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    PR card renewal question

    This response says what needs to be understood. It will not "prove" that you have been in Canada for the required duration. These are "supporting documents" . . . just that, documents that support the PR's report (truthful, as in accurate and complete report) of information in the...
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    Does CBSA officer have discretion to report your residency obligation?

    @scylla posted the short, simple answer. Probably covers it. But to be clear, the risk is that upon arrival at a Port-of-Entry a PR is questioned about RO compliance, and if determined to not be in compliance then subject to RO inadmissibility proceedings which can culminate (while the PR is...
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    Can I Fly to Canada with green card and non-Canadian passport when my PR card has expired?

    REMINDER: There are multiple decision points involved when boarding an international flight destined for Canada. The two most relevant ones here are: -- decision to issue a boarding pass -- decision to allow the traveler to board the plane Criteria for these decisions overlap but they are...
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    PR card renewal questions

    The requirement for submitting supporting documents for a PR card application, by a PR who has not been outside Canada for more than 1095 days (since landing or, if after fifth year anniversary, within the previous five years) is simple and straight-forward. Even more so in the context here, a...
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    PR card renewal questions

    Just about anything showing your address should suffice because your date of landing itself is enough to prove you are in compliance with the PR Residency Obligation . . . there are more than two years left until the fifth anniversary of your landing, which means there are enough future days...
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    What can IRCC agents actually tell you?

    What I know derives from anecdotal reporting, not anywhere near recent personal experience (I took the oath nearly a decade ago), understood in context with what is known about how the process works. "Non-routine" merely describes an application that has involved any action or procedure that is...
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    Can I Fly to Canada with green card and non-Canadian passport when my PR card has expired?

    Yeah, the real world is rife with wrinkles. The CBSA system gives the airlines authority to issue a boarding pass. Even with a boarding pass in hand, travelers and their travel documents are typically still screened further before actual boarding. The thing about screening passengers boarding...
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    i have messed up my physical presence calculator :(

    IRCC is well aware that people make mistakes (but that many are not much forgiving when IRCC makes mistakes), and they allow for that, within a reasonable range of course. Most adult applicants should be interviewed now, or at least going forward. The guidelines for processing provide that all...
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    Can I Fly to Canada with green card and non-Canadian passport when my PR card has expired?

    I recall this. Yeah, stuff-happens. And even though the anecdote is dated now (the CBSA board or no-board system is continually improved and it is increasingly what controls), there is a good chance that the location of the departing flight can make a difference. That is, flying from some...
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    Application Returned - Incomplete saying incomplete physical presence

    Non-routine is descriptive not a status or category. Any processing that is in addition to what is part of the regular, that is "routine" procedure, means the application is "non-routine." The only way IRCC uses this term is to distinguish the timeline for processing applications. It is more or...
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    Can I Fly to Canada with green card and non-Canadian passport when my PR card has expired?

    The post by @canuck78 and this last post by @armoured. The airlines are usually (but not always, which can confuse trying to forecast how things go) only the messenger. CBSA makes the decision. Rather, CBSA's electronic passenger authorization system makes the decision. All the airlines does is...
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    Application Returned - Incomplete saying incomplete physical presence

    Note I was not addressing anything about the progress of your case; I stated: In particular, I was not commenting on your status or what the process is in your case other than as an example of an applicant providing an explanation and in effect pushing/compelling IRCC to process an application...
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    Application Returned - Incomplete saying incomplete physical presence

    I cannot offer advice. And even someone qualified to offer advice would need to know more details. The specific "from" date of any permit or visa, and the "to" date, is key, specifically as stated in the permit or visa. Subject to earlier termination (such as when a new permit or visa takes...
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    2 years stay in Canada - PR Compliance question

    As @canuck78 noted, and very much so, whether to follow through with physically immigrating to Canada is a personal decision. While career and financial considerations loom large, there is a broad range of personal factors to consider, ranging from family ties to cultural and social environment...
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    Application Returned - Incomplete saying incomplete physical presence

    I am NO expert and am not able to comment much on the calculation of pre-PR credit in your situation. In particular, I am not sufficiently familiar with the various ways in which a Foreign National has Temporary Resident Status in Canada to assess what pre-PR periods of time are entitled to...
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