Have PR but haven't visited Canada for over 3.5 years. Can I still visit as canada or need a tourist visa?

[NicK728]

Applied and got my PR approved over 3.5 year ago. Never moved from the US. Still in US.Can I visit Canada or will I have issues at the POE? OR do I need to apply for tourist visa to enter Canada? thanks!

 

[canuck78]

Applied and got my PR approved over 3.5 year ago. Never moved from the US. Still in US.Can I visit Canada or will I have issues at the POE? OR do I need to apply for tourist visa to enter Canada? thanks!

You can enter but may get reported for not meeting RO.

 

[NicK728]

You can enter but may get reported for not meeting RO.

Thank you for getting back. What then? I mean- first- what's RO? Second- what's to be expected if we don't meet RO? Do I apply for a Tourist Visa, jus tin case?

 

[canuck78]

Thank you for getting back. What then? I mean- first- what's RO? Second- what's to be expected if we don't meet RO? Do I apply for a Tourist Visa, jus tin case?

RO-residency obligation.
You don’t qualify for a TRV if a PR. You will be admitted no matter what this time.

 

[scylla]

Thank you for getting back. What then? I mean- first- what's RO? Second- what's to be expected if we don't meet RO? Do I apply for a Tourist Visa, jus tin case?

You can't apply for a TRV without first officially renouncing your PR status.

 

[YVR123]

Applied and got my PR approved over 3.5 year ago. Never moved from the US. Still in US.Can I visit Canada or will I have issues at the POE? OR do I need to apply for tourist visa to enter Canada? thanks!

Did you enter Canada after your PR been approved? You need to cross the border to confirm your PR status.
If you have never done that, you are not a PR.

IF you have landed and then left, and never enter since, you may be flagged not meeting your RO (other already explained what is RO).
You will be allowed to enter but your PR status may be revoked.

 

[abff08f4813c]

Did you enter Canada after your PR been approved? You need to cross the border to confirm your PR status.
If you have never done that, you are not a PR.

Ah, right, from what OP wrote it sounds like OP would have been an outland candidate. And so OP would have needed to take a paper copr and get landed at a port of entry.

I was thinking that 3.5 years ago is about when the first eCOPRs got sent out ... but those would have only applied to inland applicants.