Refugee Travel Document - Questions and Answers
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For the past 2 years over 10 times I was travelling back to Montreal, I was sent to secondary screening even backing from US. Except the last time I backed from 3 days trip to NY and I wasn’t sent there. Its normal for refugee travel document holders to be sent to secondary screening, the abnormal is not being sent there
They want to make sure that you are not going to the back home. I asked to the officer at Pearson airport. She said that.
you think you are canadian with RTD? you are not. its normal for them to ask for security and everything. last time i went to usa and they did not send me to secondary screening, so its all depends on the officer
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I submitted my application for a Refugee Travel Document (RTD) around mid-February. Since March 24, I’ve been calling IRCC to request an expedited process after booking a flight for April 23 to reunite with my family in a third country. I booked the flight because i was encouraged by the recent processing time in which my friends have recieved their RTD. However, every agent I’ve spoken to has told me that my application isn’t yet in their system. They’ve also mentioned they can’t contact the processing officers directly unless they receive a response to the prior inquiries they transfered to the officers. At this point, it seems I have no choice but to cancel both my flight and my family’s plans. So sad.
I realise that its different for people. It took one of my friends 20days to get hers but took me 3 months to get my RTD. I dont know if its because my friend had a guarantor ( family doctor). While I did not ( I finally used notary public). I am thinking that's the reason but I may be wrong.
Still that might not be the reason. Because in my case, I used my family doctor.
Chill the fuck down i never said im canadian. I just thought it was a bit odd to be sent to secondary screening every time. Asking a question is a crime here.
I read somewhere here you need to apply for the RTD and send the physical permanent resident card.
Look for it before applying in order to get it for 5 years.