Renounce PR status and re apply

[giorgosdel]

Hello, I sponsored my partner and she was approved for PR. We applied from abroad and we have to land Canada until mid April in order to activate her status.

Unfortunately my father who is living abroad had an accident and he is hospitalised. His situation is really serious and we have to stay next to him for support. Thus, we are unable to travel to Canada until the deadline in order to activate the status. We don't know how long we will have to delay our relocation to Canada though.

What is the right action for us to take? Should my partner renounce the status so she will not fail to meet the pr obligations? If so, can we apply again in the future to sponsor her?

Any help would be welcome.

 

[np08]

You don't have to actually move by mid April. You can do a soft landing - literally just go to Canada, do the landing process at the airport and you're done. You can go back immediately to take care of your father, delaying the actual move for however long you need to (you have to be in Canada for two years out of five in order to meet the RO).

 

[Hurlabrick]

Hello, I sponsored my partner and she was approved for PR. We applied from abroad and we have to land Canada until mid April in order to activate her status.

Unfortunately my father who is living abroad had an accident and he is hospitalised. His situation is really serious and we have to stay next to him for support. Thus, we are unable to travel to Canada until the deadline in order to activate the status. We don't know how long we will have to delay our relocation to Canada though.

What is the right action for us to take? Should my partner renounce the status so she will not fail to meet the pr obligations? If so, can we apply again in the future to sponsor her?

Any help would be welcome.

What np08 said. But do be aware, that once you have carried out the 'soft landing', you MUST then live in Canada for at least 2 years in the next 5 year to retain PR status.

 

[giorgosdel]

Thank you both for the response, I forgot to say that we are unable to travel at all. Not even for the soft landing. Also, in case of a soft landing, I think you cannot just leave the country without the PR card. You need permanent resident travel document. Correct me if I am wrong.

 

[scylla]

Thank you both for the response, I forgot to say that we are unable to travel at all. Not even for the soft landing. Also, in case of a soft landing, I think you cannot just leave the country without the PR card. You need permanent resident travel document. Correct me if I am wrong.

That's incorrect. You can land and leave the same day.

 

[vinitmenon]

Thank you both for the response, I forgot to say that we are unable to travel at all. Not even for the soft landing. Also, in case of a soft landing, I think you cannot just leave the country without the PR card. You need permanent resident travel document. Correct me if I am wrong.

You can leave Canada without PR card. But when you want to come in again, you will have to apply for PRTD.

check this: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=064&top=10

 

[Hurlabrick]

I think you cannot just leave the country without the PR card. You need permanent resident travel document. Correct me if I am wrong.

I must correct you. As Scylla said, you can land to activate PR and leave the same day - there is NOTHING that is stopping you leaving Canada. HOWEVER, you cannot then return to Canada at a later date without either the PR Card OR a PRTD - so I think you have got the sequence mixed up.

 

[np08]

Renouncing the PR is always an absolute last case resort. I wouldn't and couldn't ever recommend it. I really suggest you figure out a way to fly out to Canada even just for a day to do the soft landing.

 

[jddd]

In addition to what everyone has said, note that your partner is NOT a PR until she lands so renouncing isn’t a consideration here.

You can sponsor your partner again once you are ready to move to Canada.

 

[np08]

In addition to what everyone has said, note that your partner is NOT a PR until she lands so renouncing isn’t a consideration here.

You can sponsor your partner again once you are ready to move to Canada.

This is true, yes. Instead of renouncing the PR, we're actually talking about abandoning/cancelling the PR application.

 

[jddd]

This is true, yes. Instead of renouncing the PR, we're actually talking about abandoning/cancelling the PR application.

You don’t really have to do anything to cancel. The simple act of not landing with the COPR issued will do that. There should be nothing to worry about in sponsoring again once ready so long as the relationship remains genuine.

I wish your father a speedy recovery.

 

[giorgosdel]

I would really like to thank you all for the guidance and your positive thoughts. We will do our best to do a soft landing but if we cannot manage it, I am happy that nothing stop us for doing the sponsorship from the beginning in the future. I gone through this link and indeed, I found out that a permanent resident is allowed to leave the country without PR card. Again, correct me if I am wrong. Thank you all.

 

[giorgosdel]

Following up.. In the case of soft landing, is that legal? Is it something I report to the immigration officer? Can we just say that cay came to activate the status and then leave? Thank you

 

[Hurlabrick]

Following up.. In the case of soft landing, is that legal? Is it something I report to the immigration officer? Can we just say that cay came to activate the status and then leave? Thank you

Yes, of course it is 'legal', people do this all the time (we did this ourselves as we had to go back to sell up). That is precisely what a 'soft landing' is!

You go up to the nice CBSA officer at the airport and say 'I am landing to activate my CoPR and declare permanent residence'. He may then ask if you have any 'goods to follow' to process, you just say 'No, we will be heading back to XXXXX in the next day or two to sell up and return when we are ready'.

Unofficial reading here:

https://britishexpats.com/wiki/Landing_as_PR-Canada

 

[np08]

Following up.. In the case of soft landing, is that legal? Is it something I report to the immigration officer? Can we just say that cay came to activate the status and then leave? Thank you

Absolutely legal and people do it all the time. You could technically land and then not come back for three years and still meet the RO, provided you don't leave again (as you need two out of five years for the RO). There's nothing legally keeping you in Canada for some arbitrary amount of time once you land.

The only thing you need to keep in mind is to get your PRTD from the Canadian embassy in the country you'll be in before traveling back to Canada.