8/3/2021
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Need an immigration attorney's suggestion
aarya_a1
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Hi I am looking for an immigration attorney's advice on travel outside of Canada. Appreciate any leads on lawyers who can give me this legal advice on a nominal fee. |
8/15/2021
Topic:
Need an immigration attorney's suggestion
aarya_a1
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Dear Friends on Settlement.org,
I need your suggestion on my situation. I soft-landed as a PR of Canada in Feb 2018 and went back to the US as I was a full-time student there. While landing, the CBSA officer asked me for a Canadian address so they could send my PR card and I gave her one. But for some reason, the card was never delivered. I called up the IRCC office and had them re-deliver it. That too, never got delivered. After six months of non-delivery, I called up IRCC and they made me sign an affidavit that 180 days had passed and I didn't get my PR card. Now, my friend received my PR card (after six months) and the PR card bore an expiry date of Sept 2023.
My course work in the U.S. was until October 2019. I genuinely had intentions of returning to Canada and started looking out for a job before I relocated here. Unfortunately, due to Covid in 2020, and travel restrictions, I just couldn't relocate as planned. I called up quite a few immigration attorneys and wanted to hear from them until what time I could relocate so as not to jeopardize my PR status. ALL of them suggested that as the expiry date on my PR card is Sept 2023, I could relocate until Sept 2021 as I would still have two years on my card and I could comfortably fulfill my Residency Obligation. They also suggested that I leave 4-5 months of buffer and relocate by May 2021. And I did relocate in May 2021.
I drove into Canada but the CBSA officers at the immigration sat me down for many hours and said the five year clock starts from the date I land and it has got nothing to do with the expiry date on my PR Card. The officer could have written me up, but chose not to as she gave me a benefit of doubt and admitted me as a PR.
Life in Canada has been good and I found a full-time job within a month of my move to Canada and I am on the verge of closing in on a condo. But if I ever have to travel to my home country due to any pressing reason, would it be safe for me to travel under the next two years? |