If your PR cards expire when you are outside Canada, get an official ‘Travel Document’ immediately. Contact the Canadian office abroad and provide them with the satisfactory documents proving your residency of Canada. They can provide you the travel document which is crucial to land in Canada again. If you can not provide sufficient proof of residency you may loose your permanent residency status.

There can be several reasons for refusal of your PR renewal application. If you did not satisfy the officer with your documents or you were not present in Canada for the consecutive 730 days in the past 5 years, there are high chances of application refusal. After refusal you need to appeal to the ‘Immigration Appeal Division’ in Canada. The application needs to be submitted within 60 days of refusal. The division would decide whether the decision of refusal is correct or not. During hearing you can put forward appropriate documents in your favor. Appellant needs to prove his/her points before the members of Immigration Appeal Division.

You might lose your Permanent residency status if you have been outside of Canada for more than 3 years. Even though, you don’t meet the requirements yet you can request for renewal under humanitarian and compassionate grounds. Immigration rules provide safety to those residents who have been outside Canada for some reason and couldn’t stay in Canada for 5 years. Residency obligation can be exempted if you can convince the immigration officer with relevant documents, facts and evidence.

Many crucial and complex steps are involved in PR card renewal process. Our professionals have been helping residents of Canada with their paperwork and documentation. We have helped several individuals in successfully renewing PR cards.