Renounce my wife's PR or apply for new pr card . Anyone who can help. thanks

[saltspeaker]

Hello ,
I sponsored my wife on 17th february 2016, received aor1 on March 22nd but delay in my SA made me call the 1800 number and the agent told me that they have requested for additional documents.My wife came here as a PR when she was minor in 2003,family stayed here for 3 months and went back to never come again. call centre agent advised me that my wife should apply for renewal of PR card on humanitarian grounds as she was a minor and had no control over decisions. agent said that I have to wait for that decision and depending upon that I have to let mississauga office know how they should go about my sponsorship file. now saying that if she applies for renewal of her pr card on humanitarian grounds the processing time is 40 months and there is a good chance they are going to reject it because its been like 12 years now. Can someone please help on this because i feel that my wife should renounce the old pr and let mississauga office know about this. The processing times are just crazy with humanitarian cases. ANyone?Thanks

 

[scylla]

How old is your wife? If she is 19, 20 or 21 - there's a chance the H&C PRTD might work. If she's older, the PRTD is almost certainly going to be refused and she's better off giving up her PR status and being sponsored by you.

 

[saltspeaker]

Hi, she is 28 now, I dont understand why the call centre agent wanted me to apply for renewal instead of renouncing the status.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Hi, she is 28 now, I dont understand why the call centre agent wanted me to apply for renewal instead of renouncing the status.

No chance of an H&C renewal happening at her age. The call centre quite frequently gives out wrong advice. They aren't well trained.

 

[Nyhiraba]

I am wondering if a renunciation will not affect your sponsorship - saying in one breath I don't want to reside in Canada and in the next I want to live in Canada. Read this manual on loss of status: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/manuals/enf/enf23-eng.pdf. If she has lost her status I don't think there is a need to renounce her permanent residence. But those are my thoughts.

I thinks she can ask for a determination on loss of status and then once the decision is made you can sponsor her.

 

[truesmile]

As I understand it, the OP must apply for a PRTD and only once it has been refused (PR revoked), then they can go ahead with the new sponsorship application.

 

[Nyhiraba]

As I understand it, the OP must apply for a PRTD and only once it has been refused (PR revoked), then they can go ahead with the new sponsorship application.

You mean this? http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/travel-document/

 

[saltspeaker]

how long is the process for prtd and it getting revoked. this is going to delay the application by few months right:/