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Hi All, Just back, and here's my report: At the airport in the US, no one asked me for anything except my (US) passport. At the PoE in Canada, I tested the system by scanning my US passport instead of my new Canadian PR card, but then when I got to the human being at the desk, they asked...

Reporting in: My question is technically moot, as my new PR card arrived today! That said, especially since you all were so helpful (and also as I'm curious, and a researcher at heart), I will try to travel back with only my US passport. I will only show them my new PR card if they ask for it...

Certainly - once I figure out what to do, with Plans A, B, C in place, and am happily back home in Canada, I will report back on how it went. Thanks again, ExpatProf

Hm, ok. Great clarifications. So it sounds like it *will* still be a gamble to try to fly back. If they decide to check, my PR status (in it's official but un-renewed state) may well appear on their screen. So no use trying to hide it if they ask. If they don't ask about my status right off...

This is great information - thanks so much to all who've responded! What I still don't quite understand is why it might be *more* problematic boarding the airplane in the US than than at the actual PoE on arrival in the airport in Canada? More specifically: 1) Boarding the airplane in the...

I am a professor at a Canadian University and reside in Montreal permanently. I am also a US citizen with a valid passport. I have a Canadian PR card, but it expired about a week ago. I applied ("urgently") to renew my PR card, but I suspect I will not receive it before I have to go to a 3 day...