Travel and residency obligation not met

[dedoz]

Hi,

apologize i know this has been discussed over and over again, I did search but couldn't really find a similar case.

in march my PR card is going to expire, by then iam gonna be short of a year to meet the residency obligation (4 years out of Canada). I am in full time job here in canada with a big Canadian company, if that worth mentioning.

I have learned that I could stay in Canada and wait until I collect the 2 years in the 5 years and then apply for the PR card renewal. the renwal takes about 6 months. that means that I wont be able to leave the country until 1.5 years after March 2012.

i cant really do this, I need to travel to visit my parents for couple of weeks at least a year.

what are my possibilities here? is it possible to switch to a work visa to spare that headache of the PR obligation? I want to keep my job and be able to go for vacation. I thought of having my parents visiting me here but that wont work since when they apply for the Visa, my PR obligation might be check.

thanks for your help.

[Alabaman]

Wait until you have 2 years in the preceeding 5 years and then apply to renew under urgent processing. This should take 2 to 4 weeks if everything goes fine. You can apply for your parents to come visit you at any time. Residency obligation is not checked when you do this. I was in a similar situation and applied for family members to visit me.