Landing & re-entry query

[kimi_pat]

Hi everyone,

Please see my timeline below:

AOR - May 21st CEC Inland

Principle Applicant- 1

Office - Ottawa

Med Passed & IP1 - Aug 2nd

NA2 - Aug 8th

IP2 - Oct 16th

PPR - Oct 19th at 5:30 PM EST

I have sent my passport to Ottawa visa office and I saw an update in my CIC account today saying application is approved. I am hoping to get my COPR & passport back in 3-4 business days.

Now I am a little confused for landing option once I get my COPR. Please see below options and advise.

I am planning to go to India for a few months once I get my passport back with PR visa stamp. My medical expires in May 2018 so hopefully PR visa will be valid till May, 2018 as well. I want to travel to few countries in Asia and then come back to Canada. And I am a bit confused in landing procedure and PR card arrival. Please see below four options and advise which one is best:

Option – 1

Once I get PR visa stamp in my passport, I can do the landing procedure at one of many Port of Entries ( Niagara Falls ) and then leave to India in a week or two. I can give my friend’s address for PR card to be mailed to. He is also going to India in January so he can bring my PR card with him. I can then come back to Canada. My return date is flexible so I can wait a bit longer till I get PR card in my hand in India. So while returning to Canada, will border officials ask me how come I left the country just after landing and without receiving PR card myself? Will it create any issue? In this case, I can come back any time since I will have PR card in my hand. There will not be any limit or expiry date to enter Canada. Please confirm this if someone can.

Option – 2

Once I get PR visa stamp in my passport, I can fly to India in a week without landing. I can then stay in India and visit few countries for few months and then come back to Canada and finish landing procedure before May, 2018. In this case, will it create any issues if I would have visited few countries in Asia and have those additional visa stamps from those countries?

Option – 3

For some reason, if I don’t get my PR card while I am in India after landing, I can apply for PR Travel document and use it to enter in Canada without PR card. How difficult is the process for applying PRTD? Will border officers ask me any questions?

Option-4

While coming back to Canada, I can then fly to USA and cross the border by rental car using my COPR which is legal as I found in previous threads. In this case, will border officers ask me any questions? I will have to come back before May 2018 in this case.


Please give your input. Any advice or help would be highly appreciated. Thank you.

 

[mgnlky]

I left the day after I landed, and officially moved a month later. I had no issues. If you don't get the PR Card before flying back to Canada, request a PRTD.

 

[kimi_pat]

I left the day after I landed, and officially moved a month later. I had no issues. If you don't get the PR Card before flying back to Canada, request a PRTD.

Thanks for your reply. Did you get PR card before coming back or you applied for PRTD? Thank you.

 

[mgnlky]

Thanks for your reply. Did you get PR card before coming back or you applied for PRTD? Thank you.

I did not get the PR card before I re-entered. I flew back into Vancouver and used my CoPR & passport to get through Customs (w/ a cat this time). That being said, I don't require a visa to enter Canada so it was a little easier for me.

 

[Visitor89]

Guys, can I chose when to land? I Live in Canada and I have a PR sticker on my passport but haven't landed yet, can i make a couple of trips in and out of Canada and re enteri using my work permit/TRV and then when iam ready in about 2 months, do the landing?