PR Card Renewal – Will I Face Issues? (Soft Landing 2020 → Met RO by Dec 2025)

[b007]

Hi everyone,

Looking for quick guidance on my upcoming PR card renewal.

• PR card expires: May 2026
• Residency obligation: I will reach 730 days by December 2025
• Timeline:
  
  • Soft landing in March 2020
  • Returned to Canada in Nov 2023
  • Entry allowed on H&C (officer’s discretion) – officer noted humanitarian grounds
• Since then, I’ve been living in Canada continuously except for occasional short US trips (no days lose). No long absences planned.
  

Questions:​

1. Do you anticipate any challenges in my PR card renewal given that my 2020–2023 gap was resolved at the border under H&C?
2. What supporting documents should I gather now to clearly show I’m meeting the residency obligation by Dec 2025?
3. Any travel precautions I should take before applying for renewal in Jan 2026?
   

Thank you!

 

[armoured]

1. Shouldn't be. Note, this doesn't mean it'll get processed super-fast - but no obvious reasons to be particullarly worried, as long as 730 days (certain) plus a bit of buffer.
2. No different than in the instructions.
3. Not sure I understand - not really.

 

[b007]

1. Shouldn't be. Note, this doesn't mean it'll get processed super-fast - but no obvious reasons to be particullarly worried, as long as 730 days (certain) plus a bit of buffer.
2. No different than in the instructions.
3. Not sure I understand - not really.

Thank you @armoured

 

[NNB18]

Hi everyone,

Looking for quick guidance on my upcoming PR card renewal.

• PR card expires: May 2026
• Residency obligation: I will reach 730 days by December 2025
• Timeline:
  • Soft landing in March 2020
  • Returned to Canada in Nov 2023
  • Entry allowed on H&C (officer’s discretion) – officer noted humanitarian grounds
• Since then, I’ve been living in Canada continuously except for occasional short US trips (no days lose). No long absences planned.

Questions:​

1. Do you anticipate any challenges in my PR card renewal given that my 2020–2023 gap was resolved at the border under H&C?
2. What supporting documents should I gather now to clearly show I’m meeting the residency obligation by Dec 2025?
3. Any travel precautions I should take before applying for renewal in Jan 2026?

Thank you!

Hi did you enter by air/land ?
What all questions did the officer ask in secondary inspection ? Was it quick or very detailed ? Did you have to show H&C documents as proof
Thank you

 

[b007]

Hi did you enter by air/land ?
What all questions did the officer ask in secondary inspection ? Was it quick or very detailed ? Did you have to show H&C documents as proof
Thank you

By Land.
It was detailed interview.
I was not meeting Residency Obligation so they allowed me on H&C but I didn't apply through H&C stream.

 

[NNB18]

By Land.
It was detailed interview.
I was not meeting Residency Obligation so they allowed me on H&C but I didn't apply through H&C stream.

Thanks! I’m in same boat.
Im 6mnths short of RO (1 have only 1.5yrs left on PR card). I will prepare my H&C docs for entry

 

[Ponga]

• Since then, I’ve been living in Canada continuously except for occasional short US trips (no days lose). No long absences planned.

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The fact that you have made `occasional' trips to/from the U.S. and were NOT reported by a CBSA officer (creating a 44(1) report) is BEYOND lucky, IMHO.
At anytime you could have been given the 44(1) report which would have been the first step towards revoking your PR status.

 

[b007]

The fact that you have made `occasional' trips to/from the U.S. and were NOT reported by a CBSA officer (creating a 44(1) report) is BEYOND lucky, IMHO.
At anytime you could have been given the 44(1) report which would have been the first step towards revoking your PR status.

I didn't get 44(1) reports. Officer allowed me to enter based on officer’s discretion.