I asked a question for on my sister's behalf a few weeks ago and Leon gave some very useful input. However that post seems to have been deleted, but anyways here's my situation again since I doubt Leon would remember much.
My Dad applied as an Investor around 2002 listing my mother, brother and sister as dependents. I was too old and had already graduated from college to be considered as a dependent so I had to apply under FSW by myself instead (irrelevant to the point, but just thought I'd share).
My sister, then 22, was in college in 2002. The family got approved in 2004 and landed in early 2005. My sister was still in college in the US when they landed (6-year architecture program) and hence still considered a dependent. Later that year she got a job at an architecture firm in New York and has been living there ever since. She recently got laid off and even though she is still looking for a job in NYC, she and my parents are wondering about her PR status. Her PR card expires in 2010 and she has not even completed 1 year of residency.
She told me that on 2 separate occasions when she was visiting my parents, she asked the immigration officers at the airport told her that since she came in as a dependent on someone on an investment visa, she gets to keep her PR for life as long as the principle applicant (my dad) has legal status in Canada since she was first granted PR status under his application. On both those occasions, she entered Canada from the States, they would bring her into a room for an interview to inquire about her PR status and on both those occasions they told her that same thing. Based on those two experiences, she has thought that her PR status was safe.
I am a bit more skeptical about the knowledge of immigration checkpoints officers because I don't think they know much more other than how to stamp passports.
When I asked my initial question, Leon said that she could try to enter Canada and if she was not stopped at the border she could come in and stay for 2 years without renewing her PR card and at the end of 2 years get a renewal. Although from the looks of it she might just get stopped again if she tries to enter.
Anyway if Leon or anyone else could confirm or refute what the customs checkpoint officers have told her, that would be great. Or if there is some law or loophole that is similar to what I have just described so that I can look more into it. It would really get my mom off my back too because she has been calling me at 3am in the morning every day all worried about my sister's status.
My Dad applied as an Investor around 2002 listing my mother, brother and sister as dependents. I was too old and had already graduated from college to be considered as a dependent so I had to apply under FSW by myself instead (irrelevant to the point, but just thought I'd share).
My sister, then 22, was in college in 2002. The family got approved in 2004 and landed in early 2005. My sister was still in college in the US when they landed (6-year architecture program) and hence still considered a dependent. Later that year she got a job at an architecture firm in New York and has been living there ever since. She recently got laid off and even though she is still looking for a job in NYC, she and my parents are wondering about her PR status. Her PR card expires in 2010 and she has not even completed 1 year of residency.
She told me that on 2 separate occasions when she was visiting my parents, she asked the immigration officers at the airport told her that since she came in as a dependent on someone on an investment visa, she gets to keep her PR for life as long as the principle applicant (my dad) has legal status in Canada since she was first granted PR status under his application. On both those occasions, she entered Canada from the States, they would bring her into a room for an interview to inquire about her PR status and on both those occasions they told her that same thing. Based on those two experiences, she has thought that her PR status was safe.
I am a bit more skeptical about the knowledge of immigration checkpoints officers because I don't think they know much more other than how to stamp passports.
When I asked my initial question, Leon said that she could try to enter Canada and if she was not stopped at the border she could come in and stay for 2 years without renewing her PR card and at the end of 2 years get a renewal. Although from the looks of it she might just get stopped again if she tries to enter.
Anyway if Leon or anyone else could confirm or refute what the customs checkpoint officers have told her, that would be great. Or if there is some law or loophole that is similar to what I have just described so that I can look more into it. It would really get my mom off my back too because she has been calling me at 3am in the morning every day all worried about my sister's status.