Renouncing PR to get ETA
Jun 4th 2018, 4:07 pm
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Renouncing PR to get ETA
My ex wife wants to return to Canada for a couple of weeks just for my sons 21st birthday..however she has not lived in Canada since 2012 and her PR has lapsed. This means although her PR has lapsed she still has not lost her PR so cant get an ETA or a PR travel document as she does not qualify for either. The only way i can see is to renounce her PR and then apply for an ETA. Has anyone done this? i had a look on the CIC website and it doesn't look very simple and gives no timeline as to how long this takes.
Jun 4th 2018, 8:02 pm
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Re: Renouncing PR to get ETA
My ex wife wants to return to Canada for a couple of weeks just for my sons 21st birthday..however she has not lived in Canada since 2012 and her PR has lapsed. This means although her PR has lapsed she still has not lost her PR so cant get an ETA or a PR travel document as she does not qualify for either. The only way i can see is to renounce her PR and then apply for an ETA. Has anyone done this? i had a look on the CIC website and it doesn't look very simple and gives no timeline as to how long this takes.
Guide 5781 – Applying to Voluntarily Renounce Your Permanent Resident Status
In my case I applied to the Visa Office in Vienna and it took about a month to process and get a confirmation letter. Good luck!
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Jun 4th 2018, 10:42 pm
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Re: Renouncing PR to get ETA
You can also voluntarily renounce in the context of an eTA Application. The guide linked to above explains how.
Jun 5th 2018, 11:33 pm
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Jun 6th 2018, 5:17 am
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Re: Renouncing PR to get ETA
Both my husband and I had to renounce our PR. I applied for an ETA and was able to renounce this way, it took 3 days for confirmation to come through. My husband tried the same way, but it wouldn’t give him the option to renounce, so had to go the paper route. We sent his forms to the London office on a Monday and by Thursday, my husband had an email to confirm his PR had been renounced. This was in March/April this year. Both very quick routes.
Jun 6th 2018, 3:43 pm
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Re: Renouncing PR to get ETA
Both my husband and I had to renounce our PR. I applied for an ETA and was able to renounce this way, it took 3 days for confirmation to come through. My husband tried the same way, but it wouldn’t give him the option to renounce, so had to go the paper route. We sent his forms to the London office on a Monday and by Thursday, my husband had an email to confirm his PR had been renounced. This was in March/April this year. Both very quick routes.
Nov 21st 2019, 10:44 am
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Re: Renouncing PR to get ETA
Hi Cheeky_Monkey,
Could I ask for some inputs with regards to you case in renouncing your PR in Canada? In my case, I would like to permanently live here in the UK. So I thought, In order to do that, I should renounce my PR in Canada. Moved here March 2019 and haven't done anything, but would like to cut ties in Canada before the year ends. So if I do voluntary renouncing my PR do I still need to do a separate application on CRA?
Thanks a lot and looking forward to hear from you or anyone who's knowledgeable to this situation.
Could I ask for some inputs with regards to you case in renouncing your PR in Canada? In my case, I would like to permanently live here in the UK. So I thought, In order to do that, I should renounce my PR in Canada. Moved here March 2019 and haven't done anything, but would like to cut ties in Canada before the year ends. So if I do voluntary renouncing my PR do I still need to do a separate application on CRA?
Thanks a lot and looking forward to hear from you or anyone who's knowledgeable to this situation.
Nov 21st 2019, 7:18 pm
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Re: Renouncing PR to get ETA
Hi Cheeky_Monkey,
Could I ask for some inputs with regards to you case in renouncing your PR in Canada? In my case, I would like to permanently live here in the UK. So I thought, In order to do that, I should renounce my PR in Canada. Moved here March 2019 and haven't done anything, but would like to cut ties in Canada before the year ends. So if I do voluntary renouncing my PR do I still need to do a separate application on CRA?
Thanks a lot and looking forward to hear from you or anyone who's knowledgeable to this situation.
Could I ask for some inputs with regards to you case in renouncing your PR in Canada? In my case, I would like to permanently live here in the UK. So I thought, In order to do that, I should renounce my PR in Canada. Moved here March 2019 and haven't done anything, but would like to cut ties in Canada before the year ends. So if I do voluntary renouncing my PR do I still need to do a separate application on CRA?
Thanks a lot and looking forward to hear from you or anyone who's knowledgeable to this situation.
This thread is more than a year old - and has been closed.
There is no need to renounce your PR status in Canada just because you are going to live in the UK for the time being. Presumably you did your 'landing' to validate your COPR. I would hold on to your PR status at least until you are 100% sure that you won't ever want to live in Canada...
If you want to renounce then all you need to do is fill out the form.
As has been mentioned in your other thread: Canadian Permanent Resident on renouncing PR & Departure Tax
CRA is not immigration related. -
In Canada, your income tax obligations are based on your residency status, not your citizenship or immigration status.
https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/international-non-residents/information-been-moved/determining-your-residency-status.html
If you left Canada and established a permanent home in another country and you severed your residential ties with Canada ceasing to be a resident of Canada in the tax year, you may be considered an emigrant
https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-age...emigrants.html
https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/international-non-residents/information-been-moved/determining-your-residency-status.html
If you left Canada and established a permanent home in another country and you severed your residential ties with Canada ceasing to be a resident of Canada in the tax year, you may be considered an emigrant
https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-age...emigrants.html
Last edited by Siouxie; Nov 21st 2019 at 7:31 pm. Reason: Thread closed.
