gauravtewari@lycos.com

Hi ,

I have got my PR visa approved. I just wanted to enquire whether i can
leave Canada after a week or so and come back later ?I guess PR card
takes a month to process and can a person cannot enter Canada without
PR card ( The visa issued is only of single entry ).
Is there any way to solve this problem , as i cannot afford to leave my
job and can take leave only for 2 weeks or so.


Thanks & Regards,
Gaurav

Ms. Anderson Consultant

Sure you can leave... your PR card will be mailed to the Canadian
address you provided. If you are re entering Canada by a commercial
carrier and you do not have the PR Card you will have to visit a
Canadian Embassy to obtain a travel document.

Hope this helps!!!

Malcolm Ferguson

wrote:
>
> I have got my PR visa approved. I just wanted to enquire whether i can
> leave Canada after a week or so and come back later ?I guess PR card
> takes a month to process and can a person cannot enter Canada without
> PR card ( The visa issued is only of single entry ).
> Is there any way to solve this problem , as i cannot afford to leave my
> job and can take leave only for 2 weeks or so.
>

You don't have to land immediately. Why not wait until you're ready to
move to Canada?

Malc

JAJ

Ms. Anderson Consultant wrote:

> Sure you can leave... your PR card will be mailed to the Canadian
> address you provided. If you are re entering Canada by a commercial
> carrier and you do not have the PR Card you will have to visit a
> Canadian Embassy to obtain a travel document.

People with visa waiver passports (British citizens, US citizens,
Australians etc) can usually board Canada bound flights using just their
passports, preferably with IMM1000 forms attached.

There will be a delay at Immigration while their status is verified,
however. Also - it's important to check the airline is ok with a visa
waiver passport, Air Canada seems to be happy with it up to now but other
airlines may not be.

Babak

I'd be interested for others' confirmation of this statement. Though
you may be right, it was my understanding that a visa waiver serves as
an implied visitor visa, for temporary stay. As such, it should have no
bearing on re-entry requirements of a PR. If a PR card is required,
using a visa waiver passport instead sounds analogous to getting a
visitor visa without telling the consulate that you're a PR, and using
that to re-enter Canada.

JAJ

Babak wrote:
> I'd be interested for others' confirmation of this statement. Though
> you may be right, it was my understanding that a visa waiver serves as
> an implied visitor visa, for temporary stay. As such, it should have no
> bearing on re-entry requirements of a PR. If a PR card is required,
> using a visa waiver passport instead sounds analogous to getting a
> visitor visa without telling the consulate that you're a PR, and using
> that to re-enter Canada.

You are confusing two separate things.

Firstly, getting permission to board the aircraft (from the airline - not
CIC), and secondly getting admission as a PR at Immigration.

When you present a visa waiver passport to an airline at check-in, it's
normally sufficient evidence for them to allow you to board a flight.

When you arrive at Immigration, you present yourself as a PR (not as a
tourist). While lack of a PR Card/Travel Document will likely mean a delay
while they verify your status, admission should not be refused provided you
can evidence your status. It's no different to arriving without a PR Card
at the land frontier.

From the Air Canada website:

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Who needs a Permanent Resident Card?

Answer
As of December 31, 2003, Canadian permanent residents holding a passport
from a non visa waiver country returning to Canada will be required to
provide the wallet-sized plastic PR permanent resident card or a visa. The
IMM1000 Record of Landing will no longer be acceptable. Without a valid PR
card or visa these passengers will not be permitted to board the aircraft
and will need to contact the nearest Canadian embassy or consulate to
obtain a limited use travel document to re-enter Canada.
If you are a passport holder from a country listed on the exception list
(see link below), the IMM1000 and your valid passport will be acceptable:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/v...tml#exemptions

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The PR Card and Travel Documents are 'prescribed' under R259 (pursuant to
s148(1) of IRPA) as acceptable documents for a commercial carrier to board
someone onto a Canada bound trip. However a visa waiver passport is also
acceptable under R259(c).


259. For the purposes of subsection 148(1) of the Act, the following
documents that a person requires under the Act to enter Canada are
prescribed:

(a) a travel document referred to in subsection 31(3) of the Act;

(b) refugee travel papers issued by the Minister of Foreign Affairs;

(c) a document referred to in subsection 50(1) or 52(1);

(d) a temporary travel document referred to in section 151;

(e) a visa referred to in section 6 or subsection 7(1); and

(f) a permanent resident card.


R52(1) covers visa waiver passports. It is a slightly grey area, but as far
as I know people have been doing this since the start of 2004 and I have
not heard of many problems with it.

Babak

Very interesting, thanks for clarifying that... There have been quite a
few people on this NG trying to get out of paying for a PR card, some
from visa-exempt countries, and none got this advice! I remember a
recent poster who was Portuguese.

Andrew Miller

You must have missed it as the very same advice has been provided here by
PMM, JAJ, Jim and myself hundreds of times already since end of 2002.

JAJ

Babak wrote:

> Very interesting, thanks for clarifying that... There have been quite a
> few people on this NG trying to get out of paying for a PR card, some
> from visa-exempt countries, and none got this advice! I remember a
> recent poster who was Portuguese.

I would not for one moment suggest that a visa-exempt person ought to try to
manage without a PR Card, as arriving without one will likely cause a delay
at immigration. If you can afford the airfare, then you can afford the
C$50 for a PR Card.

On top of that, if you don't have a PR Card, it may delay proving your
status for other purposes in Canada.

However - the option is worth knowing about if you have to travel in an
emergency (with a visa exempt passport) and don't yet have a PR Card.