My PR Card expired in 2009, before this I had lived in Canada for brief periods. I had planned to move to Canada permanently in 2007 but due to my mother sickness I could not and stayed in USA to take care of her until 2016. Being a US citizen, I drove to Canada on my US passport and finally settled here. It has been almost 2 years and 6 months and I have never traveled abroad. I am well settled here, working and paying my taxes regularly. I have few questions,
1) Do i need to have a valid PR card to apply for citizenship? or even with expired PR card I will be able to apply for citizenship? Is it better to have valid PR?
2) If I apply for PR card, what documents should I submit? I have gone through list but is there anything extra that I should send.
3) Do you recommend I apply through lawyer or is it a straight forward case? The only thing bothers me is that my card was expired in 2009 and I have been using my US passport to travel between US and Canada since my PR card expired.
I will greatly appreciate some suggestions and advice from the senior members here or who have gone through the same situation.
Thank you in Advance,
Fus
1) Do i need to have a valid PR card to apply for citizenship? or even with expired PR card I will be able to apply for citizenship? Is it better to have valid PR?
2) If I apply for PR card, what documents should I submit? I have gone through list but is there anything extra that I should send.
3) Do you recommend I apply through lawyer or is it a straight forward case? The only thing bothers me is that my card was expired in 2009 and I have been using my US passport to travel between US and Canada since my PR card expired.
I will greatly appreciate some suggestions and advice from the senior members here or who have gone through the same situation.
Thank you in Advance,
Fus