Becoming PR at port of entry before a connecting flight

[No Man Left Behind]

Is landing at Canadian port of entry 2 hours before a connecting flight enough to do landing formalities and becoming a PR?

 

[wildemam]

Is landing at Canadian port of entry 2 hours before a connecting flight enough to do landing formalities and becoming a PR?

If the second flight is domestic, you will have to pass the border. Passing the border at any airport will make you a PR. You can do that at either the first or the second airport if they are both major international airports.

However, if the second airport is domestic only, you will have to enter the country borders at the first airport.

 

[arcticbeans]

No, don't risk it. I would allow more than two hours for a connecting flight without PR landing. When we went through Toronto onwards we had two hours to catch the domestic connecting flight and we every nearly missed the flight, we had to run through the airport. British Airways did lose our luggage, which held us up as at the last minute they found it again so we had to go back and collect it.

Give yourself more time and less stress. When we were planning to catch a connecting flight we were going to allow five hours to do the landing and then catch the next flight, just to be on the safe side. Now we are going to land and then road trip to our province instead as our dog is too large to go on the smaller domestic flights.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Is landing at Canadian port of entry 2 hours before a connecting flight enough to do landing formalities and becoming a PR?

No one can say for sure. The actual landing process only takes 10-15 minutes. However, there might be a wait to actually see an officer. It depends on how many other people are also landing or getting work/study permits or just referred to secondary at the same time.