rajmalhotra7 said:
COPR - you'd have got along with Visa. It might have been stapled to passport. I detatched it from passport and have kept it in a safe place since my landing. As it is not a travel document, with the exception of entering from USA by road, so no need to have it attached to your passport. If you are PR, you are good with your PR card.
I got PR back in 2002 and was in India, the staple got loose and I removed the paper. For some reason, it got mixed with another paperwork and my mother was cleaning up stuff and teared the whole sheet with he rest
I had a torn COPR, went to the Airport and the airline said, we cannot allow you to fly on this back to Canada.
I met Canadian Consular at Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai, he said I will need to apply for a Facilitation Visa in New Delhi
I spend airticket, booked a hotel room and stood in Visa line outside Canadian Embassy
I was asked if this is my first time applying for a visa, I said I am already a Canadian Resident applying to go back, almost half the line looked back at me
I had to give an interview as to why I need the visa - I am like I am already a resident. The Indian lady said I know but I have to ask, I said, OK - to live back there
They gave a 30 day visa, when I reached Canada, no one even looked at the passport
When I went for my citizenship ceremony in 2005, they saw in the computer and were confused and I had to explain the story
Things have changed so much, now when I came back recently to Vancouver, all I had to do is Scan passport, say truthful to options of Custom and OUT - no immigration officer
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