Residency Days And Validity

[sang1507]

PR is issued April 2015 and Expires June 2020.

• Can i move in Canada as a PR in June 2019 and stay for good awaiting to complete 2 years to apply for renewal.
• Is it legal to continue in the country and work even when i have a Expired PR beyond jun 2020
• How will my late entry with just 1 year to expiry, affect my application for PR renewal?Will it affect?
• Upto when should i wait to apply for renewal?
• How will this late entry affect my citizenship application.

 

[Buletruck]

1. Yes , you can do that, however, if you haven't met RO there is a good possibility CBSA will report you for Violating RO as you don't have sufficient time to meet it in the first 5 years (assuming you haven't been in Canada for a while).
2. Yes, you can live and work without a valid PR card. It's only a travel document. To work, you will need a SIN.
3. See point 1. You can be reported and potentially loose your PR status. Don't apply for a new PR until you meet RO.
4. Until you have been in Canada 730 days (800+ would be better).
5. You still need to meet the requirements for citizenship. Totally different matter. If you loose your PR, citizenship would no longer be on the table. If you appeal, they won't consider your application until a decision is rendered.

What date did you land in Canada and how long did you stay? RO is counted from the date of landing, not from the date on the PR card. The PR card date is irrelevant to RO.

 

[dpenabill]

Observations in addition to and, to some extent emphasizing observations by @Buletruck

PR status does NOT expire.

PR card is a status document. The PRC validity dates are NOT relevant in any assessment of compliance with the PR Residency Obligation.

If a PR is absent from Canada for more than 1095 days prior to the fifth year anniversary of the date the PR landed and became a PR, the PR is in breach of the PR RO. Thus, for example, a PR can be in breach of the PR RO and subject to losing PR status LONG BEFORE the first five years is up. (Basically a PR has up to three years to come to Canada and settle permanently; the closer to three years it takes, the less leeway the PR has to travel abroad again during the remainder of the first five years.)

A valid PRC is needed to obtain a SIN (for any PR who did not already obtain a SIN), and is usually required to obtain a Canadian drivers license or provincial health care coverage.

Otherwise, a valid PRC is NOT required . . . a PR continues to be a PR even though the PRC has expired, and can continue to live, work, and move within Canada, and so on, just like any other PR.



Overall Caution:

If you have been outside Canada for three years total since landing, or you are soon approaching this, make no mistake, you are risking the loss of PR status. As long as your PRC is valid there are fair odds you can return to Canada and not lose status if you then settle and stay. BUT those odds steadily get worse the longer you are abroad. And as noted, presenting a valid PRC at the PoE does not insulate let alone immunize the PR from a PR RO compliance examination and potentially being reported. The longer you are abroad, the greater the risk of being reported during the next entry to Canada.