Visitor Visa Extension - is it multiple entry?

[RobGR]

Hello everyone, I tried to find an answer before posting but I couldn't find anything that matched my situation.

My work visa expired last week and I applied for a visitor visa extension a few weeks ago and it has been approved now and is on the way.
I want to visit my family in my country (Mexico) in December for a couple weeks and then come back to Canada (I'm getting a new work contract in January) but I have no idea if the visa extension is multiple entry or single entry because I haven't received it yet but I remember that last time I got an extension approved, the paper didn't say if it was multiple entry or not so I have no idea if Im going to be able to leave Canada and then re-enter. Last time, my visa extension said "This does not authorize re entry" so I guess it was a single entry. Anyway, if I get a single entry extension, will I be able to go home for the holidays and then come back?

Any help will be appreciated

 

[Jalex23]

Hello everyone, I tried to find an answer before posting but I couldn't find anything that matched my situation.

My work visa expired last week and I applied for a visitor visa extension a few weeks ago and it has been approved now and is on the way.
I want to visit my family in my country (Mexico) in December for a couple weeks and then come back to Canada (I'm getting a new work contract in January) but I have no idea if the visa extension is multiple entry or single entry because I haven't received it yet but I remember that last time I got an extension approved, the paper didn't say if it was multiple entry or not so I have no idea if Im going to be able to leave Canada and then re-enter. Last time, my visa extension said "This does not authorize re entry" so I guess it was a single entry. Anyway, if I get a single entry extension, will I be able to go home for the holidays and then come back?

Any help will be appreciated

You are getting confused between a Tourist Visa (Temporary Resident Visa) and a Visitor Status.


A TRV is a sticker attached to your passport and it is the one that grants you entry to Canada when coming from abroad, it cannot be extended, when it expires you have to apply for a new one. A Visitor Status is your status once in Canada.

The extension you got gives you a Visitor Status.

Once you get out of Canada that extension expires. When you come back you will need a valid TRV and a new visitor status will be given to you.