NOT ABLE TO MAINTAIN PR OBLIGATION DUE TO CRITICAL ILLNESS

[sargun]

Dear Sir/Mam,
I am permanent resident of canada and i went to canada in june 2010(with my husband as well as two kids) and stayed there for about one and half month.And now i am staying outside canada for last 2 years 10 months and i had plan to return to canada before 3 years but unfortunately my husband is diagnosed with cancer recently in the month of Jan13 and he is undergoing treatment presently in the home country and he is not in a position to travel also and my husband and two kids are also permanent residents as i am. As it is mandatory to have atleast 2 years stay out of 5 years to maintain permanent residency. Considering our circumstances we are looking for 1 year extension outside canada ( Total 4 years) on compassionate ground for me , my husband and for our two kids. As me and my husband dont want to burden on canadian health system and want to be absolutely fit to become part of canadian work force. So my query is that Can me and family be given 1 year extension (total four years outside canada)
considering our circumstances ?so that there should not be any issue in maintaining our permanent residency staus afterwards. If it is possible , kindly let us know to whom we need to request and approach and we are also looking for contact details for the same. We sincerely request you to kindly respond at the earliest.
Warm Regards
Contact E-mail id- sargun_t2001@yahoo.co.in

 

[Leon]

You can not apply for it beforehand. When you are ready to move to Canada, if PR cards are still valid, just go. If you are asked on entry if you met the residency requirements, you can say you did not because your husband had cancer. Maybe they let you in without a problem, maybe they will report you. If they report you, you still enter Canada but you must appeal for your PR. If they don't report you, you wait 2 years and only then apply to renew your PR card because you then meet the residency requirements again.