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> To apply for a PR card you do it after you enter canada,to confirm
> residence,correct? So would she just come here like she was visiting
> and then get a place and apply for the PR? She'd be going on the
> greyhound bus if she came back. So would she just present her license
> and birth certificate as identification and tell them (for customs i
> guess) that she's visiting or looking for a place,or say she's moving?
>
No.
If she never became a Canadian citizen,
but she moved outside of Canada for such a
long a period of time, then she has lost
her permanent resident status (her landed
immigrant status) in Canada. This means that
she is no longer holds the right to live in
Canada.
She doesn't simply have to apply for a PR
card. PR cards are granted only to people
who are permanent residents of Canada
(and who are not Canadian citizens).
She must first apply for and be granted
a "permanent resident visa" for Canada. But,
a permanent resident visa is NOT easy to obtain,
these days, unless a person has some very
close relatives who are Canadian or who are
permanent residents of Canada.
Canada is not going to simply grant her a
new visa based on the fact that she lived
there for a long period of time. She must
qualify for a visa the same as anyone who
wants to live in Canada (and who is not a
Canadian citizen).
If she wanted to be able to stay outside of
Canada for as long as she wished, and then
keep the right to return there, she should have
applied for Canadian citizenship before she left.
Stephen Gallagher |
