PR was also discussed in the Prime Legal webinar on 2-April. From my notes (but verify for yourself!):
- Only GV PR allows the same 7d/year as GV Temporary Residency. With Regular PR you can’t be out of PT for >2 consecutive years/36 interpolated months.
- GV PR is far more expensive than Regular PR, as you know. So that 7d/year freedom has a price.
- Sara advised against disposing of your investment until you actually have a GV PR card in hand (which at AIMA speed is not just 5y - add maybe another year for PR processing). In theory you can dispose after 5y, but what if at 5.8y some bureaucrat finally gets to your PR application and thinks you should should still be owning it?
I need to make some updates (namely new, higher fees for 2026) to this comparison table I produced, but hopefully it helps illustrate the differences.