Visiting the US after getting a visitor extension

[LBWolf]

Hi!
I am a US citizen, and I was just granted an extension to stay in Canada as a visitor. The other day I recieved my visitor record and it states on there that it does not grant re-entry. It expires in October of 2015. My brother-in-law has invited my husband (a Canadian citizen) and I to the US for my sisters birthday, we'd like to stay for 4 days. I am concerned that I will not be allowed back into Canada. doing research on CIC, I am confused as to whether or not I would be turned away at the border. As much as I can gather, my visitor record is the same as a Temporary Resident. According to the CIC website;
"If you have a single-entry visa this allows you to enter Canada once. If you leave Canada during your authorized stay, you must get a new visitor visa to re-enter Canada, unless you visit the United States or St. Pierre and Miquelon. If you visit those places, you can return to Canada without a new visa, as long as you:

return within the period that the Canadian immigration officer initially authorized when you first entered Canada (on your visa, it is either a handwritten date or 6 months from the date of the entry stamp); or
have a valid visitor record, work permit, study permit or temporary resident permit (authorizing re-entry), and return within the period that the officer initially authorized."

This information was found on the page to extend your stay. I just want to confirm what I am understanding this information as I have read conflicting advise from other posts. My visitor record is basically a single-entry visa. I may leave Canada, not have to apply for another visitor record because I am visiting the states and will return way before my authorized stay stated on the visitor record I currently posess, and they will allow me back into Canada with my husband. I just don't want to be turned away at the border, after being happy that I am allowed to stay another 6 months.

 

[Jalex23]

Hi!
I am a US citizen, and I was just granted an extension to stay in Canada as a visitor. The other day I recieved my visitor record and it states on there that it does not grant re-entry. It expires in October of 2015. My brother-in-law has invited my husband (a Canadian citizen) and I to the US for my sisters birthday, we'd like to stay for 4 days. I am concerned that I will not be allowed back into Canada. doing research on CIC, I am confused as to whether or not I would be turned away at the border. As much as I can gather, my visitor record is the same as a Temporary Resident. According to the CIC website;
"If you have a single-entry visa this allows you to enter Canada once. If you leave Canada during your authorized stay, you must get a new visitor visa to re-enter Canada, unless you visit the United States or St. Pierre and Miquelon. If you visit those places, you can return to Canada without a new visa, as long as you:

return within the period that the Canadian immigration officer initially authorized when you first entered Canada (on your visa, it is either a handwritten date or 6 months from the date of the entry stamp); or
have a valid visitor record, work permit, study permit or temporary resident permit (authorizing re-entry), and return within the period that the officer initially authorized."

This information was found on the page to extend your stay. I just want to confirm what I am understanding this information as I have read conflicting advise from other posts. My visitor record is basically a single-entry visa. I may leave Canada, not have to apply for another visitor record because I am visiting the states and will return way before my authorized stay stated on the visitor record I currently posess, and they will allow me back into Canada with my husband. I just don't want to be turned away at the border, after being happy that I am allowed to stay another 6 months.

You read confused....

You can always be refused entry, no matter visitor record or not. When you try to come back to Canada you will be reassessed by the CBSA officer and he will determine if he honors the visitor record length, gives you a full new entry (with a different duration of up to 6 months) or refuse entry.

There is no room for confusion.

The "does not authorize re-entry" in the record gives Canada the right to decide whether you will be admitted or not on a re-entry. Of course the CBSA officer will evaluate your entire case, US citizen, only out for 4 days, recently granted a visitor extension by CIC, etc. etc. little chances to be refused, but there is still a chance.

 

[TracyCa64]

Once you leave Canada on a visitor status it will no longer be valid until Oct 2015. It would be like starting over when you get to the border and it would be up to the border agent to decide to let you cross or not. Usually people request visitor status or extensions to stay in Canada, but if you leave it shows them that you are no longer staying for whatever reason.
You would have a better outcome if you stayed in Canada until your status expires. There is no way to guarantee they will let you enter Canada. If they do, they might put down a day for you to leave by and not give you the normal 6 months that usually happens.

A visa is different than a "visitor" status. US citizens do not need a visa to enter into Canada.

I am not an expert, just have been reading a lot on this forum. So, if this is not correct I hope someone will correct me.

 

[césaria]

I am in a similar situation. My American husband just received his visa extension for one year, and we would love to visit his family in the US for his sister's graduation. We are getting everything together to file for Sponsorship and PR, making sure everything is done by the book. We will be travelling with every single documents we could think they would want to ask, just in case. Receipts of our immigration fees I hear is significant to have.

I can tell you that from experience, your faith may very well depend on the border agent in question that day and their mood. Most times our border agents interactions went great, mind me we were flying. However we had a horrible experience at the land Montana border one time, the border agents really gave us a hard time. I felt like they treated us like criminals and quite honestly I am still traumatized!!

That is why I signed up on this forum, to find similar stories to reassure me that by visiting my husband's family with him, and ensuring to cross with him, and speaking for him, I am not taking a huge risk of being separated for an undetermined amount of time. He wants to fly there by May 16 and I'm anxious to book!!

Any advice???

Cheers!

For you all anxious people: remember, worry is just a misuse of your imagination