PR card for visa-waived passport holders

09-26-2003, 01:26 PM

After getting a lot of very useful answers and correspondence on my previous
post ("Does volunteering abroad count towards PR status?"), I am beginning
to suspect that I have misunderstood the whole PR card thing all along, so I
would appreciate clarification. As a Dutch passport holder I know that I
don't need a visa to visit Canada, however, as a Canadian resident I
understood that I need a PR card, replacing the old IMM1000, to re-enter.
However, some of the received comments indicate that the ONLY purpose of the
PR card is to convince the airline to let me on the plane, and that I don't
need a PR card to convince customs to let me in, and that with or without PR
card I may have to convince customs that my PR status meets the 2/5
requirement as of the date of re-entry. Please comment.

09-26-2003, 03:09 PM

Yes, it is correct. As long as you don't need visa to come to Canada you
will have no problems boarding the plane. Once you are at the Canadian
airport's port of entry you may use your old IMM 1000 to demonstrate that
you are a PR. Be prepared for some grilling about your absences.

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"Rob Muylwyk" <> wrote in message
news:d8Xcb.6084$...
    > After getting a lot of very useful answers and correspondence on my
previous
    > post ("Does volunteering abroad count towards PR status?"), I am beginning
    > to suspect that I have misunderstood the whole PR card thing all along, so
I
    > would appreciate clarification. As a Dutch passport holder I know that I
    > don't need a visa to visit Canada, however, as a Canadian resident I
    > understood that I need a PR card, replacing the old IMM1000, to re-enter.
    > However, some of the received comments indicate that the ONLY purpose of
the
    > PR card is to convince the airline to let me on the plane, and that I
don't
    > need a PR card to convince customs to let me in, and that with or without
PR
    > card I may have to convince customs that my PR status meets the 2/5
    > requirement as of the date of re-entry. Please comment.