Travel to Canada for vacation with PR card

[indi_go]

Me and my spouse have PR cards from Mar 2013 and expiring Mar 2018. We have never been to Canada since we got our PR. We would now like to travel to Canada for vacation using our PR cards.

Questions:
- Will we have issues as we do not meet the minimum stay requirement (1095 days or 730 days) in 5 years? If it matters, we will be there only for 6 hours.
- Or should we apply for TRV?

TIA!

 

[Rob_TO]

You intend to vacation in Canada for 6 hours?

Anyways, upon entry to Canada if CBSA detects you don't meet the Residency Obligation you would be reported and process started to revoke your PR status. You could still enter Canada though.

You can't apply for a TRV since you are a PR. You would need to formally renounce your PR status first, and only then could travel to Canada as a visitor.

 

[indi_go]

You intend to vacation in Canada for 6 hours?

Anyways, upon entry to Canada if CBSA detects you don't meet the Residency Obligation you would be reported and process started to revoke your PR status. You could still enter Canada though.

Sorry for the confusion. It's through cruise and it would port at Victoria for ~6 hours. If given an option, we could skip unboarding at Victoria to avoid hassle but we mostly have to unboard.

You can't apply for a TRV since you are a PR. You would need to formally renounce your PR status first, and only then could travel to Canada as a visitor.

Could you please mention a link for the process to renounce PR?

TIA!

 

[Bs65]

Here is a link although personally i wouldnt bother to renounce unless you really want to at this point and have no intention of immigrating.

As PRs regardless of not meeting RO you are still entitled to enter the country and although there is a chance of being reported for not meeting RO the fact you are still in the first 5 years you might not be although no way to know.

Even in the event you are reported as said as PRs you can still enter/exit the country just make sure you have your PR cards to hand as well as your passports.

 

[indi_go]

Even in the event you are reported as said as PRs you can still enter/exit the country just make sure you have your PR cards to hand as well as your passports.

If I'm reported for not meeting RO, do I still get to travel to Canada till my PR expires? Or does my PR become invalid after a certain number of days once I'm reported? Yes, I will be carrying my passport and PR card.

 

[Rob_TO]

If I'm reported for not meeting RO, do I still get to travel to Canada till my PR expires? Or does my PR become invalid after a certain number of days once I'm reported? Yes, I will be carrying my passport and PR card.

If reported, you are given a 30 day window to appeal during which time you're allowed in the country. If you file the appeal request, you can stay in Canada until at least your appeal date. If you decline to appeal, your PR status would be revoked sometime shortly after the 30 days, and you'd be asked to leave Canada.

If you have no intention of living in Canada and no H&C reasons for not meeting the RO, there is really no point to appeal.

Link to revoke your PR status is here. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/voluntarily-renounce.asp
Or alternatively you could revoke your status in person with CBSA at land border or airport immigration. So if reported, you can ask them if you revoked your status right there if you could still enter as a visitor. If they wouldn't let you enter, then you would need to keep your PR status at least for a little while longer just for that trip.

 

[indi_go]

- Is there any way that when I board the cruise ship that the immigration officer is able to determine that I do not satisfy the RO and so my PR is not valid thereby not letting me board the ship? I ask as if this may happen then I will lose all the cruise money.

I can choose (I think) not to unboard at port of Victoria so I can avoid the immigration hassle.

I ask below as I stay close to the border and I may vacation for few days at a later date.

- Is it a bad remark on my profile if I'm reported? Basically, is it better that I myself renounce (sometime after the cruise or at the border)? Would it affect my chances of my TRV at a later date?

 

[Buletruck]

Not getting off the ship doesn't guarantee that your passport and pr card won't be requested by CBSA. You are still in Canada and subject to inspection by border officials in Canadian waters.