I have valid PR but ....

[mafsharchi]

Hi,
We are a family of five and four of us have Canadian Permanent Resident card.
My second daughter was born in Calgary and is a Canadian passport holder.
We have lived in Canada from 2002 to 2006 and landed for our PRs in March 2011 then we left Canada.
After four years of our landing we are intended to return to Canada.
Our PR cards are valid until mid-2016.
Can we travel to Canada with our PR cards?

Tnx

 

[encantado]

Hi,
We are a family of five and four of us have Canadian Permanent Resident card.
My second daughter was born in Calgary and is a Canadian passport holder.
We have lived in Canada from 2002 to 2006 and landed for our PRs in March 2011 then we left Canada.
After four years of our landing we are intended to return to Canada.
Our PR cards are valid until mid-2016.
Can we travel to Canada with our PR cards?

Tnx

You can travel to Canada till your PR card are still valid. But you should be aware to renew them untill the residence obligations are fulfilled.

 

[zardoz]

Hi,
We are a family of five and four of us have Canadian Permanent Resident card.
My second daughter was born in Calgary and is a Canadian passport holder.
We have lived in Canada from 2002 to 2006 and landed for our PRs in March 2011 then we left Canada.
After four years of our landing we are intended to return to Canada.
Our PR cards are valid until mid-2016.
Can we travel to Canada with our PR cards?

Tnx

You can travel but you run the high risk of being reported on entry for not meeting the residency obligation requirements. If you are reported, unless you have very very good unavoidable reasons for not being in compliance, you may all lose your PR status.

 

[Rob_TO]

Hi,
We are a family of five and four of us have Canadian Permanent Resident card.
My second daughter was born in Calgary and is a Canadian passport holder.
We have lived in Canada from 2002 to 2006 and landed for our PRs in March 2011 then we left Canada.
After four years of our landing we are intended to return to Canada.
Our PR cards are valid until mid-2016.
Can we travel to Canada with our PR cards?

Tnx

You have been outside Canada for more than 3 years, so you are in violation of your PR residency obligation (RO). You can all enter Canada as PRs (and 1 as citizen), but upon entry CBSA may report you for not meeting the RO. If this happens you can appeal the decision and have a meeting with CIC, but unless there is some important reason you failed to meet RO then you can expect your PRs will be revoked and will need to return back to your home country and apply for PR again from scratch if you still qualify.

If you can enter Canada and are lucky enough to not be reported for RO, then you'll need to stay in Canada for 2 straight years without leaving even once, before attempting to renew your PR cards after they expire.

 

[mafsharchi]

Thank you very much for your informative response.

I have one more questions:
1- In case of loosing my status(worst case) how much time will I be given to leave Canada?

Best,

 

[zardoz]

Thank you very much for your informative response.

I have one more questions:
1- In case of loosing my status(worst case) how much time will I be given to leave Canada?

Best,

I believe that it's normally a 30 days grace period. Note the word "grace"...