Requirements of PR Card Application - Any Information?

M

mgyuan

Registered Users (C)
Does any one know what requirements must be met to apply for the PR card? Is it required to list up all travelling periods outside Canada? If that happens, will this be a problem if one has been in the States for a long period (say, more than 3 years)? How do they track if an applicant has been in the US?
 
need to wait until sept 15th to find out

that is when the PR card application kit will be
posted in the cic.gc.ca website
 
I plan to enter into Canada after 9/15, and wonder if I should use US GC or PR paper.

Since I have been outside of Canada for more than 3 years, I am wondering if I should use US green card or Canadian PR paper. Do you have any good idea or advice?
 
You are better off using US gc than Canadian PR paper
since you have been living in US for so long.
 
I have made several times of trip to Canada using PR paper

without problems. I have been wondering how a Canadian officer tracks if a PR holder has left the country for a long period (say, two years) or a few days (say, two days).
 
when was the last time you entered ?

did you see any difference in the Qs asked after sept 01 ?
Also there is no exact way the officers can find out but
they can make a guess based on your passport stamps
may ask you about your job/home etc in canada but..
see what I found out :

From: tmadej (jx0238@yahoo.com)
Subject: Re: Returning to Canada after 3 years without RRP!!!
Newsgroups: misc.immigration.canada
View this article only
Date: 2002-07-09 20:17:30 PST


I talked with CIC call center reps, and here is what they told me:
1. If you are a PR, and landed in, say, Feb of year 2000, stayed in
Canada for 1 week, left for a 3rd country and stayed there for 2+
years untill now.
2. If you go back to Canada between now and Feb of year 2003, you can
be admitted as valid PR.
3. If you want to keep your PR status, you will have to stay in Canada
most of the time in the next 2 years so that you can fulfill the 2/5
yr residency obligation.
4. Experts: have you tried to call the CIC call centers? You can get
the answer right away.
5. Old PRs in similar situation: when in doubt, call the CIC call
centers. Their phone numbers are published in CIC website.
6. To all: anyone still confused about the PR residency requirement of
the new law, call the CIC and get a straight answer and publish it
here to clarify things that should have been very straightforward.
 
My last trip to Canada was Aug 2001 crossing the bridge on foot. She even did not look at my passport. She asked me how long have you been in the US, and I told her that I just crossed the border this morning...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top