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Received PR but it says City of Destination - Halifax. I want to go to Calgary.

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varunsharma014

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Hi,
I have received PR but it says City of Destination - Halifax. I want to go to Calgary.
Can I go to a different province/city other than the one mentioned on my documents? Will the immigration office allow me to do so? Can I contact CIC about the same?

Thank you for responding.
 
If you receive your PR for Halifax, I suppose you had a PNP? If so, you'd better stay there for a year or so! If you move to Calgary too fast, you're at risk to see your PR void by the province you were nominated by!
 
varunsharma014 said:
Hi,
I have received PR but it says City of Destination - Halifax. I want to go to Calgary.
Can I go to a different province/city other than the one mentioned on my documents? Will the immigration office allow me to do so? Can I contact CIC about the same?

Thank you for responding.
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If your PR is not a result of a Nova Scotia nomination, you can go wherever you want. If it is, you have some explaining to do! ;D
 
varunsharma014 said:
Hi,
I have received PR but it says City of Destination - Halifax. I want to go to Calgary.
Can I go to a different province/city other than the one mentioned on my documents? Will the immigration office allow me to do so? Can I contact CIC about the same?

Thank you for responding.
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You mean to say in your COPR you have COD as Halifax??
If so its what you added during your application submission and doesn't mean you need to go there. You are free to go anywhere except Quebec.
 
varunsharma014 said:
Hi,
I have received PR but it says City of Destination - Halifax. I want to go to Calgary.
Can I go to a different province/city other than the one mentioned on my documents? Will the immigration office allow me to do so? Can I contact CIC about the same?

Thank you for responding.
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http://www.immigration.ca/en/immigration-wiki2/43-canada-immigration/168-mobility-rights-of-canadian-permanent-residents-under-provincial-immigration-programs.html

Basically, if the agent you speak to at the border suspects you are not going to go where you have said you would (because of PNP, just writing it on your EE application doesn't mean anything) they can keep you from finishing your PR and entering Canada. BUT once in, you have absolute freedom of choice concerning where you want to live and work in Canada, and no one can force you to change that.
 
can you move to other place (after you exit), while you wait for your PR card?
 
dobes said:
immigration.ca/en/immigration-wiki2/43-canada-immigration/168-mobility-rights-of-canadian-permanent-residents-under-provincial-immigration-programs.html

Basically, if the agent you speak to at the border suspects you are not going to go where you have said you would (because of PNP, just writing it on your EE application doesn't mean anything) they can keep you from finishing your PR and entering Canada. BUT once in, you have absolute freedom of choice concerning where you want to live and work in Canada, and no one can force you to change that.
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Correct...
Unless you are tied to commitment under PNP requirements. IIRC, NBPNP requires a declaration that you will stay in NB for 3 years at least.

In fact many other provinces are facing the exact problem: having people used their PNP and few are staying once landed.
 
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