Is my PR status gone or not? Please help.

Your PR status is long gone. There is no reactivation process.

Your Canadian born child can sponsor you for PR provided he/she has sufficient income. However this process currently takes 5+ years to be completed.

timbit_TO is correct. scylla is not -- except scylla is right that there is no "reactivation" process but that is because there is no temporary or provisional in-between status. You either are a PR or you are not.

If you were a PR, you either lost it (which requires adjudication) or you are still a PR. (Sounds like you still are a PR.)

If a person is not a PR, including a person who was but who lost PR status through an adjudicated process (which can be as simple as a removal order issued which becomes enforceable, or a TD application denied and not appealled) there is nothing to reactivate.

Former PRs are, simply, Foreign Nationals, and stand in the shoes of any other FN (recognizing that not all FNs are, however, treated equally).

If you are a PR, you may nonetheless be inadmissible and subject to having your PR status revoked for being in breach of the residency obligation.

But, as timbit_TO says, it does not matter where in the world you were prior to June 15th, 2006, or for how long, even twenty years. For purposes of the residency obligation, what matters is where you have been in the immediately preceding five years, and whether or not during that time you have been in Canada for 730 days.

Now, here's the rub, the tough part: if you are legally in Canada and have not been issued a removal order, all you have to do is stay for two years, for at least 730 days (or, if you have been in Canada periodically during the last few years, for a total of 730 days within the immediately preceding five years) and you are no longer in breach of the residency obligation and can apply to have your PR card issued to you and so on. The catch, though, is that legally part. You must have made certain representations in the application for a visitor's visa. If you made misrepresentations or omitted material facts, that could be a problem. I am not sure if it will be, but it could be. Probably want to see an immigration lawyer about that.

One other small catch: you will need some of your original documentation in order to prove that who you are is the person who had PR status and who is thus still a PR. Do not apply for replacements for these documents (assuming you no longer have them) until you have been in Canada for more than two years. See the PR card application form (the form for renewal or replacement of PR card) to see what documentation you will need. But, again, if you are in Canada, and you can stay without drawing any attention to your status, stay for two years and your PR status should be good.



Edited by dpenabill - 15 Jun 2011 at 2:17am

You will be well advised to seek personalized professional advice from an reputable attorney or consultant who can review all the details of your individual situation.  I feel it would be unwise for you to base your decisions solely on the advice of anonymous strangers from an internet forum, such advice in itself being based on the bits and pieces of information you have chosen to reveal.

I am pretty sure you will get a reply from CIC saying that you cannot be sponsored because you are already a landed immigrant, and that if you want to proceed with the sponsorship, you should apply for a travel document (which seems to be the quickest way to get a PRD / Permanent Residency Determination on your existing status).