Applying again for a card

[JayB]

Hello,

My wife is Swedish and I am Canadian living abroad. We have a child together. She has a PR card, that will expire this month, and will not meet obligations for citizenship. She had about 700 days total toward the obligations and then we left. Just wanted to know what happens next time she enters Canada? Does she have to show the expired PR Card? And when we do decide to live in Canada again, one day, do I have to apply the same way as I did last time for the card again or is it easier?

Thanks.

 

[Rob_TO]

Are you a Canadian citizen? If so, then time she spends living with you outside of Canada, counts towards her PR residency obligations.

So when you eventually want to return to Canada she can fly there with her visa-exempt passport, and then you can show CBSA officer in Canada her expired PR card, and proof/evidence you are her spouse and were living together during her time out of Canada.

 

[JayB]

I thought that those days only apply if you are working for the government or armed forces.

 

[keesio]

I thought that those days only apply if you are working for the government or armed forces.

Accompanying your Canadian spouse abroad also counts for PR days (not citizenship).

 

[Rob_TO]

I thought that those days only apply if you are working for the government or armed forces.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/5445ETOC.asp#appendixA
You may also count days outside of Canada as days for which you satisfy the residency obligation in the following circumstances:

OPTION 1. Accompanying a Canadian citizen outside Canada

You may count each day that you accompanied a Canadian citizen outside Canada provided that the person you accompanied is your spouse

 

[JayB]

do you still have to apply through the slow long process again or is there some quick application you can do?

Its too bad that we just didnt get enough of her days to just get the Citizenship.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

do you still have to apply through the slow long process again or is there some quick application you can do?

Its too bad that we just didnt get enough of her days to just get the Citizenship.

You don't need to apply for anything. Your wife's PR status is still perfectly valid and as she has been living with you, she meets the PR Residency Obligation.

 

[JayB]

What happens when she has a card that is expired, when she comes back to Canada on a visit? Will they interview her or do they just let her go with an expired PR card? Does she need to get a new card? Sorry if I am not understanding something.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

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What happens when she has a card that is expired, when she comes back to Canada on a visit? Will they interview her or do they just let her go with an expired PR card? Does she need to get a new card? Sorry if I am not understanding something.
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They may or may not ask her some questions. If they do, she just needs to show that she has been living with her Canadian spouse and therefore meets the Residency Obligation. She will not be denied entry or anything like that.