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Father passed away. Need to go back home. Not yet receive PR. Card

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etcetera

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Nov 14, 2013
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I've received news that my father passed away. I need to attend the funeral ASAP. Problem is that I haven't got the PR card just yet (landed on July 16). I heard a lot that if we cross USA-Canada border by using rented vehicle, there's no PR card needed. All we need to do is present passport and CoPR. Has anyone use this arrangement to re-enter Canada? Please advise. Thank you.
 
I'm sorry to hear about your father.

If you hold a visa exempt passport, then you can return to directly Canada without your PR card and without going to the US first.

If you hold a non-visa exempt passport, then you need either your PR card or a travel document to re-enter Canada directly. You can only apply for a travel document from outside of Canada. Otherwise you can do as you've described and fly to the US, then re-enter Canada by land in a private vehicle using your COPR.
 
I'm sorry about your father.

+1 to the information Scylla gave you.
 
i did twice already from usa to canada using copr and passport.
no hassles.
have a safe trip and sorry about the news.
 
etcetera said:
I've received news that my father passed away. I need to attend the funeral ASAP. Problem is that I haven't got the PR card just yet (landed on July 16). I heard a lot that if we cross USA-Canada border by using rented vehicle, there's no PR card needed. All we need to do is present passport and CoPR. Has anyone use this arrangement to re-enter Canada? Please advise. Thank you.
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So sorry about the news. My condolences.
 
Thanks so much guys for the inputs. Vijay_Kumar, would you please check your inbox? I have some questions to ask you regarding the re-entry. Thanks.
 
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