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Need help! Trip to US but visa gets exprire soon

TINGTING

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Sep 10, 2011
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Hi,

I've booked flights to US, setting out on Sept.16th and coming back on Sept.18th. My visa will get expire on Sept.15th but work permit not which expires on Sept.20. I already submit my application of visa extension online. Can I reenter Canada under this condition? Thanks!
 

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TINGTING said:
Hi,

I've booked flights to US, setting out on Sept.16th and coming back on Sept.18th. My visa will get expire on Sept.15th but work permit not which expires on Sept.20. I already submit my application of visa extension online. Can I reenter Canada under this condition? Thanks!
Nope you can't. You cannot re-enter Canada without a valid visa, work permit is not a travel document. Best to cancel your trip.
 

PMM

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Jun 30, 2005
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TINGTING said:
Hi,

I've booked flights to US, setting out on Sept.16th and coming back on Sept.18th. My visa will get expire on Sept.15th but work permit not which expires on Sept.20. I already submit my application of visa extension online. Can I reenter Canada under this condition? Thanks!
As long as you are going to the US or St. Pierre et Miquelon, you would be re-admitted to Canada to the date of the expiry of your work permit. I.E. Sept. 20
 

TINGTING

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Sep 10, 2011
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PMM said:
Hi

As long as you are going to the US or St. Pierre et Miquelon, you would be re-admitted to Canada to the date of the expiry of your work permit. I.E. Sept. 20
Do u mean even if my visa get expire I still can go back to Canada from U.S? Do u have same experience? I am kind of confused now because the previous one say no. Could u help explain to me little bit detail? I really apprecitate it and in hurry. Help me thanks!!!
 

PMM

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Jun 30, 2005
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TINGTING said:
Do u mean even if my visa get expire I still can go back to Canada from U.S? Do u have same experience? I am kind of confused now because the previous one say no. Could u help explain to me little bit detail? I really apprecitate it and in hurry. Help me thanks!!!
You can either believe Lovely or what CIC says. From the Immigration Regulations

Division 5
Temporary Resident Visa Exemptions
Visa exemption — nationality

190. (1) A foreign national is exempt from the requirement to obtain a temporary resident visa if they.........

(f) to re-enter Canada following a visit solely to the United States or St. Pierre and Miquelon, if they

(i) held a study permit or a work permit that was issued before they left Canada on such a visit or were authorized to enter and remain in Canada as a temporary resident, and

(ii) return to Canada by the end of the period initially authorized for their stay or any extension to it;