Hi technically speaking you.wont be denied entry to Canada. However soft-landing still falls under non-essential travel.Hey guys,
Can someone point me to where it says that soft-landings are non-essential travels?
As per the travel exemptions page of the IRCC's website, essential travel is defined as "travel for reasons that are non-discretionary and non-optional. The emergency orders under the Quarantine Act do not allow people to travel to Canada for optional or discretionary reasons, such as for tourism, recreation or entertainment."
If I interpret this strictly, a soft-landing (with 14d quarantine) is an essential travel: it is not discretionary and my country has flights to Canada: I have to activate my PR before the deadline.
Can we really be refused entry in Canada because we do a soft-landing?
Look at the footnote in this link
www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/coronavirus-covid19/travel-restrictions-exemptions.html