On January 14, 2013, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (“CIC“) issued Operational Bulletin 491 – Mailing Permanent Resident Cards (“PR Cards“) to Representatives (“OB-491“). OB-491 is an update to the 2012 Pilot Project to mail permanent resident cards directly to applicants instead of having them attend at a CIC office. Many permanent residents have been requesting that… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Permenant Residency Card
“Assigned To” and the Residency Test for PR Status
As previously discussed on this blog, one of the ways to satisfy the residency obligation of maintaining permanent residency is to be employed outside of Canada on a full-time basis by a Canadian business or in the federal public administration or the public service of a province. A thorny issue that has arisen in… Continue Reading
Maintaining Permanent Residency Status While Working Abroad
Examining the “working abroad for a Canadian business” exception to the “two years out of five” rule for maintaining permanent residency status. … Continue Reading
CIC Hires More PR Card Renewal Processing Staff
I have commented extensively upon the increased wait time in processing permanent residency card renewals. I have noted that the dramatic increase from an average of 40 days to the current 191 cannot be the result of an increase in applicants, because the number of applicants is actually decreasing. I hypothesized that the actual reason was likely due to either an increase in the complexity of files, or staffing issues.… Continue Reading
PR Card Renewal Wait Times Continue to Increase, plus: Use of a Representative : 說不出代辦名字易惹官質疑
Less than three weeks ago I commented on the increased delay in processing PR Card Renewals. The processing time had gone from roughly 40 days in January, to 80 days in April, to 171 days on July 16th.… Continue Reading
Wait Times for PR Card Renewal Dramatically Increase : 申請人及律師炮轟 中國新移民遭歧視
The processing time for PR Card renewals has ballooned from roughly 42 days to 171. There are several reasons for this, including personnel reductions at Case Processing Centre Sydney, a higher than expected number of permanent residences wanting to renew their permanent resident card instead of applying for citizenship, and increased complexity of some of… Continue Reading