Entering Canada WITHOUT landing, after being issued CoPR?

[lpbucw]

Does anyone know whether you are required to land when entering Canada, if your Confirmation of Permanent Residence (CoPR) has been issued? i.e, If you're visa exempt, can you still enter as a visitor, leave, and then return to Canada land on a later date (while the CoPR is still valid of course)?

My wife is a US citizen, and just was issued her CoPR. We are travelling to Canada soon for a week's vacation, but then returning to the US. We will be travelling to Canada again less than a month later, and I don't want to worry about her entering without having her PR card (which we will likely not have received yet). I'm hoping that they will let her in as a visitor this time, and then when we return next month she can use her CoPR and formally land.

Has anyone tried this? Is there a requirement to land when entering Canada if you have a CoPR?

 

[rhcohen2014]

if you are entering by car, then she doesn't need the pr card to enter, and the COPR is valid for entry until you get the card. this is not true for entering by plane, though i believe there is a travel document available to skirt this issue.

if you are together for these trips, and you are driving, then i don't see the need to wait to "land".

 

[lpbucw]

if you are entering by car, then she doesn't need the pr card to enter, and the COPR is valid for entry until you get the card. this is not true for entering by plane.

if you are together for these trips, and you are driving, then i don't see the need to wait to "land".

We're flying to Toronto both times.

 

[rhcohen2014]

i believe you may still be able to enter with just the copr. i think there is a travel document that let's you do this. i'm sorry i don't know where to find this...

 

[rhcohen2014]

actually, come to think of it, i think this travel document is for the airline's purposes only. since your wife is visa exempt, i think she can use her passport to get on the flight, then show her COPR at immigration and be let in as a pr both times. hopefully there will be an expert that comes along to confirm whether this is true or not...

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Yes, she can enter as a visitor without landing; leave the COPR at home. Just explain that you are returning to Canada permanently in a month's time and will be completing the landing then. CBSA is not going to refuse entry to someone who has already been approved for PR.

Or she can just land on the first trip. As a visa-exempt American, on the second trip, she can travel to Canada on the strength of her passport as a regular visitor and then present herself as a PR to immigration in Canada.

 

[lpbucw]

Just an update, she was able to enter as a visitor with no issues or questions asked -- we didn't even say she had the CoPR (though we brought it with us just in case).

 

[jaishreekrishna]

Thanks for the update! If I travel by plane will the same be applicable?

 

[gta88]

Yes, she can enter as a visitor without landing; leave the COPR at home. Just explain that you are returning to Canada permanently in a month's time and will be completing the landing then. CBSA is not going to refuse entry to someone who has already been approved for PR.

Or she can just land on the first trip. As a visa-exempt American, on the second trip, she can travel to Canada on the strength of her passport as a regular visitor and then present herself as a PR to immigration in Canada.

What if she was from aTRV required country and had a TRV. Could she enter as a TRV without landing as a permanent resident?
Thanks

 

[scylla]

What if she was from aTRV required country and had a TRV. Could she enter as a TRV without landing as a permanent resident?
Thanks

If the TRV is multiple entry and valid - then yes.

 

[gta88]

If the TRV is multiple entry and valid - then yes.

Thank you @scylla One question -
Is there a thread on this forum where a person's visitor visa has been approved the 2nd or 3td time? ESPECIALLY FRIEND/ UNMARRIED SIBLING?
wanted to know what differently they did despite making detailed applications the 1st time.

 

[scylla]

Thank you @scylla One question -
Is there a thread on this forum where a person's visitor visa has been approved the 2nd or 3td time? ESPECIALLY FRIEND/ UNMARRIED SIBLING?
wanted to know what differently they did despite making detailed applications the 1st time.

I'm sure there's something in the Visitors section of the forum. However you'll have to spend time looking back through old discussions to see if you can find something.

 

[gta88]

I'm sure there's something in the Visitors section of the forum. However you'll have to spend time looking back through old discussions to see if you can find something.

@scylla
Thank you!