Visitor or Immigrate on Landing Declaration

[Naalelnak]

hi All,

Inland applicant however had to leave to go back to the UK- got Spouse sponsorship PR approved and portal email whilst out the country and told to contact IRCC when im back inside canada to gain access.

Flying to Canada tomorrow and confused as to what option to select on the declaration- Visitor (which requires you to enter the no of days you will be in Canada) or Immigrate. As although im there to finalise my PR and stay after that i am still entering as a Visitor as i dont actually have the PR until i do the soft landing on the PR portal.

Anyone done this recently and if so what option did you select?

Cheers

 

[armoured]

hi All,

Inland applicant however had to leave to go back to the UK- got Spouse sponsorship PR approved and portal email whilst out the country and told to contact IRCC when im back inside canada to gain access.

Flying to Canada tomorrow and confused as to what option to select on the declaration- Visitor (which requires you to enter the no of days you will be in Canada) or Immigrate. As although im there to finalise my PR and stay after that i am still entering as a Visitor as i dont actually have the PR until i do the soft landing on the PR portal.

Anyone done this recently and if so what option did you select?

Cheers

What declaration are you referring to?

 

[Buletruck]

hi All,

Inland applicant however had to leave to go back to the UK- got Spouse sponsorship PR approved and portal email whilst out the country and told to contact IRCC when im back inside canada to gain access.

Flying to Canada tomorrow and confused as to what option to select on the declaration- Visitor (which requires you to enter the no of days you will be in Canada) or Immigrate. As although im there to finalise my PR and stay after that i am still entering as a Visitor as i dont actually have the PR until i do the soft landing on the PR portal.

Anyone done this recently and if so what option did you select?

Cheers

Until she physically lands, she’s a visitor.

 

[Naalelnak]

I meant the declaration/questions you answer at the passport machines prior to going to the CBSS officer when landing, there is the ‘eDeclaration’ app that can be used.

so just unsure what option to select if it’s Visitor or Immigrate as I’m still technically a visitor until I get access to the portal

 

[MJSPARV]

I meant the declaration/questions you answer at the passport machines prior to going to the CBSS officer when landing, there is the ‘eDeclaration’ app that can be used.

so just unsure what option to select if it’s Visitor or Immigrate as I’m still technically a visitor until I get access to the portal

Since you're entering as a visitor I'd think you'd pick visitor. If you say immigrate but don't have an immigrant visa or copr I'd think that would cause problems

 

[Naalelnak]

Yeah that’s what I’m leaning towards, just if I select Visitor I have to say how many days I’ll be there so I may just have to put a random number since I will be there until I have the PR card and that can take however long it takes.

 

[armoured]

I meant the declaration/questions you answer at the passport machines prior to going to the CBSS officer when landing, there is the ‘eDeclaration’ app that can be used.

so just unsure what option to select if it’s Visitor or Immigrate as I’m still technically a visitor until I get access to the portal

I would put visitor because you don't have anything else in hand to show you're there to land (eg copr or landing papers).

You can MENTION to the first review officer that you're waiting for landing instructions (inland) and were jjust away briefly.

I think there is a small, very small, chance they might offer to do the landing procedures for you. That's the reason to mention. I think I've seen that happen here once or twice.

It's a long shot but I also can't see any reason to worry about it.

 

[Naalelnak]

Yeah it’s all good, apart from the 2hr flight delay I’ve just found out about, hopefully it’s all smooth sailing.
Thanks for your help

 

[freddieMercury]

Yeah it’s all good, apart from the 2hr flight delay I’ve just found out about, hopefully it’s all smooth sailing.
Thanks for your help

so.... how did it go?