Avia8r --
I'm glad you have your
PR and are contributing to the 'invasion'
He doesn't have a 'permanent residency' .. he claims he will apply for it in Sri Lanka ?? well, good luck with that since the process takes a couple or more years or longer or --never! Under the new Immigration rules it has/will become even less likely that p.r. will be granted unless there are or is a definitive job offer/contract which a Canadian cannot fill.