Expiry for PR card without enough days to apply for renewal

[ssasidha]

Hi, My wife and i became Canadian PR in 2018 and she didn't stay in Canada for more than than 4 months. Now she got a job offer from Canada and wanted to come here. Bu her PR will expire in May 2023. She won't have enough (730 days) in Canada to apply for the renewal. She was doing her Ph. D. until 2020 June and didn't travel to Canada due to Covid as well. Can she still apply for renewal? if so when should she apply? Is she allowed to work after may 2023?

Thanks in advance,

 

[scylla]

Hi, My wife and i became Canadian PR in 2018 and she didn't stay in Canada for more than than 4 months. Now she got a job offer from Canada and wanted to come here. Bu her PR will expire in May 2023. She won't have enough (730 days) in Canada to apply for the renewal. She was doing her Ph. D. until 2020 June and didn't travel to Canada due to Covid as well. Can she still apply for renewal? if so when should she apply? Is she allowed to work after may 2023?

Thanks in advance,

She needs to return to Canada and then wait until she meets the residency requirement before she will be able to apply for renewal. Yes, she can work after May 2023.

 

[ssasidha]

She needs to return to Canada and then wait until she meets the residency requirement before she will be able to apply for renewal. Yes, she can work after May 2023.

Thank for for the reply.

 

[Ponga]

Also, depending on which province you are moving to, she may have difficulty getting health care coverage, since she may not qualify until she satisfies whatever residency requirements would be required (above and beyond the R.O. to maintain PR status).

 

[ssasidha]

Also, depending on which province you are moving to, she may have difficulty getting health care coverage, since she may not qualify until she satisfies whatever residency requirements would be required (above and beyond the R.O. to maintain PR status).

She will be coming to Ontario.

 

[canuck78]

She will be coming to Ontario.

So yes she will likely have to wait until she has a valid PR card until she can get a health card. That means she will be without healthcare coverage for 2-3 years until she can renew her PR card and receives the new PR card. She applied to come to Canada wh8e pursuing her PhD so knew she would have problems meeting her RO. That is viewed as a personal choice. Covid could be used as a reason for not being able to travel for a certain amount of time but given that travel has returned back to normal in most areas of the world it will be tough to justify that she couldn’t travel until September 2022. For her RO she needed to meet the 730 days out of 5 years starting from her landing date. The expiry date of her PR card isn’t related to her RO. Does she have a SIN#? Has her spouse been living in Canada all this time? If o she was likely a tax resident and should have been filing her taxes so herSIN$ shouldn’t be on hold. If she hasn’t been filing taxes then there is a chance that her SIN# has been put on hold.

 

[ssasidha]

So yes she will likely have to wait until she has a valid PR card until she can get a health card. That means she will be without healthcare coverage for 2-3 years until she can renew her PR card and receives the new PR card. She applied to come to Canada wh8e pursuing her PhD so knew she would have problems meeting her RO. That is viewed as a personal choice. Covid could be used as a reason for not being able to travel for a certain amount of time but given that travel has returned back to normal in most areas of the world it will be tough to justify that she couldn’t travel until September 2022. For her RO she needed to meet the 730 days out of 5 years starting from her landing date. The expiry date of her PR card isn’t related to her RO. Does she have a SIN#? Has her spouse been living in Canada all this time? If o she was likely a tax resident and should have been filing her taxes so herSIN$ shouldn’t be on hold. If she hasn’t been filing taxes then there is a chance that her SIN# has been put on hold.

she has her SIN and was filing tax every year.

 

[canuck78]

she has her SIN and was filing tax every year.

Assume that means that you have been living in Canada this whole time making her a resident for tax purposes. Has she contacted CRA so they can decide if she is a tax resident or not Given her long absence out of Canada? That is a,ways the safest way to do it.

 

[Buletruck]

So yes she will likely have to wait until she has a valid PR card until she can get a health card. That means she will be without healthcare coverage for 2-3 years until she can renew her PR card and receives the new PR card. She applied to come to Canada wh8e pursuing her PhD so knew she would have problems meeting her RO. That is viewed as a personal choice. Covid could be used as a reason for not being able to travel for a certain amount of time but given that travel has returned back to normal in most areas of the world it will be tough to justify that she couldn’t travel until September 2022. For her RO she needed to meet the 730 days out of 5 years starting from her landing date. The expiry date of her PR card isn’t related to her RO. Does she have a SIN#? Has her spouse been living in Canada all this time? If o she was likely a tax resident and should have been filing her taxes so herSIN$ shouldn’t be on hold. If she hasn’t been filing taxes then there is a chance that her SIN# has been put on hold.

PR card is valid till May 2023, so that shouldn’t be an impediment.

 

[armoured]

PR card is valid till May 2023, so that shouldn’t be an impediment.

Sounds like overall should not have many issues. Note though: until she gets enough days and is compliant, and then gets a new card, travel abroad will on each re-entry introduce risk she could get reported. If she can just stay in Canada - no problem. If her lifestyle means a lot of trouble - potential problems.

 

[canuck78]

PR card is valid till May 2023, so that shouldn’t be an impediment.

clearly missed that she still had a valid PR card for some reason. Probably read @Ponga response and got it into my head that the PR card was expired.

Since she has been filing her taxes as a tax resident not living in Canada her SIN# shouldn’t be on hold.

 

[canuck78]

Hi, My wife and i became Canadian PR in 2018 and she didn't stay in Canada for more than than 4 months. Now she got a job offer from Canada and wanted to come here. Bu her PR will expire in May 2023. She won't have enough (730 days) in Canada to apply for the renewal. She was doing her Ph. D. until 2020 June and didn't travel to Canada due to Covid as well. Can she still apply for renewal? if so when should she apply? Is she allowed to work after may 2023?

Thanks in advance,

Once she has entered Canada she should really attempt to remain in Canada for 2 years although worse comes to worse you could always sponsor her again. Have you been living all this time in Canada. It is fairly unusual for married couples to remain living apart for 4 years or apply to move to Canada while one is doing their PhD and still has years to complete it. Have you been visiting each other often? When did you get married? There could be concerns about the validity of your relationship if you’ve never spent much time in person living together. You mentioned she is moving to Canada for a job not to join you which is wtrange if you are living in Canada. Most married couples would have tried to reunite as soon as the PhD was done.