****JUNE 2018 INLAND Application****
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Good to hear.
Anyways, we received a follow up e-mail with an attachment saying that her Application to stay in Canada as a temporary resident (OWP, I assume) has been approved and we will be receiving it in the mail!
I have a question...on this document it also says that to allow her to travel to or re-enter Canada by air only, that they have issued her an eTA as part of this extension (valid until 2023/09/20). It's great that her eTA is now valid for 5 years (means we don't have to apply for a tourist visa extension), but I'm curious, we live on the boarder (Sault Ste Marie) and would like to travel into the States for pleasure via vehicle....is she allowed to do it right now?
I knew they’d approve it! There’s no way they’d do all that work with the payments if they hadn’t already decided it was approved. Great news.
The eTA is valid for 5 years max, or the remaining validity of the passport, if less than 5 years. That eTA is the approval and authority for visa exempt foreign nationals to travel into Canada by plane. You don’t need this if you hold PR status, so it should be the only time your wife ever needs one.m
You don’t need the eTA for land border travel anyway, you can present yourself for CBSA assessment at any land border without one. Your wife will need an I-94 form, or a valid USA eSTA, to travel into the US, if she’s visa exempt from there too. When coming back into Canada, she will need to provide the work permit with her passport to prove her status and facilitate readmission.
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I would wait until you have the actual work permit in the mail before considering to travel. Note that you always have to have this document with you when you re-enter Canada.
On another note: Independent of her new status as a worker, re-entry is never 100 percent guaranteed. In your spouse's case (worker status + visa exempt national) it is almost unheard of to be denied re-entry.
Do bear in mind that if your spouse does get rejected at the border for whatever reason the PR application is void. It's therefore always a very small risk to travel during the inland application.
That’s a good point about the risk of being refused entry, even if it is almost unheard of.
I think the main reason people get concerned about it, is because IRCC constant reiterate how re-entry isn’t never guaranteed, and that the officer at the PoE has final say, etc. It seems they reiterate this because they have to, no-one out of citizens and PR status holders are guaranteed re-entry. Anyone holding status that’s considered temporary has to be made aware of any potential risks, even if that risk is minuscule.
I found it confusing reading the confirmation of the OWP being issued, ‘here’s your OWP so you can legally work, but be aware if you leave, re-admission isn’t guaranteed’, but also ‘here’s an eTA for you, so you can fly in and out of Canada’. Seems contradictory, unless you assume the risk of being refused is very, very low and it’s a warning they’re legally obligated to inform you of. But then again, you know what they say about assumptions...
Hey There, this is the forum for June 2018 Applications. You might find it more beneficial to join the July or august application forum, as the information and updates will be more relevant to you and your processing time,
Boa sorte! Good luck
The physical work permit arrived in the mail today. Off to Service Canada for a SIN ...
Next step is a medical in December, I guess ...
Great news for you. I was told it takes about 10 minutes to issue your SIN, and to bring your passport, work permit, and another form of ID. If you have a provincial drivers licence already, bring that for sure.
