn't have any problems.

 

[canuck78]

Hello , My PR card is expiring in December 2025 and my physical presence in canada will short by 120 days. And i have to travel in jan 2025. Will i be still allowed entry to canada even though I won’t meet my RO.

Would qualify this by saying you’ll be able to enter Canada but risk being reported if not meeting your RO.