Understanding Permanent Residence Status - How to Obtain, Maintain, Loose, and Reinstate It

• Location/Format:  Live Webinar CPD CCIC Approval in Process (2.5 Hours)
• Presented By:  Ms. Zdenka ACIN, RCIC- IRB (Class L3 - Unrestricted Practice)
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Event Objectives:

Our goal in this course is to understand Canadian permanent resident (PR) status versus Canadian temporary resident (TR) status, and as a transition to Canadian citizenship. While foreign nationals – if they meet all eligibility and admissibility criteria - are granted TR status in Canada, they must leave the country before the end of the authorized period to stay; permanent residents, otherwise, can stay in Canada indefinitely yet they are not citizens of Canada but of some other countries. However, in order to maintain permanent residency obligations, permanent residents must be physically present (cumulatively not continuously) 730 days in a five-year period, and if they meet all residency requirements, and they have physical presence in Canada of at least 1095 out of five years, they can apply for citizenship. On the other side of the same coin, permanent resident status is not really permanent since it can be lost from the following reasons: obtaining Canadian citizenship; failing to comply with residency obligations as they are stipulated in s.28 of the IRPA; by being subject to an enforceable removal order; Found inadmissible due to serious criminality, organized crime involvement, or security grounds (e.g., terrorism, espionage); voluntary renouncing (relinquishing) PR status; revocation of PR status by the government of Canada due to misrepresentation; or being subject to a cessation of refugee status, which affects PR status as well so permanent residents lose both: PR status and refugee protection. Namely, s.A108 (1) (a) to (d) and s. A40.1 of the IRPA allow loss of permanent resident status of refugees who obtained their status by withholding material facts, by fraud, or by misrepresentation. All in all, we will pay a special attention to the general eligibility criteria for PR; the importance of PR card; the rights and obligations of permanent residents; how to maintain PR obligations in accordance with the IRPA, or if there is a breach of PR obligations, what legal remedies are available to permanent residents; how to navigate a residency obligation appeal to the IAD of the IRB to reinstate PR status, and how to apply to the Federal Court of Canada for leave and judicial review of the negative decisions of the IRCC and the IAD or the IRB by meeting mandatory timelines.

This seminar is prepared and presented for RCIC & RISIA

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