B1 Visa Expiring while in Canada

[a.laflamme]

I have a friend that came to Canada on a Canadian B1(visitor-business) Visa 1 month ago. He could normally stay over for a period of 6 months from his date of entry, but his Visa will expire in 2 weeks from now, and he was planning to stay another 2 months. So the question is: Does he need to leave in 2 weeks when his Visa expires or could he stay up to the maximum time allowed from his date of entry in Canada regardless of the upcoming Visa expiration date?

 

[shannon388]

Visa expiration and allowed stay are different, your friend should leave before the last day of allowed stay given by CBP during the last entry (generally in the "Until" field of the CBP border stamp)

 

[Bryanna]

I have a friend that came to Canada on a Canadian B1(visitor-business) Visa 1 month ago. He could normally stay over for a period of 6 months from his date of entry, but his Visa will expire in 2 weeks from now, and he was planning to stay another 2 months. So the question is: Does he need to leave in 2 weeks when his Visa expires or could he stay up to the maximum time allowed from his date of entry in Canada regardless of the upcoming Visa expiration date?

Your friend can stay for another two months if there was no handwritten date under the entry stamp. The expiry date on his TRV counterfoil doesn't matter.

Do keep in mind:
Your friend was issued a TRV for carrying out specific business activities of a short duration. But he has stayed for 1 month (and he wants to stay for another 2 months), it implies his professional ties to his home country are not what he had claimed in his TRV application.... and/or he could possibly be working illegally.

IMO, this could impact the next temporary resident visa that he applies for