I was a landed immigrant but been outside Canada for a while.

[hutsori]

I was a PR card holder but left Canada since 2010. I know I didn't do the mandatory stays. (2 years out 5).
And my passport is still for Canadian residents. (the registration number is different from regular Korean passports)

1. Is my PR status lost?
2. Am I supposed to apply for a new PR if I were to get the status again? (from scratch?)
3. I am planning to visit Canada soon for few days. Do I need any documents?

I would deeply appreciate if someone can answer these. Thank you

 

[Rob_TO]

No, your PR status is not officially lost yet. You are still a PR until you voluntarily surrender it, or you actually have it revoked.
Has your PR card expired yet?

If you come to Canada, you can try to enter as a visitor with your visa-exempt passport. The CBSA officer may or may not notice that you are in fact a PR, and may or may not notice that you haven't met your residency obligations. So basically 2 things could happen:

1. You are simply let into Canada, either as visitor or as returning PR (if your card is not expired). In this case, you could remain in Canada for 2 straight years without leaving even once, and then apply to simply renew your PR card. Your plan of coming "for a few days" would not work, and you would just face an even harder time when you return next time.

2. The officer could notice you don't meet residency obligations for your PR. In this case, you could be reported to CIC to have a hearing in which case they could then revoke your PR status. If this happens, you would then lose PR and would have to apply for new PR again from scratch (if you qualify through family class, skilled worker or whatever).

In general if you don't intend to actually live in Canada, then what is the point of keeping your PR status?