Is caring for mother adequate ground for humanitarian consideration?

[GeetikaMat]

Hello friends, I urgently need your help. My PR Card expired last year and I did not meet residency obligations due to the circumstances in my mother's life.

After my father's expiry in 2000, she had been living in Mumbai with my brother. But around the time I planned to move to Canada, they refused to have her with them any more, citing incompatibility. She moved to Delhi, India, where I then decided to look after her since she has Parkinsons, osteoarthritis and hypertension. So from 2009 until now, I have been living with her.

Now my mother, aged 74, is moving in with her sister in Uttar Pradesh, because my aunt's daughters are now settled in other places. I want to move to Canada for good.

Since my PR obligations were unmet and PR Card no longer valid, I think I will have to apply for a TD and attach an appeal to be considered for status restoration. If I do this, will my situation be considered favourably on humanitarian grounds? What kind of proof or documents would they need? She was not critically ill but definitely frail and unwell, and had no one else all these years. I do not want to exaggerate anything--this is the truth.

Also how much time would it take them to decide on my case? So many of my future decisions depend on this.

Thank you all.

 

[Leon]

You can try it. Include doctors reports and letters stating that your mother needed help and that you cared for her. Write a letter yourself explaining that situation and that you are now ready to settle in Canada as other relatives have taken over your mothers' care.

It could take a long time to get the travel document. If denied, you can appeal.

 

[GeetikaMat]

Thank you Leon. Do you have an idea how long this could take? It is so difficult to plan if everything is resting on guesswork and hope with no clarity.

 

[Leon]

Thank you Leon. Do you have an idea how long this could take? It is so difficult to plan if everything is resting on guesswork and hope with no clarity.

That's how immigration works though. In some cases it can take months to get a travel document. If you want to do this, you can't really plan anything. Just apply and hope for the best. If you get it, you will have 6 months in order to return to Canada.