2cookies said:
Does anyone knows if it possible to renounce your PR?
My spouse PR is going to expire next year and cannot renew coz she did not meet the residency requirement. so best bet is to sponsor her bu cannot do so of she still have a valid PR card.
Any idea how to work this out?
Any suggestion will be welcome.
Yes, it is possible to do so. However it requires an active decision: she must either sign a document voluntarily surrendering it (this form can only be obtained from a visa office, it is not available online), or she must be refused a PR Travel Document, or she must be given an A44(1) report at the border - with a removal order that is stayed for 30 days, or she must be investigated by CIC as part of a PR card renewal.
If her goal is to come back to Canada, she might find it easiest to return to Canada now. CBSA might permit her to enter, in which case as long as she remains in Canada long enough to be back into compliance before she applies for a new PR card, she is fine - the PR obligation is always a review of no more than the past 5 years. Alternatively, she can apply for a PR Travel Document and present H&C arguments for why she has not been able to meet the residency obligation. Ties to Canada (e.g., a spouse) and the resolution of the underlying issue (e.g., a sick parent) might be sufficient to convince the visa office to grant an H&C exception.
Depending upon your own status in Canada, you might be able to sponsor her once again - but there are potential complications. For example, suppose that she sponsored you to come to Canada and you landed 2 years ago. You are barred from sponsoring a spouse to Canada for five years from the date that you land and thus cannot sponsor her. On the other hand, if you immigrated together (or you sponsored her before) then nothing prevents you from sponsoring her again.
