PR renewal card application is considered abandoned

[toronto_man]

ALl,

i was sent RQ and have not yet replied - they said they will consider my application abandoned
is there an issue with that? or is it better to withdraw the application?

can anyone advise?

 

[toronto_man]

All,

Any input? has anybody got his PR renewal application abandoned after not replying to the RQ invstigation letter?

if so, was he/she able to access Canda via the U.S? did he/she have any toughle renewing the pr card later? pls share experience

 

[scylla]

I would formally withdraw rather than abandoning.

If you received RQ the first time and then abandoned the application - then there's probably a good chance you will get RQ when you reapply.

Don't you have a citizenship application in progress? They may put the citizenship application on hold until you are successful in renewing your PR card.

 

[toronto_man]

thanks for your answer

anyone else got his PR renewal application abandoned afer not replying to RQ ?

pls share your experience

 

[CanV]

There is nothing to share. You will get RQ in your next PR renewal application and in your citizenship application.

 

[toronto_man]

so better to withdraw the application?

 

[polara69]

so better to withdraw the application?

Scylla already answered your question...

 

[dpenabill]

ALl,

i was sent RQ and have not yet replied - they said they will consider my application abandoned
is there an issue with that? or is it better to withdraw the application?

can anyone advise?

so better to withdraw the application?

Frankly, it is best to respond. To neither withdraw nor allow it to be deemed abandoned.

Even if in responding that might in effect document how you fall short of meeting the residency obligation . . .

. . . unless, of course, there were blatant misrepresentations in the application itself.

Thus: if there were some flaws in your application but no misrepresentations in it, best to respond to the form seeking Residency Determination information. If responding will nonetheless result in the application being denied, at the least there will be a record of the Residency Determination (CIC maintains an entirely separate database for this information) and that will be a baseline for any future application.

Either withdrawing or abandoning is too likely to lead a total stranger bureaucrat to infer the likelihood of some misrepresentation in the application and put a negative if not nasty flag into your GCMS/FOSS record.

Or, potentially, initiate an investigation into what CIC refers to as "possible residency fraud."



If there were significant misrepresentations made in the application: see a lawyer.

It is possible that by either withdrawing or abandoning the application (my sense is either of these is about the same as the other), CIC will not pursue it in any regard unless and until you make another application, of just about any sort, including an application for a PR Travel Document while abroad, or appear at a POE seeking entry into Canada.

But that's gambling if there were material misrepresentations made in the application. Again, particularly if you are aware their were material misrepresentations made in the application, there is the risk of CIC initiating an investigation into "possible residency fraud." Abandoning or withdrawing the application will not necessarily preclude this. Thus, if there were any significant misrepresentations made in the application, better to take everything to a lawyer, ASAP, and get some confidential legal advice about where to go from here, how to navigate your way forward.