02-19-2010, 06:58 PM
Once given the permanent residency status, I heard it can be taken away if you are not living in Canada. Do they allow you a time period for moving there once a PR from the US? How long? 6 months? Sooner, longer? Thanks!
02-19-2010, 06:58 PM
02-19-2010, 07:56 PM
Assuming you're in the US at the moment, it works like this.
1. They issue you the PR visa. This has an expiry date on it, usually the expiry of your immigration medical. When they issue the visa, you are not yet a PR, but can now become one.
2. You travel to Canada before the expiry of the visa, and when you enter Canada, you become a permanent resident.
3. After becoming a PR, you usually have to be in Canada 2/5 years in order to maintain your residency. There are some more specifics and exceptions, one important one being that if you are accompanying a Canadian citizen spouse living outside Canada, that can maintain your status:http://www.cic.gc.ca/ENGLISH/newcomers/a...eep_status
http://www.cic.gc.ca/ENGLISH/information...5445EA.asp
So, in theory you can "land" as a PR, then turn around, go back to the states, and not come back for 3 years and still keep your status. The important thing is that you use the PR visa before it expires; if that doesn't give you enough time to wrap everything up in the states before moving, that shouldn't be a problem, as you can land then go back to the states to finish finalising your affairs.
Matthew
1. They issue you the PR visa. This has an expiry date on it, usually the expiry of your immigration medical. When they issue the visa, you are not yet a PR, but can now become one.
2. You travel to Canada before the expiry of the visa, and when you enter Canada, you become a permanent resident.
3. After becoming a PR, you usually have to be in Canada 2/5 years in order to maintain your residency. There are some more specifics and exceptions, one important one being that if you are accompanying a Canadian citizen spouse living outside Canada, that can maintain your status:http://www.cic.gc.ca/ENGLISH/newcomers/a...eep_status
http://www.cic.gc.ca/ENGLISH/information...5445EA.asp
So, in theory you can "land" as a PR, then turn around, go back to the states, and not come back for 3 years and still keep your status. The important thing is that you use the PR visa before it expires; if that doesn't give you enough time to wrap everything up in the states before moving, that shouldn't be a problem, as you can land then go back to the states to finish finalising your affairs.
Matthew
02-22-2010, 04:49 PM
Bit, emphatic ditto. Must enter Canada ("land") before expiration date on the PR visa that is issued and affixed in the passport. Must physically reside in Canada two out of the next five years or . . . meet one of the exceptions.