Hello People,
I had applied for renewal of my PR card on Sep 18. I had enough days to meet Residency obligation. I checked the status regularly and even today the status shows submitted however, when I go to inspect and check in the console windows, I saw status completed and the rejection reason id 47 saying my primary ID is incomplete and MZR region is not redeable although it clearly is.
I want to know how do I go about it now since I have received no communication from IRCC? its just pure coincidence that I saw the status.
Also, what next steps should I take?
Assuming you mean "
MRZ" rather than "
MZR," wait for communication from IRCC and follow their instructions. Otherwise, probably likewise but I am not familiar with what MZR means in regards to identification, PR cards, or PR card applications.
Again assuming you mean "
MRZ," as long as your ID is valid, in no way fraudulent, doctored, or otherwise tampered with, there should be no serious problems. Worst case scenario, such as where the ID has been so damaged that IRCC requires a different ID, is that you will need to re-apply and provide a different ID.
It is likely (subject to a very unlikely exception) it will be at least mid-November before you receive a communication from IRCC about this (when the application is opened for processing).
Assuming your ID was valid and not so damaged it is entirely unacceptable (so, again, requiring you to provide a different ID) and the application was made online, it could be that the ID did not pass the initial automated processing step, which would result in the application going into the stream for processing complex and high complex applications, meaning it probably does not even get opened for processing until mid or late November, or so, BUT will be OK when an IRCC official opens the application and processes it.
So . . . if the ID just plain doesn't meet IRCC's standards, you will most likely have the application returned with instructions about resubmitting it with acceptable ID.
If, per chance, it was just rejected in the automated processing stage but the ID will suffice when the application is processed by an IRCC official (officer or processing agent), you will probably get AOR and . . . well if everything else is in order notice the application is approved and a new PR card is in the mail (or notice to pick up in person).
A (Probably) Not Likely Scenario . . . but one with potentially severe consequences:
Probably no cause to worry at all that IRCC suspects the ID has been altered or in any way tampered with fraudulently.
But if that happens, if an IRCC officer suspects the document has been altered, that could be serious . . . and should be handled accordingly, taken very seriously.
So . . . again, it is not likely, but if IRCC does suspect the ID has been altered, manipulated, doctored, or in any way tampered with fraudulently, that is serious enough it would be prudent to
LAWYER-UP right away in addition to otherwise
following the instructions you get from IRCC, including responding within the time frame specified.
If this is the scenario, the communication you get from IRCC will likely be what is considered a PFL (Procedural Fairness Letter). It is possible, however, the communication does not explicitly refer to it being a PFL. But, nonetheless, this would be a serious matter, potentially a very serious matter (inadmissibility, removal, and bar from returning to Canada at stake). Again, if this happens see a lawyer right away
So far as I have seen, these PFLs often fail to adequately convey how serious the matter is. It meets the procedural requirements of a PFL so long as it informs the client there is an issue, what that issue is, and what information or documentation is needed to resolve the issue. It does not need to otherwise indicate it is a PFL and, so far as I have seen, does not need to clearly inform the client what the potential consequences are. "
PFL" is merely a characterization or description of a communication that informs a client of an issue (statement that a document was submitted with alterations, or otherwise tampered with) and what is being requested in regards to that issue (the PFL might ask the client to address the authenticity of the document, and for PRs suspected of submitting a passport with altered entry date stamps, one of the more common examples, for information and documentation that will corroborate the travel history; I do not know what might be asked if IRCC suspects an ID that has been altered or tampered with).
I mention this because there have been cases in which IRCC officers have simply taken the word of a CBSA "
expert" that the document has been altered to be more probable than client denials, even without finding the client to lack credibility, and that can be enough to find misrepresentation (by submitting an inauthentic document) resulting in inadmissibility, the loss of PR status, Removal, and an exclusion order barring the client from Canada for five years.
So, again, this is not likely to happen. I doubt that's what happening. But if that is what is happening, the potential consequences are so severe, and the need to get a lawyer involved right away looms more importantly than many realize, it is best to be aware that if the communication you get from IRCC seems, seems at all, like a PFL alleging you submitted an altered document, that needs to be taken seriously . . . and it can be difficult to know what matters and how to best present what matters, so it would be wise to have help from a good lawyer.
