PR expired-travel document

[eli12345]

myPRC expired on jan 1st 2013.
• I can't be able to meet the residency obligations of 730 days and need to go out of Canada.Can I give travel document from inside Canada and what document I need?

 

[Leon]

No, you can not apply for a travel document from inside Canada. If you leave, you take your chances that you have to apply for a travel document from outside Canada and you may be refused and lose your PR. Even if you do get the travel document in the end, it could take a long time that you are stuck outside.

If you are visa exempt, you can travel to Canada without a travel document. Show your expired PR card when you enter and say you forgot to renew it. You might get away with that. If you are not visa exempt but have a US visa, you can go to the US, attempt to enter Canada in a rental car, private car or on foot and say the same.

Any time you enter Canada, immigration officers have the right to ask you how long you were gone etc. If they feel that you do not meet the residency requirements, they may report you and you could lose your PR.

 

[eli12345]

thanks for quick reply,and one question: can I apply for PR again after I lost my status?

 

[eli12345]

thanks for quick reply,and one question: can I apply for PR again after I lost my status?

 

[scylla]

thanks for quick reply,and one question: can I apply for PR again after I lost my status?

Yes.

 

[Leon]

Yes, but you need to apply under the current immigration classes. The immigration class you applied under back then may no longer be around. Some people who applied in prior years may not qualify any more so look into that first.

If you have a spouse who is either a Canadian citizen or a spouse who is a PR and is in Canada and meets the residency requirements, your spouse could sponsor you.