Hi Folks,
My PR card will expire in a few months and as per recent guidelines, I'm eligible to apply for PR card renewal. For context, I am eligible to apply for citizenship as well, but taking in to consideration the processing time for citizenship applications, I will probably need the PR card for travel.
I had a couple of questions regarding the application form (IMM 5444):
1) Do day trips to the U.S. have to be declared? It is clear that they have to be declared for citizenship applications but not so clear for PR renewal.
2) If the answer to 1 is "yes"; I was planning on adding a sheet titled day trips, as the # of days of absence will be 0 for these
3) I had a few months of absence right after becoming PR. Reason was that I took my time to line up employment and move my stuff (car and other belonging) from the US to Canada. What would be the apt. reason for absence for something like this?
My PR card will expire in a few months and as per recent guidelines, I'm eligible to apply for PR card renewal. For context, I am eligible to apply for citizenship as well, but taking in to consideration the processing time for citizenship applications, I will probably need the PR card for travel.
I had a couple of questions regarding the application form (IMM 5444):
1) Do day trips to the U.S. have to be declared? It is clear that they have to be declared for citizenship applications but not so clear for PR renewal.
2) If the answer to 1 is "yes"; I was planning on adding a sheet titled day trips, as the # of days of absence will be 0 for these
3) I had a few months of absence right after becoming PR. Reason was that I took my time to line up employment and move my stuff (car and other belonging) from the US to Canada. What would be the apt. reason for absence for something like this?