Travel Document related question

[mommo]

Hi
I am not sure that I understood the residency requirement in the PRtravel document form-IMM 5524
I am a Permanent Resident since 2015 and I didn't meet the 730 days criteria yet. I have 560 something.
I lost my PR card and I have to leave the country soon,getting a new one here might take 2 months therefore I will apply in my home country for the 1 entry travel document, are they going to refuse me because I haven"t met this criteria? I have a job, I go to school etc, what is the chance of getting stuck there?

as you know there is no phone number i can call and consult so anyone have the experience?
Thank you, i appreciate any comment.

 

[Leon]

You will get a travel document because when you are not yet a PR for 5 years yet, the RO is that you are able to meet 730 days before your first 5 years have passed and you have plenty of time for that.

However, getting a travel document is not always fast so you could be stuck outside Canada for longer than you planned.

 

[mommo]

Thank you very much, i have 2 weeks , lets see if i will be lucky enough.

 

[torhout13]

Hello, I applied for PR TD recently - two months ago and got the PR TD whithin 2 weeks. My application was processed at the Canadian embassy in Vienna.

 

[mommo]

Thank you very much, I will also write here my processing time when i will get it

 

[dpenabill]

Thank you very much, I will also write here my processing time when i will get it

While that will be helpful, the important caveat is that how long a PR TD application takes can vary considerably . . . just like any other application process in matters governed by IRCC.

There appears to be significant differences depending on which visa office is involved. But personal circumstances can also influence how long it takes.

As Leon noted, for the PR still within the first five years, any time left before the fifth year anniversary counts toward PR RO compliance. The easiest way to look at the PR RO during the first five years is to simply count days absent, and the obligation is met so long as the number of days absent is less than 1095. And of course if the fifth year anniversary is still more than two years away, the total days absent is necessarily less than 1095. (Thus, for example, for the PR who has been living in Canada, and is still three years shy of the fifth year anniversary of landing, there should not be the slightest hint of a PR RO concern.)

When it comes to applying for a PR TD or a replacement PR card, the more the total days absent is short of 1095 the better. Or, put the other way, the closer the PR cuts it, the closer to having been abroad three years in the first five, the greater the risk IRCC will scrutinize the application more and take longer to make a decision. No hint that is a factor here.