Landing only to apply for PR Card

[tetunte]

A big question!

- May I travel to Canada for a week in order to apply for the PR Card?

- May I provide CIC the address of a Friend and then he send the card to my country?

- Do you think that I need problems in my second travel, because I leave Canada very soon the first time?

- Since I am a Provincial Nominee, I need to provide an address in the Province that nominate me?

- How long you need to wait for a Permanent Card to arrive?

- In my first travel all the family must travel with me, or only the main applicant is enough?

I need to enter Canada, only to gain some time because my grown child immigration process is in an early stage,
so I need to look after him for some time in my country, before landing Canada.

Some light on this, I really appreciate it

 

[Lammawitch]

A big question!

- May I travel to Canada for a week in order to apply for the PR Card?
yes

- May I provide CIC the address of a Friend and then he send the card to my country?
yes

- Do you think that I need problems in my second travel, because I leave Canada very soon the first time?
No, as long as you meet the Residency requirement (730 days in 5 years)

- Since I am a Provincial Nominee, I need to provide an address in the Province that nominate me?
Yes

- How long you need to wait for a Permanent Card to arrive?
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/perm-card.asp

- In my first travel all the family must travel with me, or only the main applicant is enough?
The main applicant can travel before his or her dependents. The other members of your family must land before the expiry date on their COPRs - *usually* a maximum of 1 year from date of medical, but check your paperwork to be sure


I need to enter Canada, only to gain some time because my grown child immigration process is in an early stage,
so I need to look after him for some time in my country, before landing Canada.

Some light on this, I really appreciate it

 

[tetunte]

Thank you Lammawitch for your help.

So if our COPR Expire in September 2016, we could travel August 2016 for a week, request the PR for all the family member,
return to our country and after that we could travel again once we have our PR, even 1 year later (August 2017 for example) without informing CIC about this and without doing a new PR process or request another document to enter Canada?

Do you know if there are any risks in doing this?

Thank you again.

 

[Lammawitch]

Thank you Lammawitch for your help.

So if our COPR Expire in September 2016, we could travel August 2016 for a week, request the PR for all the family member,
return to our country and after that we could travel again once we have our PR, even 1 year later (August 2017 for example) without informing CIC about this and without doing a new PR process or request another document to enter Canada?

Do you know if there are any risks in doing this?

Thank you again.

You appear to be confusing PR *status* and PR *cards*.

The moment you land and pass immigration (in August 2016, as per your example) you will be PRs. You'll provide an address in the province you were nominated by, and when your friend/relative receives your PR cards, s/he sends them to you.

You then return to Canada (even one year later, yes) to settle. No need to inform CIC of anything. I'll repeat, once you land you *ARE* PRs and remain so as long as you meet residency requirements (and have not either renounced your status or had it removed by a judge).

Many many people activate their PR status then return to their home country to tie up their affairs before moving permanently, your situation is extremely common!

 

[tetunte]

You appear to be confusing PR *status* and PR *cards*.

The moment you land and pass immigration (in August 2016, as per your example) you will be PRs. You'll provide an address in the province you were nominated by, and when your friend/relative receives your PR cards, s/he sends them to you.

You then return to Canada (even one year later, yes) to settle. No need to inform CIC of anything. I'll repeat, once you land you *ARE* PRs and remain so as long as you meet residency requirements (and have not either renounced your status or had it removed by a judge).

Many many people activate their PR status then return to their home country to tie up their affairs before moving permanently, your situation is extremely common!

Now I am clear with the idea, thank you.

The last one, I read in this forum, that instead of a Friend Address, you could "Rent" a mailbox (not a PBOX) , to get your PR from CIC and give
this address to CIC, the UPS then resend your documentation to your country, is this method valid?

 

[Lammawitch]

Now I am clear with the idea, thank you.

The last one, I read in this forum, that instead of a Friend Address, you could "Rent" a mailbox (not a PBOX) , to get your PR from CIC and give
this address to CIC, the UPS then resend your documentation to your country, is this method valid?

You are very welcome .

I have no knowledge/experience/information on how or whether that (mailbox rental) would work, sorry. Personally, I'd probably be a bit wary of that option.

 

[tetunte]

Hello Lammawitch, I hope you are doing great !,

The province that nominated me was Saskatchewan,

Do you think that is a bad Idea to buy my air ticket only to Toronto and do my landing process (providing my Regina address)

Could immigration people reject my PR Card application?, based in the fact that I have not a air flight connection to Regina?

I was trying to save some money in my short landing, but I don't know if someone else, did something like this

Also I learned in this forum that some people got rejections in their PR application due the photos , how this work
do you need to take the photos with you from your country or they take the photos in the airport??

thank you for your help.