renew issues...desperate for advice!

Thanks, Canvis2006! I understand what you said. I have tried my very best in the past four years. I had courses to do in the states, so...You suggested me better have 'a lot more' than 730 days before applying. Can you specify that a bit: like approximately how many more in your opinion? I do need to go back to my school once in a while in order to finish what is left for my degree requirement so getting the renewal done as soon as possible is very important for me....

Also, you mentioned 'all the documents showing residency/life/ties in Canada', can you give me some examples? I have no clue on this...Thanks a lot.

I'd really appreciate more opinions/suggestions from the forum! Thanks!

Wait.

When you are in compliance with the residency obligation, and not before, then apply.

That is, if you are in Canada, and you make it sound as if you are, then all you have to do is remain in Canada until you have been in Canada for at least 730 days. Then apply to renew the PR card.

With a valid PR card in your possession now, you should be sure to get things like your health card and drivers license if you haven't yet, and your SIN card if for some reason you do not have that yet. Once you have these things, so long as you stay in Canada not having a valid PR card in possession is no big deal.

I do not understand that your family joined you "here" in April 2010, when you were not "here" then. Perhaps that was a typo (was it April 2011?).

If you are not presently in Canada, you do have problems and the odds are you will lose PR status. Yes, H & C grounds are considered, but there is a balancing analysis involved in that and while you have shared only sketchy details (which is advisable in a forum like this), they tend to suggest the H & C argument will probably not overcome the extent of the absence . . . a big part of that equation is the extent to which the loss of PR would obstruct you from an established life and family in Canada.

You are putting yourself at significant risk in traveling to the U.S. The fact that your family is settled here, now, will up the weight of the H & C argument, in your favor, at the POE, but you could be issued a removal order on any attempt to return to Canada.

The fact that all of you were allowed to enter Canada despite clearly being in breach of the residency obligation is a good sign. You may want to do a request to obtain a copy of your FOSS records to see just what information has been put in your FOSS record. That would give you more information but still no guarantees as to how it would go upon attempting to enter Canada the next time you go abroad.

If you can put off another trip to the U.S. for a long while, even if not long enough to reach the 730 day threshold, that might help. But the POE dynamic could very easily change and become far more problematic once you are no longer in possession of a currently valid PR card . . . and again, it is really too soon to apply to get the PR card renewed.

If your work requires frequent and/or extended travel to the U.S., you really do have a serious problem. As good as the odds might get, a lot of travel abroad (and make no mistake, traveling to the U.S. is traveling abroad) or extended stays abroad, are very likely to aggravate things at the POE.

Re-assignment at work or finding another job may be the only way you can proceed with assurance. Otherwise, you are taking big risks.

A lot may depend on what impression you make. It appears that H & C arguments can and do go a long way at the POE, but again that may depend a great deal on your being in possession of a currently valid PR card, so once that expires . . .

Sounds like you may need to make some difficult choices.

Naseh - your most recent post does not sound promising.  You applied to renew your PR *before* meeting the residency obligations.  Depending on how far away from the 730 days you are, and how lenient the I/O's are feeling when the receive your applicaiton, you might be subjected to a PRD (permanent residency determination).