Hi Stu
As you say you're British, you should be able to board a flight to
Canada purely on the strength of your British passport.
As far as I know (although you should check), airlines do not require
a return ticket from tourist visa-exempt passport holders.
Once you get to Immigration present yourself as a returning PR, and
have with you plenty of evidence of your status.
CIC have stated in their policy manuals that PRs from tourist visa
exempt countries (British citizens, Australians etc) may use their
passports rather than a PR card to board Canada bound commercial
transportation:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/manuals-guides/...enf/enf04e.pdf
(section 11.5)
CIC's publicity does not address this, however.
As time goes on it will get increasingly awkward for even these PRs to
travel into and out of Canada without the PR Card. Get the PR Card to
keep things simple.
Many people - especially long time PRs - will be surprised by the need
to get the PR Card, and also by the long processing times involved
(compared to Canadian passport processing time). But the reality is
that no matter how long a PR has lived in Canada, Canada is not
legally your home until you become a Canadian citizen. If the
introduction of the PR Card brings this fact home to long-resident
PRs, and encourages them to take Canadian citizenship, it can only be
a good thing.
Jeremy
>On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 22:46:53 GMT, "Stu Barton" <> wrote:
>The frustrating thing is the apparent lack of information regarding
>contingencies/consequences if you do not have the PR Card (other than the
>Residents Abroad document). As I stated earlier there are going to be a
>fair number of people who do not have the card nor realize they need it and
>will be shocked to learn when they attempt to come home that oops, sorry,
>you can't go home until you prove you live there.
>Stu
This is not intended to be legal advice in any jurisdiction