I have the same question as everybody else here on this thread. But feels like we don't have a concrete answer to these questions. I will try to summarize the question in this post, and if anyone has some insights on these please let us know. It will help a lot of people, now that PR approvals have started to come in.
Main Question
Most of us applied for inland PR more than a year ago. The approvals are now coming in finally (yay!).
But many of us are on a short trip to outside-Canada right now. Personally I am away for 5 weeks to meet my parents after 3 years.
1. What should we do if we receive an approval email during this phase, when we our inland-PR application gets approved and we are outside Canada for a short-trip? Footnote: we have valid TRV and Work Permit to enter Canada.
2. Should we reply to the first email that we get from IRCC notifying us about all the details?
3. If yes, then would you be in some kind of risk to delay the process indefinitely? Or even refused, since you are not in Canada. I think its ridiculous to expect people to not travel outside for years, waiting for PR. (I applied 18 months ago, still waiting).
4. If no, then how long do we have to reply to the first IRCC PR confirmation email? Let's say can you wait 5 weeks, come back to Canada and then do your first reply, stating yes you are now in Canada?
This seems like a very common scenario, and its absolutely ridiculous that IRCChas not considered this scenario, when PR application processing times have risen to almost 2 years.
Any response from anyone on the thread will be much appreciated. Thanks