Just got a question. I have open work permit. We recently passed our application for initial permanent residency. My mother is the applicant and me as her child and other family members are her dependents. If me alone is looking to go back to our home country to finish studies while PR application is on process, would it be possible? Would there be any problems for our overall application on that matter?
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Just got a question. I have open work permit. We recently passed our application for initial permanent residency. My mother is the applicant and me as her child and other family members are her dependents. If me alone is looking to go back to our home country to finish studies while PR application is on process, would it be possible? Would there be any problems for our overall application on that matter?
How is your mother qualifying for PR? Do you have a separate application and how old are you? How long would you be abroad? What other dependents? Spouse and other children under 22?
She's a personal support worker. We don't have separate application, it was just her who applied for it and all of us are already included. My mother, father, me(23yrsold), and 2 siblings, 1 is 25 yrs old, the other is 15 yrs old. And since planning to finish studies on our home country, maybe I'll stay there around 2-3 years because I just finished my 2 years in university before going here in Canada.How is your mother qualifying for PR? Do you have a separate application and how old are you? How long would you be abroad? What other dependents? Spouse and other children under 22?
She's a personal support worker. We don't have separate application, it was just her who applied for it and all of us are already included. My mother, father, me(23yrsold), and 2 siblings, 1 is 25 yrs old, the other is 15 yrs old. And since planning to finish studies on our home country, maybe I'll stay there around 2-3 years because I just finished my 2 years in university before going here in Canada.
You are fine to return to your home country. Just make sure you don't get married or become common law before you have PR.
Once you have PR, you will have to meet the residency obligation in order to keep your PR status. At that point staying outside of Canada for 3 years will be too long.
I assume your mother's PR application was originally submitted before you had turned 22.
So while it is on a pending process, I can go to my home country as long as it is before I get my PR? And then after getting the PR, I just have to go back to Canada to keep my Pr status?You are fine to return to your home country. Just make sure you don't get married or become common law before you have PR.
Once you have PR, you will have to meet the residency obligation in order to keep your PR status. At that point staying outside of Canada for 3 years will be too long.
I assume your mother's PR application was originally submitted before you had turned 22.
So while it is on a pending process, I can go to my home country as long as it is before I get my PR? And then after getting the PR, I just have to go back to Canada to keep my Pr status?
Yes, while the application is pending you can return to your home country.
To keep PR status, you must live in Canada for 2 out of every 5 rolling years after you get PR.
You are fine to return to your home country. Just make sure you don't get married or become common law before you have PR.
Once you have PR, you will have to meet the residency obligation in order to keep your PR status. At that point staying outside of Canada for 3 years will be too long.
I assume your mother's PR application was originally submitted before you had turned 22.
Did your mother apply for the caregiver PR program 3 years ago since you have a sibling who is 25? Your mother will have to update your address to indicate you are living outside of Canada so you can receive COPR and not eCOPR.
I'm not quite sure about that. But we just passed/applied for PR last March 2025. I mean we started working on the requirements since January and it was March when finalized and passedDid your mother apply for the caregiver PR program 3 years ago since you have a sibling who is 25? Your mother will have to update your address to indicate you are living outside of Canada so you can receive COPR and not eCOPR.
I'm not quite sure about that. But we just passed/applied for PR last March 2025. I mean we started working on the requirements since January and it was March when finalized and passed
Think you need to clarify with your family you seem unclear about what is going on. Are you and your family protected people or refugees? If not when did you come to Canada and under which program? Did your mother come as student on a study permit for example? On a closed work permit? When did you apply and get your OWP?
We all came together last year, July 1st. My mom has closed work permit. While the rest of our family have open work permit. Before going here we applied for the visa around 2020-2021 in our home country.Think you need to clarify with your family you seem unclear about what is going on. Are you and your family protected people or refugees? If not when did you come to Canada and under which program? Did your mother come as student on a study permit for example? On a closed work permit? When did you apply and get your OWP?
We all came together last year, July 1st. My mom has closed work permit. While the rest of our family have open work permit. Before going here we applied for the visa around 2020-2021 in our home country.
What your mother did is apply for caregiver PR program in 2020-21. That is what is important. Had she not applied in 2020/21 and also received a WP through that program you and your older sister would not have qualified to be included on her application. Your family needs to be very careful because you and your sister will have to qualify on your own if your mother doesn’t get PR from the 2020-21 application. You and your older sibling can’t get married or live with a partner until you get PR. If your family gets PR you must return to Canada and land before the COPR expiry because you can’t be sponsored in future and you need to prioritize meeting your RO. Would add that it may not make sense to return home to complete a degree unless you know it will be recognized in Canada. For some degrees it will make sense but for others probably not.
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