French citizen with a expired Canada pr card enter Canada

[natalie621]

I’m a French citizen with Canada pr status. I live with my wife in USA. She a Canadian citizen. My Canadian pr card is expired but my Canadian pr status remains valid because I live with my Canadian wife.
Although I’m still able to enter Canada by land as a Canadian pr, every time I had to go through a long validation process at the border because of my expired pr card. I don’t meet the criteria to apply for Canadian citizenship, nor am I eligible to renew my Canada pr card because I live abroad of Canada full time.
i wonder if it’s legal to enter Canada with my French passport without mentioning my Canada pr to avoid the long validation process at the boarder? Or if any better options?

 

[steaky]

I’m a French citizen with Canada pr status. I live with my wife in USA. She a Canadian citizen. My Canadian pr card is expired but my Canadian pr status remains valid because I live with my Canadian wife.
Although I’m still able to enter Canada by land as a Canadian pr, every time I had to go through a long validation process at the border because of my expired pr card. I don’t meet the criteria to apply for Canadian citizenship, nor am I eligible to renew my Canada pr card because I live abroad of Canada full time.
i wonder if it’s legal to enter Canada with my French passport without mentioning my Canada pr to avoid the long validation process at the boarder? Or if any better options?

Perhaps you should try to get a multiple entry Permanent Resident Travel document or renew your PR card once you are in Canada (assuming you have a physical address but not a PO box in Canada).

 

[armoured]

i wonder if it’s legal to enter Canada with my French passport without mentioning my Canada pr to avoid the long validation process at the boarder? Or if any better options?

It's legal, but not a great idea - they have computers, they'll figure it out, and then they might be annoyed. You can either apply for a PRTD as suggested above (ask for a multiple entry) or a PR card (apply when next in Canada, have an address there to receive it, you may get asked to come pick it up in Canada - which shouldn't be a problem).

I guess you could even do both of these.

When applying for either of these, make sure to tick the right boxes and provide info on residing with a Canadian citizen abroad.