Traveling to US and back without PR card after landing

[sailorshinde]

Hi all,

I landed with my PR last month and I have to (really have to) travel for business to the US for a week. I don't have my PR card yet and I am sure its going to take another month.

Can I travel by my personal car and drive back with the CoPR? or do I need PRTD? How long does processing a PRTD take?

I have to be back in one week. I am planning to drive to Detroit and fly out to my US destination and then fly back into Detroit and cross the border back into Canada.

Can I go to a local consulate and apply or will I have to mail it to NYC in case I need a PRTD to be back?

 

[mgnlky]

From my understanding, your CoPR allows you to travel by land. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=064&top=10

I'm a US citizen and have been told I can just use my passport & Nexus card to cross back and forth without the PR card. (Not sure I'm going to try that anytime soon though.)

 

[Mthornt]

Hi all,

I landed with my PR last month and I have to (really have to) travel for business to the US for a week. I don't have my PR card yet and I am sure its going to take another month.

Can I travel by my personal car and drive back with the CoPR? or do I need PRTD? How long does processing a PRTD take?

I have to be back in one week. I am planning to drive to Detroit and fly out to my US destination and then fly back into Detroit and cross the border back into Canada.

Can I go to a local consulate and apply or will I have to mail it to NYC in case I need a PRTD to be back?

I'd love to find out what you end up doing, and how it works out. I'm planning on flying up to Ontario to do my landing in Sept., and look for a place to live, however I need to come back to the US to wrap up the house, get my dogs, etc... Looking for the best way to do this, and then return to Ontario at a later date, most likely before my PR cards are ready.

 

[sailorshinde]

I'd love to find out what you end up doing, and how it works out. I'm planning on flying up to Ontario to do my landing in Sept., and look for a place to live, however I need to come back to the US to wrap up the house, get my dogs, etc... Looking for the best way to do this, and then return to Ontario at a later date, most likely before my PR cards are ready.

Will update. I am planning on driving to Detroit and taking the flight. Parking my car there and coming back to Detroit and driving back into Ontario.

 

[systix]

@sailorshinde ... interested in knowing how it works for you ... might need to do the same mid-to-late Sept ... when are you planning that kind of a route?

 

[devanshitamogna]

I'd love to find out what you end up doing, and how it works out. I'm planning on flying up to Ontario to do my landing in Sept., and look for a place to live, however I need to come back to the US to wrap up the house, get my dogs, etc... Looking for the best way to do this, and then return to Ontario at a later date, most likely before my PR cards are ready.

Did anyone fly back and forth to US without PR card and just with COPR?? Please suggest. I am in the same situation. However, I will have my spouse to collect the PR cards.

 

[Mthornt]

Did anyone fly back and forth to US without PR card and just with COPR?? Please suggest. I am in the same situation. However, I will have my spouse to collect the PR cards.

I'm a US citizen. I've flown back and forth from US to Canada 3 times so far, and have not been asked for my PR card even once.

 

[mgnlky]

I'm a US citizen. I've flown back and forth from US to Canada 3 times so far, and have not been asked for my PR card even once.

That is because you are from a visa exempt country, and frankly US Citizens entering Canada are viewed differently than those from other countries. We can enter the country for up to 6 months on our US Passport alone. There's no real reason for them to ask us for our PR Card since we don't technically need it to enter Canada.

 

[djm1414]

That is because you are from a visa exempt country, and frankly US Citizens entering Canada are viewed differently than those from other countries. We can enter the country for up to 6 months on our US Passport alone. There's no real reason for them to ask us for our PR Card since we don't technically need it to enter Canada.

Did the CBSA officer ask if you were a PR when you entered, or did you show your US passport and validated COPR? I will be flying to Canada in a few days and still have not received my PR card. I'm curious what they did.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Did the CBSA officer ask if you were a PR when you entered, or did you show your US passport and validated COPR? I will be flying to Canada in a few days and still have not received my PR card. I'm curious what they did.

You need to declare that you are a PR when entering. There is no reason to try to hide it, as CBSA will be able to see it as soon as your passport is swiped anyways. A PR card is not required for entry and as you have only recently landed, you have no Residency Obligation concerns, so you will be waved through as normal.

 

[djm1414]

You need to declare that you are a PR when entering. There is no reason to try to hide it, as CBSA will be able to see it as soon as your passport is swiped anyways. A PR card is not required for entry and as you have only recently landed, you have no Residency Obligation concerns, so you will be waved through as normal.

I'm not concerned about RO. I'm just curious what the officer says if you enter at an airport as a PR without a PR card. I'm intending to bring my COPR just in case. In the past I've used automated kiosks to scan my US passport, although I was not a PR at the time.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

I'm not concerned about RO. I'm just curious what the officer says if you enter at an airport as a PR without a PR card. I'm intending to bring my COPR just in case. In the past I've used automated kiosks to scan my US passport, although I was not a PR at the time.

They don't care.

 

[mgnlky]

Did the CBSA officer ask if you were a PR when you entered, or did you show your US passport and validated COPR? I will be flying to Canada in a few days and still have not received my PR card. I'm curious what they did.

They didn't ask. I gave my US Passport and that was it. A US passport gets you on a plane - there is no need for a PR Card or your CoPR document. A US passport gets you into the country for 6 months at a time. I've never had a CBSA officer question me over entering Canada on it.