If issued today the eCOPR would have plus 5yrs expiry? I thought the expiration was linked to the medical validity date, 6 months or less. Or would this 5yr timeframe be given to inland applicants while outlanders will get a date linked to medical and required to enter Canada before it expires?
To the best of my understanding:
The expiration of outland CoPR is the date that it can be used for landing (ie to be signed at Canada entry port).
Until landing, the applicant is not PR yet (becomes PR when CoPR is signed).
For the inland applicant, it only matters until the eCoPR is issued.
Once it is issued, it is also signed, and the applicant becomes PR.
The 5 years of PR card validity is based on PR residency requirements, so each time a PR card is issued to a permanent resident (first or renewal), it is issued for 5 years (or less in some circumstances). So 5 years is from the date of the issue of first PR card, I believe.
