For various reasons - family illness, subsequent bereavement and then schooling - we were unable to make the move to Canada as we had intended. I had tried to renew our residence cards a few years ago, but without success, so thought that was that! In November 2016, however, I received an email ...

It was a very rapid no, with us looking to appeal, as was our right, but with legal advice suggesting that the result would not change, so Canada is closed to us now, sadly, as we're too old to be able to get sufficient points through a full application.

Hi. The initial compassionate grounds were the illness and subsequent death of my mother-in-law, after a significant amount of caring was required. It was this which led to further complexities re schooling. Our supporting document is her death certificate. We are seeking to renew our permanent ...

Hi. I had explored this carefully before submitting the application, which can be done from outside of Canada (permanent resident abroad). The form explores residence during the past 5 years, but also allows for humanitarian or compassionate grounds if the residence obligation hasn't been fulfilled ...

Thank you for your reply. Yes, we are UK citizens. From what he told us, it was only mentioned to him that he was still a resident, with no further discussion. We have a problem with upping sticks but not having certainty regarding our status, so are now submitting an application to renew our ...

Our application to move to Canada was accepted in 2004 and we went to Toronto in 2004 to activate out visa. Due to family illness however, a subsequent bereavement and then not wanting to move children out of their school, given the stage of their education, we never moved and had thought that we ...