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This debate about visa exempt passport holders who hold expired PR cards risking travel was relevant to me and I was mighty concerned I may be refused boarding in May when I took the risk. I am now in Canada and have applied for my new PR card having been reported for a Residency Obligation...

Superb news Marc! Really happy for you that you were able to get through such a difficult time and that immigration accepted your submissions. I also just sent you a private message to your email.

I am a PR reported for RO breach recently. I filed a form Notice of Appeal - Removal Order Appeal in person at the IAD Registry in Montreal one calendar month ago. I got a stamped copy handed back to me at the counter, which I suppose was an acknowledgement that they had received my appeal...

Sorry for my late reply. The ratio I can't say for sure but each case is assessed on its own merits. I have seen a few cases on Canlii where the PR has built up sufficient ties in Canada after being issued a Departure Order which the PR has appealed and where the IAD has allowed the PR to retain...

Thanks, good to know. Not what I was hoping for! Any foreign business trips will eat into my ability to satisfy RO in future.

Yes, you have 30 days to file the Notice of Appeal. It can be filed by post, and I think also by fax.

I was stamped into Canada as a PR. I planned to file a Notice of Appeal if reported under s.44(1) and I have now filed the appeal through my lawyers. In terms of time I am "allowed to stay", I am allowed as much time in Canada as I want to be, until such time as the appeal hearing date at the...

@Rob On this topic... assume there is a Canadian company (a branch office/subsidiary of a foreign company) employing a PR in Canada, whereby the PR is required to travel to various countries on business, perhaps 3 to 6 months per year cumulatively per year. This is extended business trips of...

I was given a s.44(1) report to say that there were grounds to believe that I am a PR who is inadmissible for failing to comply with the residency obligation under s.28 of the IRPA Act. Also that I failed to demonstrate there exist any h&c grounds to justify retention of PR status. This report...

Any recommendations, please, of where best to get the two photographs required for a PR card renewal in Toronto/Mississauga? I am looking for studios or places where they get the photograph correct and less likely to be rejected by CIC. Any recommendations/suggestions based on experience most...

If they do indicate that they want to report you for the breach of the Residency Obligation and issue a s.44(1) report, they will offer you the chance to revoke/renounce PR status at the airport and allow you to enter Canada as a visitor. This is what happened to me before they issued me the...

@Wadiek I am in almost the same position as you. I was actually issued a Removal order at Toronto Pearson a few days ago and have just filed Notice of Appeal to Montreal IAD Registry. My apartment and residence in Canada is in Greater Montreal, hence, my Notice of Appeal was sent to the...

@dpenabill Thanks for pointing out this very informative case. In case I get reported for my own breach of the RO, I will look to see what I can learn from this case to position myself accordingly for my own appeal in the future at the IAD. As you say each case is different, but there are some...

Which country was you conviction in? Canada looks to find the "equivalent" offence in Canada to the crime that was punished abroad, so you need to do some research (primarily by looking through the Criminal Code but also other Acts of Parliament) to see what the equivalent statute in Canada...

If you file a Notice of appeal to appeal the Removal Order, and you file the Notice within 30 days, it could take about a year or perhaps up to 2 or maybe even as long as 3 years before you have your hearing at the IAD to present your case for why you should be given an exemption and allowed to...

Thanks for your reply. Trust me, you are more sensible in terms of your approach than some "consultants" whether formally recognized or not. At the airport, there was a line in the immigration section that took me 2 hours to get through. Then because I had such a complex travel history it took...

Superb advice, thank you! You are truly wise. I was not (yet) given any report at the airport but told that I should attend a meeting in the near future to have a full discussion. I am pretty sure I am the "subject" of a report, as you say. I think they needed more time to look at some of the...

Yes. Maybe the airline and CBSA knew I was a PR with an expired card but just applied the "leniency". As you say, the system could well be fully up and running already. I had (mistakenly) taken the ease with which I managed to get to Canada as a sign that the system is not up and running...

@dpenabill Thanks for your helpful clarification that nobody would ask anyway about PR, that it would be an entirely electronic process whereby the airline is notified whether or not to allow a person to board. So the fact nobody around me was asked at check-in or at the gate if they were a PR...

I have a PR card that expired 5 years ago and have a visa-exempt foreign passport. Got into Canada into a major city with a flight out of London (UK) with a non-Canadian airline. Flight was very busy and indeed over-booked. I had deliberately not provided my advance passenger information until...