Coming back to Canada????

[MattElderfield]

Hey everyone my Wife is finally coming back to Canada in April and we are just waiting for her temporary visa card. After she comes up and we do whatever we need to do up here when se just up here, how long does she have to stay in Canada before she could leave? I ask because she has a very important wedding to attend in Mexico at the end of May and if she come up before that then is she able to do back down to Mexico for the wedding?? We have until July 17 for her to come back up to Canada before that temporary visa expires, so should we wait until the wedding then my wife comes up or is it okay to go back down to Mexico after she comes up in April??
Thanks all

 

[goodman36]

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[MattElderfield]

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[Rob_TO]

Hey everyone my Wife is finally coming back to Canada in April and we are just waiting for her temporary visa card. After she comes up and we do whatever we need to do up here when se just up here, how long does she have to stay in Canada before she could leave? I ask because she has a very important wedding to attend in Mexico at the end of May and if she come up before that then is she able to do back down to Mexico for the wedding?? We have until July 17 for her to come back up to Canada before that temporary visa expires, so should we wait until the wedding then my wife comes up or is it okay to go back down to Mexico after she comes up in April??
Thanks all

Just to confirm, she is waiting now to receive the passport visa & COPR so she can "land" in Canada? And now she holds a Mexican passport?

After you "land", you will be a PR but need to wait for the actual PR card to be delivered to your Canadian address in the mail. This takes anywhere from 30 - 60 days. During this time waiting for PR card, if you leave the country you will need a special "travel document" that you would get from the Canadian visa office in Mexico.

 

[MattElderfield]

Just to confirm, she is waiting now to receive the passport visa & COPR so she can "land" in Canada? And now she holds a Mexican passport?

After you "land", you will be a PR but need to wait for the actual PR card to be delivered to your Canadian address in the mail. This takes anywhere from 30 - 60 days. During this time waiting for PR card, if you leave the country you will need a special "travel document" that you would get from the Canadian visa office in Mexico.


Yes we did the family sponsorship from outside of Canada and its is all but done now we are just waiting for her to get the temporary visa to come up then get her PR when she is here. She has a mexican passport yes.

 

[Rob_TO]

Yes we did the family sponsorship from outside of Canada and its is all but done now we are just waiting for her to get the temporary visa to come up then get her PR when she is here. She has a mexican passport yes.

Technically you can leave Canada the minute after landing here. There is no requirement to stay any number of days.

But as i said, if you leave before getting your PR card in the mail you'll have to get a travel document from Mexico. You can see more info here on how to get this: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/travel.asp

 

[OhCanadiana]

Yes we did the family sponsorship from outside of Canada and its is all but done now we are just waiting for her to get the temporary visa to come up then get her PR when she is here. She has a mexican passport yes.

To clarify, once her application is approved, your wife will receive two documents from she completes the process your wife will receive:

1) a visa counterfoil in her passport (this is a one-time-use immigrant visa that she can use to travel to Canada to land). When she lands, this visa counterfoil will be marked as used.
2) a CoPR - Confirmation of Permanent Residence - which is a one page document issued in duplicate (so she'll receive 2 legal sized pieces of paper). She will sign this CoPR in the presence of the immigration officer at the border when she lands to confirm the information included in the document and the border officer will also stamp it upon her landing. She will keep one stamped copy and CIC will keep the other (they keep the one with the photo and use it to issue her PR Card)

Once your wife has has a stamped PR, she will officially be a Permanent Resident of Canada. However, she cannot use the CoPR as proof of admissibility to Canada on a commercial means of transportation (e.g., plane) since the Canadian government deems them 'not travel documents'. Therefore, to board the plane, your wife will need either:
(a) her PR card, which she will receive several weeks after landing - currently just over a month. You can check the current timing at asp
(b) a travel document, which is a proof of status document issued by the Embassy of Canada
(c) to travel to the US (if she has a US visa) and drive/walk over the border. Since she won't be on a commercial means of transportation the CoPR can serve as proof of status as she crosses into Canada.