Hi Everyone,
I'm a US citizen and applied for and received my PR card back in 2008. I wanted to move to BC and work there but due to very bad economic times and the outright unwillingness of Canadian firms to spend any money to hire quality candidates from other places (i.e. even though I was able to work in Canada legally they were unwilling to spend a few hundred $$ to fly me out there for an interview from Los Angeles), it was very very tough to find work.
So I kept trying and trying but no avail.
My PR card expired in 2013.
The lawyer that helped me get this card stated that I can go to Canada and stay there regardless of the fact that my PR card has expired. So long as I get in and customs, etc doesn't create an issue, I can get in and stay. Whether that is true or not I don't know. I certainly have not satisfied the stupid 730 day rule but even so that's what the lawyer stated.
Now that the economy has gotten a little better, more companies are interested in my background but as soon as they here I am not sure I have PR they baulk...as if it's such a big deal considering how many immigrants Canada brings in from places that are much further away than the US and have no agreement like the US does border-wise. It's ludicrous in the way they think and behave.
Anyway, the real issue is what am I entitled to at this point? What can I do and not do? Am I able to go back to Canada and work? How do I get an SIN number to work when the PR card is expired? If I go to an SIN office and they see my card is expired, what will they say and do?
My lawyer advised me highly against renewing my PR card....at least not for a few years has passed until I come back and reside there. So what do I do?
It's very frustrating. Here I am...a hard working, law abiding individual who went through the right channels and spend a great deal of time and money obtaining an PR card in the hopes to move and work in Canada and this is how I am treated and looked and all the while people just waltz in there and are treated with kit gloves. I don't get it.
Anyway thank you.
I'm a US citizen and applied for and received my PR card back in 2008. I wanted to move to BC and work there but due to very bad economic times and the outright unwillingness of Canadian firms to spend any money to hire quality candidates from other places (i.e. even though I was able to work in Canada legally they were unwilling to spend a few hundred $$ to fly me out there for an interview from Los Angeles), it was very very tough to find work.
So I kept trying and trying but no avail.
My PR card expired in 2013.
The lawyer that helped me get this card stated that I can go to Canada and stay there regardless of the fact that my PR card has expired. So long as I get in and customs, etc doesn't create an issue, I can get in and stay. Whether that is true or not I don't know. I certainly have not satisfied the stupid 730 day rule but even so that's what the lawyer stated.
Now that the economy has gotten a little better, more companies are interested in my background but as soon as they here I am not sure I have PR they baulk...as if it's such a big deal considering how many immigrants Canada brings in from places that are much further away than the US and have no agreement like the US does border-wise. It's ludicrous in the way they think and behave.
Anyway, the real issue is what am I entitled to at this point? What can I do and not do? Am I able to go back to Canada and work? How do I get an SIN number to work when the PR card is expired? If I go to an SIN office and they see my card is expired, what will they say and do?
My lawyer advised me highly against renewing my PR card....at least not for a few years has passed until I come back and reside there. So what do I do?
It's very frustrating. Here I am...a hard working, law abiding individual who went through the right channels and spend a great deal of time and money obtaining an PR card in the hopes to move and work in Canada and this is how I am treated and looked and all the while people just waltz in there and are treated with kit gloves. I don't get it.
Anyway thank you.