Thanks for link.
The people I was speaking with told me that PR RO aside, immigration officers can simply 'refuse' entry as you had been away for too long. The case I heard involved someone denied entry into Canada when they tried entering 8 months 3 weeks after initial landing date.
What do you make of this?
That is
not possible, unless they were unable to satisfy the CBSA officer of their identity. A PR, regardless of their compliance with the RO has the RIGHT to enter Canada at the border, (not withstanding a very small number of
very serious circumstances, under which the PR is actually arrested at the border, and not just turned away.)
https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/I-2.5/page-5.html#h-17
Right of entry of permanent residents
(2) An officer shall allow a permanent resident to enter Canada if satisfied following an examination on their entry that they have that status.
https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/ircc/migration/ircc/english/resources/manuals/enf/enf04-eng.pdf Page 46 onwards.
11 Examining permanent residents at ports of entry
Subsection A2(1) defines a permanent resident as
a person who has acquired permanent resident status; and
has not subsequently lost that status under section A46 .
11.1 Rights of permanent residents
Subsection A27(1) provides that a permanent resident has the right to enter and remain in Canada subject to the provisions of the Act
