Travel Document and PR Card Renewal

[cfabian]

Hello,
My wife and I are PR, but our PR cards are about to expire. The thing is we are not living in Canada, and do not meet the 730 days count.

My wife works were we live now doing business development for Canadian schools, camps and such, but with an agency specialized in Canadian institutions. She's been doing this for a while.

I wonder if her job is suficient for us to apply for a travel document, and to renew our PR card? It is likely that we can get signed letters from those Canadian institutions stating that my wife has been doing this job. There's also proof of a vast number of emails and communications for years.

Thanks and regards

[scylla]

Here are the requirements you must fulfill if you want to try and retain your PR status based on working for a Canadian company outside of Canada. Hope this helps.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/5445ETOC.asp#appendixA

OPTION 2. Employment outside Canada

You may count each day you worked outside Canada provided that your employment meets the following criteria:

- you are an employee of, or under contract to, a Canadian business or the public service of Canada or of a province and
- you are assigned on a full-time basis to:
     - a position outside Canada
     - an affiliated enterprise outside Canada or
     - a client of the Canadian business or the public service outside Canada

For the purposes of this application, a Canadian business is defined as:

- a corporation that is incorporated under the laws of Canada or of a province and that has an ongoing operation in Canada
- an enterprise that has:
     - an ongoing operation in Canada
     - is capable of generating revenue
     - is carried out in anticipation of profit
     - in which a majority of voting or ownership interests is held by Canadian citizens, permanent residents, or Canadian businesses as defined above or
an organization or enterprise created by the laws of Canada or a province

Supporting documents:

You must enclose a letter of declaration signed by an official of the business that indicates:

- the position and title of the signing official
- the nature of the business and how it fits the description of a Canadian business (see definition above)
- details of your assignment or contract outside Canada such as — duration of the assignment; confirmation that you are a full-time employee of the “Canadian business” working abroad on a full-time basis as a term of their employment, or you are on contract working on a full-time basis abroad as a term of their contract; and a  description or copy of the position profile regarding the assignment or contract abroad
- confirmation that the business has not been created primarily for the purpose of allowing you to satisfy your residency obligation

You may also include:

- articles of incorporation and business licences
- partnership agreements and / or corporate annual reports
- corporate Canadian Income Tax Notices of Assessment and / or financial statements
- copies of the Employee Assignment Agreement or Contract
- copies of any agreements between the Canadian business and the business or client outside Canada concerning your assignment to that client or business
- Pay Statement(s)
- Canadian Income Tax Notice of Assessment
- T4 slips

[cfabian]

Thanks for your prompt response.

I have gone through that document before, but it sometimes is not very clear.

By "an affiliated enterprise outside Canada" can be a company incorporated in other country that serves for business development for Canadian institutions?

Thanks

Here are the requirements you must fulfill if you want to try and retain your PR status based on working for a Canadian company outside of Canada. Hope this helps.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/5445ETOC.asp#appendixA

OPTION 2. Employment outside Canada

You may count each day you worked outside Canada provided that your employment meets the following criteria:

- you are an employee of, or under contract to, a Canadian business or the public service of Canada or of a province and
- you are assigned on a full-time basis to:
     - a position outside Canada
     - an affiliated enterprise outside Canada or
     - a client of the Canadian business or the public service outside Canada

For the purposes of this application, a Canadian business is defined as:

- a corporation that is incorporated under the laws of Canada or of a province and that has an ongoing operation in Canada
- an enterprise that has:
     - an ongoing operation in Canada
     - is capable of generating revenue
     - is carried out in anticipation of profit
     - in which a majority of voting or ownership interests is held by Canadian citizens, permanent residents, or Canadian businesses as defined above or
an organization or enterprise created by the laws of Canada or a province

Supporting documents:

You must enclose a letter of declaration signed by an official of the business that indicates:

- the position and title of the signing official
- the nature of the business and how it fits the description of a Canadian business (see definition above)
- details of your assignment or contract outside Canada such as — duration of the assignment; confirmation that you are a full-time employee of the “Canadian business” working abroad on a full-time basis as a term of their employment, or you are on contract working on a full-time basis abroad as a term of their contract; and a  description or copy of the position profile regarding the assignment or contract abroad
- confirmation that the business has not been created primarily for the purpose of allowing you to satisfy your residency obligation

You may also include:

- articles of incorporation and business licences
- partnership agreements and / or corporate annual reports
- corporate Canadian Income Tax Notices of Assessment and / or financial statements
- copies of the Employee Assignment Agreement or Contract
- copies of any agreements between the Canadian business and the business or client outside Canada concerning your assignment to that client or business
- Pay Statement(s)
- Canadian Income Tax Notice of Assessment
- T4 slips

[scylla]

Thanks for your prompt response.

I have gone through that document before, but it sometimes is not very clear.

By "an affiliated enterprise outside Canada" can be a company incorporated in other country that serves for business development for Canadian institutions?

Thanks

Yes - I believe it can.

But the company that currently employs you and that sent you to work outside of the country (with that affiliated enterprise) must be Canadian.