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Got PR but need to travel soon

s2t2

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Mar 4, 2015
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Hi Guys,
I just got my PR, haven't done the landing yet.
Note that I'm not from a visa exempt country, also I'm an inland applicant, living in Canada.

The problem is I have to travel in a couple of months. If I check online about the processing time of the PR card, it says almost three months.
Since I need my PR card to re-enter Canada, if I do the landing now, I'll have to wait three months before I can travel.

Does anyone know if it will be fine to not do the landing/flagpolling right now and wait until I travel and when I'm coming back and my flight lands back in Canada, I can do the landing then?
Or I must do the flagpolling/landing at the border?

Also, another option I was thinking about was that I do the landing/flagpolling right now, then later I send them proof of my travel and have them change my PR card processing to urgent, that way I can get the PR card faster. Anyone knows if that will be possible?

Thanks guys.
 

scylla

VIP Member
Jun 8, 2010
97,295
23,119
Toronto
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
28-05-2010
AOR Received.
19-08-2010
File Transfer...
28-06-2010
Passport Req..
01-10-2010
VISA ISSUED...
05-10-2010
LANDED..........
05-10-2010
There's no urgent processing available for new PR cards - only for renewals.

You can either delay your landing and land when you return from your trip. Or you'll have to apply for a travel document from outside of Canada to return.
 

s2t2

Star Member
Mar 4, 2015
61
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Thanks a lot for your response.
I think I'll just do the landing procedure at the airport after I get back from my trip, that option seems the safest.