After landing - Travel outside of Canada with a PR card

[eviltofu]

Hello all,

I am looking for some information on travel:
My wife has landed in Canada, and we are now waiting on the PR card.

The question I have is - what is the travel restrictions on my Wife - being a PR?
She does not have a Canadian Passport yet (obviously - 3 years), but she has her passport (still valid until 2024) from her country.
She comes from a NON visa exempt country, meaning that she can't travel to places like the USA or the EU without visas - but how does it now work, when she has PR/Landed Immigrant status?

If we wanted to cross the border into the US, what would she need?
What about by plane? To the US/Other Countires?

Any insight is much appreciated!
Thank you and best to everyone!

 

[Rob_TO]

She still needs to apply for a proper visa to visit any places, based on her citizenship. If she needed a visa to go somewhere before getting PR, she still needs it after getting PR.

Canadian PR is only good for entering into Canada.

 

[eviltofu]

So, for the US - I heard from a co-worker, that, in order to enter the US - you get a visa at the border, no need to pre-apply.
Any ideas if this is the case?

 

[mikeymyke]

I heard that despite being a PR and not a Canadian passport holder, countries will be significantly more likely to approve a travel visa over someone who does not have PR.

 

[keesio]

So, for the US - I heard from a co-worker, that, in order to enter the US - you get a visa at the border, no need to pre-apply.
Any ideas if this is the case?

Unless things have changed recently, I always thought you had to pre-apply.

https://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110501125915AADgnqX

 

[Rob_TO]

So, for the US - I heard from a co-worker, that, in order to enter the US - you get a visa at the border, no need to pre-apply.
Any ideas if this is the case?

Depends on the country the passport is from. i.e. my wife holds Korean passport, we drove to the US a couple weeks ago and she just did all the visa stuff on the spot at the border.

From other countries I'm pretty sure you have to pre-apply.

 

[sbag_in]

you definitely need to apply for a visa.. pr does not change your non-visa exempt passport.. but the PR status makes getting the visa very easy.

for instance i have an Indian passport and was granted a 10 year US B1/B2 visa( travellers' visa), no question asked.. and no, you cant get us visa at the border (for the vast majority of non-visa exempt passports).. you need to get it from the US consulate and the whole procedure takes about a month and a half and around 150 US dollars. if you want to travel, i suggest you apply for the visa immediately. also at the interview, show your COPR, if you have not received the PR card by then. that should suffice.

secondly you need a PR card to enter canada while travelling by any public transport (plane). so u cant return to canada if you go to europe. but your COPR is enough if you are travelling by a private vehicle(car). so a trip to the USA is possible if you road-trip it in your own car.

best of luck. and hope i helped.

cheers,
sammy..

ps. now citizenship criteria has changed.. its not 3 years anymore... its 4 years in a period of 6 .

 

[ttrajan]

Can we travel back to India via Europe without PR card after PR landing?

 

[Rob_TO]

Can we travel back to India via Europe without PR card after PR landing?

Your PR card should have nothing to do with travelling out of Canada.
If you could travel to India via Europe with your passport before, then you can still do it now.
If you couldn't do it on your passport before, then you still can't do it now.

 

[ttrajan]

My travel agent told me valid canada visa on our passport is required to transit via Europe. PR one time entry visa is cancelled in the passport hence we can't transit via Europe? Is it true?

 

[Rob_TO]

My travel agent told me valid canada visa on our passport is required to transit via Europe. PR one time entry visa is cancelled in the passport hence we can't transit via Europe? Is it true?

Why would you need a Canadian visa to travel to India?
Anyways just call the airline and ask them.

 

[sbag_in]

Can we travel back to India via Europe without PR card after PR landing?

yes you can travel to india via europe, if you have a visitor visa for europe. as suggested by ttarjan, a PR card in a document, that grants you unlimited ENTRY into canada. nothing to do with exiting canada.
but you wont be able to return to canada aboard a PUBLIC TRANSPORT without a valid PR CARD or a PERMANENT RESIDENT TRAVEL DOCUMENT (in absence of a PR card). i suggest if you go back to india without the PR card, have someone mail the PR card to INDIA once it arrives at your address, in Canada
best of luck.

 

[sbag_in]

only the usa has rules about transit visa.. no problems with europe.
i thought you were visiting europe.
if you are just going to india via europe and dot want to visit europe, you donot need any visa..
i have done it numerous times and so has my dad and both of us donot have any european visitor visa and nor the valid canadian immigration visa which was cancelled the first time we landed in canada.

 

[ttrajan]

OK. Thanks.