Return to Canada - PR

[return2025]

Hi,

I received my eCOPR, did my soft landing in Oct 2022 and only stayed in Canada for 5 days in the past 3 years , I plan to return to Canada in August 2025 to meet my PR residency obligation. Do you know if I'll be facing any issues while entering with the CBSA officer w.r.t the residency obligation or am I good to enter without any worries?

 

[canuck78]

Hi,

I received my eCOPR, did my soft landing in Oct 2022 and only stayed in Canada for 5 days in the past 3 years , I plan to return to Canada in August 2025 to meet my PR residency obligation. Do you know if I'll be facing any issues while entering with the CBSA officer w.r.t the residency obligation or am I good to enter without any worries?

As long as you meet RO no issue. You will be leaving yourself with very little buffer time so you may have little wiggle room for things like business travel, family emergencies, measure travel, etc. We often see cases on this forum where people plan on returning right before they don’t meet RO but then run into a family issue that will delay their return, an emergency once they return, etc.

 

[return2025]

thank you , I also have a question when I enter Canada will they be seeing the date on the PR card which expires in Dec 2025 or on the COPR which says I became a PR on Oct 2022?

 

[armoured]

thank you , I also have a question when I enter Canada will they be seeing the date on the PR card which expires in Dec 2025 or on the COPR which says I became a PR on Oct 2022?

They will see both. The date you became a PR is on the back of the PR card as "PR since ...." [date]

 

[return2025]

thanks for the reply , I got married after I got my PR so my wife doesn't have a PR as of now, is it better if I come into Canada and then apply for her PR or can she accompany me on a visitor visa?

 

[Copingwithlife]

thanks for the reply , I got married after I got my PR so my wife doesn't have a PR as of now, is it better if I come into Canada and then apply for her PR or can she accompany me on a visitor visa?

You have to be in Canada yo sponsor her as a PR and remain here
That’s why you’ve cut it very close with your RO. Aka you don’t have a buffer with days
You can try to get her a visitor visa . Some get one , some don’t
She has to show ties she’ll leave and return to her country. With you being here creates a very strong tie that she won’t leave

 

[dpenabill]

thank you , I also have a question when I enter Canada will they be seeing the date on the PR card which expires in Dec 2025 or on the COPR which says I became a PR on Oct 2022?

Is the "expires in Dec 2025" date a typo? Should be Dec 2027 perhaps? Given landing (becoming a PR) date of Oct 2022.

Assuming the PR card expires in late 2027, responses by others covers things.

If your PR card expires in Dec 2025, something here is awry.

By the way, if border officials, or the system, have any concerns when you arrive, they will review your immigration information in your GCMS records which will display all the relevant dates. For a PR who landed (became a PR) less than three years ago, that will be sufficient to verify compliance with the Residency Obligation.

 

[return2025]

sorry , it expires in December 2027 and I'm planning to move at the end of July 2025, what would be the best move going forward regarding my wife ?

 

[armoured]

sorry , it expires in December 2027 and I'm planning to move at the end of July 2025, what would be the best move going forward regarding my wife ?

If the date you became a PR was indeed Oct 22 (check on back of PR card) and you return in July 25, should be no issue. (As long as days outside Canada between date of arrival and date you return /date you apply to sponsor your spouse is less than 1095, no issue with residency obligation compliance).*

So return, get an address and things like that, sponsor your spouse.

*For others using this formula, it's in last five years or to date you became a PR, whichever is less.