We applied for permanent residence status under the community identified provincial nominee program. There is a possibility that my family does not emigrate to Canada after all once PR status is obtained. If they do not come, does this, and how, affect my PR status?
PNP PR, Can family decide to not come?
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If you are the principal applicant, you just land as a PR and it is completely irrelevant to your PR if your family lands or not. If they choose to let their PR visas expire, that is fine and they will not become PR. If they choose to make the trip to land and then go back home, that is fine too. They can spend up to 3 years outside as PR's before they must return to Canada in order to meet the RO (residency obligation) in order to keep their PR. If they don't want to keep it, they simply don't return.
If some other family member is the principal applicant and you are a dependent on their application, the principal applicant must land in order for you to land and after that, it does not matter what they do.
If some other family member is the principal applicant and you are a dependent on their application, the principal applicant must land in order for you to land and after that, it does not matter what they do.
zinneken said:Thanks Leon, as I'm the main applicant, seems the wife can threaten to not come as much as she wants without harming my future
Well, if she is currently no further away then the US, she should at least make the trip to land because if she lets her PR visa expire and then changes her mind, you would have to sponsor her and it will take months and you will have to pay all her fees again.
I understand, for me it is more a question of family negotiation. The wife: I don't go if you don't blablabla and so you'll be stuck here. Now I can say: don't come darling, don't need you for it. Childish, but, well, anyone has those kind of discussions at some point in their marriage I guess.Leon said:
