ESarge

1. Generally speaking, the medical results have a validity of one year and therefore you need to land before the results expire. (The experience above that differs from this is quite interesting).

2. It's only when you land that you become a permanent resident and therefore only from that time does the 2 years in 5 rule apply.

lilacheart

Hi ,

Just wondering what would happen to long haulers who spend most of their week in the states.. How would this affect thier PR status?

ESarge

There is an exception when travelling for a Canadian company.

JAJ

But they would find it harder to get Canadian citizenship, even if they keep PR.

Aviator

Why?

PMM

Hi

Because citizenship requires 3 years of physical residence in the 4 years prior to application.

cornmatthew

I think it's been mentioned here before that CIC can and will extend medical validity in certain cases.

Singaporepep: when you get your PR visa, there will be an expiry date printed on it. That's the date you have to land by. In most cases, that date is 12 months from the date of medicals or (if earlier) the expiry date of the passport.

Here's the CIC link you asked for: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resourc...p/op15-eng.pdf. See 'Length of time that overseas medical results are valid' on page 8.

Aviator

As intentional travel was a requirement of my work for a Canadian company, I questioned CIC about this (many years ago), I got a different answer from everyone I spoke to. A citizenship judge would make this determination. Also, if you are out of the country for less than 24 hours that does not count against you. I aired on the side of caution though.

CIC term though is 'Physical presence' rather than physical residence.

JAJ

Or you can plead your case with a citizenship judge, hence the use of the term "harder" rather than "impossible".

Buchan6

A question.

Presently in England, PR runs out in 2011,

Obviously maintaining my current PR is the way to go but it may not be practicable due to work, finance's, etc.

If we went back in spring / summer 2010 we wouldn’t have enough time to make the two years.

However if, for example we did return spring / summer 2010, come 2011
when PR expires could I (assuming I’m working) get a TWP and then apply
for a "new" PR from within Canada ?

Aviator

If you fail to meet the residency requirements for PR, you have to formally relinquish residency status before you can apply for anything else. Here's a little light reading for you http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resourc.../enf23-eng.pdf After you've done this you start again, trying to get a TWP or applying for PR from the beginning again, so long as you qualify. Once your status expires, you are then a visitor and can no longer work legally in Canada.

lilacheart

I can't imagine losing PR and contemplating starting again....

Getting it is stressful enough without redoing it from scratch

Hope you can manage to maintain your status

TheBear

+1

Surely if you plead exceptional circumstances and have a permanent job they should show some sort of common sense towards it.

Aviator

If a relative was terminally ill or something maybe, but just because it is inconvenient, why on earth should the rules be bent for that.

ESarge

You can plead a case to keep PR under humanitarian and compassionate grounds. There is a a large amount of discretion given but it's pretty clear that they mean circumstances that would severely disadvantage a child or a situation that is grossly unfair (disproportionate is the word used).