Permanent Resident Status

[Blueveia]

Ok, if you look here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/pr-card/apply-who.asp

The first requirement for being eligible to apply for a PR Card is having a permanent resident status.

If you click the link with information on it, you will end up here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/newcomers/about-pr.asp

In which they wrote:
"Permanent residents are citizens of other countries."

So, If i travel to Canada, being a citizen of Portugal, at the moment of arrival will I have this permanent Resident Status and therefore will be eligible to apply for PR Card? If not how do we get it?

 

[scylla]

No - you certainly won't have PR status as soon as you arrive. And no - you certainly won't be eligible to apply for a PR card. Before you can apply for a PR card, you must first become a permanent resident of Canada.

The methods for applying for PR are here:

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/apply.asp

 

[lpc19800]

There is a difference between permanent resident and citizen.
What the site is saying:
A PR has been granted permanent status in Canada but are not a citizen (ie no Canadian passport)
They are citizens (ie passport holders) of other countries

Make sense?