I am in a rather complicated situation and nervous about the outcomes of my PR renewal interview coming up in December.
I immigrated to Canada with my mom in 1999, I was 7 at the time. My step father, has never adopted me, but they are married. In 2005 they decided to move back to Europe because both of my parents are originally from there and were often home sick, they wanted to be closer to their families. I was 13 at the time so had no say in this decision. My dad (step) has dual citizenship, one is Canadian. My mom doesn't, she is a permanent resident like me. When my pr card was expiring we tried contacting the embassy about renewing it, but they said that it can only be done from within. At that time I wasn't 18 years old yet and one of my parents would have to go with me to Canada, for 3 months. This would be during a school year so we saw the situation as very unreasonable, since my mom was also pregnant at the time. After I finally graduated (2011) we filed for a travel document. It took awhile, but the embassy finally gave me one and I was able to travel back to Canada and re-apply for my permanent resident card. I gathered what documents I could get my hands on, but not nearly as much as they ask for since I don't have a drivers license, health card. All I have is my expired pr card with a photo of me when I was 10-11. A status verification document, my passport and my travel document stamp.
I got a letter saying that all permanent residents of Canada are subject to a residency assessment at the time of distribution of their new permanent resident card and that an immigration official will review my documents to determine my eligibility for a pr card. So I'm wondering what to expect and if the officer will even know what do with me or am I going to be frowned upon for not having enough back up documents.
I immigrated to Canada with my mom in 1999, I was 7 at the time. My step father, has never adopted me, but they are married. In 2005 they decided to move back to Europe because both of my parents are originally from there and were often home sick, they wanted to be closer to their families. I was 13 at the time so had no say in this decision. My dad (step) has dual citizenship, one is Canadian. My mom doesn't, she is a permanent resident like me. When my pr card was expiring we tried contacting the embassy about renewing it, but they said that it can only be done from within. At that time I wasn't 18 years old yet and one of my parents would have to go with me to Canada, for 3 months. This would be during a school year so we saw the situation as very unreasonable, since my mom was also pregnant at the time. After I finally graduated (2011) we filed for a travel document. It took awhile, but the embassy finally gave me one and I was able to travel back to Canada and re-apply for my permanent resident card. I gathered what documents I could get my hands on, but not nearly as much as they ask for since I don't have a drivers license, health card. All I have is my expired pr card with a photo of me when I was 10-11. A status verification document, my passport and my travel document stamp.
I got a letter saying that all permanent residents of Canada are subject to a residency assessment at the time of distribution of their new permanent resident card and that an immigration official will review my documents to determine my eligibility for a pr card. So I'm wondering what to expect and if the officer will even know what do with me or am I going to be frowned upon for not having enough back up documents.
