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Hello everyone
I am a US citizen applying for Canadian PR. Here is my question: After I receive my immigrant visa and visit Canada to claim my PR, do I have to stay there until my PR card is sent to my address in Canada? Is there a problem if I leave Canada and ask them to send the PR card to my US address?
[21-10-2004,18:16]
Immigrant |
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(in reply to: Receiving PR Card)
Dear immigrant:
The great advantage of being a US citizen and applying for the Canadian PR is that you can travel in and out Canada without having to show your PR card. This is because you can visit Canada without the need of a visitor visa (now called temporary residence visa). All you have to do is prove them you are a US citizen by either showing them your passport or your birth certificate. That´s it!
What I would do IF I were a US citizen is this: Go to Canada; let them send the PR card to the Canadian address, come back to the US whenever I want; show them my birth certificate when I intend to return to Canada.
I wish a had your flexibility, so that I could go and see my family. I need to have visitor visa to enter Canada, and they are not likely to issue a visitor visa because my immigrant visa is being processed. The bad part is that, as we all here know, the process is endless and highly uncertain.
Good luck!
[21-10-2004,18:53]
ozz |
(in reply to: Receiving PR Card)
Dear Ozz
Thank you for your input. This is a good news for me.
Although, I have been living in US for 20 years and have been a US citizen for 8 years, now I am planning to move to Canada. I have applied for PR and completed Medical exams
in June and sent few requested documents and police certificate in Aug.2004. My interview had been waived.
Now, I am waiting for final decision.
I have never been in Canada and do not have any Canadian address. Sorry, my original question was not clear.
(what I meant was my temporary address if I have to stay
in Canada)
Therefore, would you happen to know if I have an option of
receiving my PR card in the US address?
Good luck to you to and let me know if you have any questions for me. I will be glad to help.
[21-10-2004,19:27]
Immigrant |
(in reply to: Receiving PR Card)
Your PR can only be sent to an address in Canada. So if you have a friend/relative who´s address you can mention then it will be great.
[21-10-2004,19:31]
Anonymous |
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Oh!
I don´t really know... The problem is that Canadian immigration officers will likely ask where to send your PR card at the port of entry.
It is my guess you are applying independently, I mean no body is sponsoring you... so, how can you give them an addres in Canada if there is nobody waiting for you? I suspect in this case they might let you use your US address, but I´m not really sure. Hopefully there others in the Forum that have gone through thhis process and can afvice you better.
[21-10-2004,19:33]
ozz |
(in reply to: Receiving PR Card)
Thank you both for your input.
Ozz
Your guess is correct. I have applied through skilled workers and no body is sponsoring me. Unfortunately, I do not have anyone that I know in Canada at this time.
I was wondering if I can rent a mail box(with a P.O.Box address)in Canada with a mail forwarding service, that would be acceptable choice?
Thank you and good luck to you both.
[21-10-2004,19:48]
Immigrant |
(in reply to: Receiving PR Card)
Just a little clarification regarding yuo comments OZZ. As fars as I know if you reside in the US legally like on F1 visa you can enter Canada for one month without obtaining any VISA?
Is it right? I was wondering if the trick with staing in the US trying to finish you degree and at the same time passing some time for citenzship in CA will work. To be more clear yuo arravie to Canada, record your arrival, then go back to US , and then come back to Canada like you never left
What do you think?
[22-10-2004,00:29]
Dmitry |
(in reply to: Receiving PR Card)
No - F1 visa holders need visa to visit Canada.
Further what you suggest Dimitri is illegal.
[22-10-2004,11:36]
Anonymous |
(in reply to: Receiving PR Card)
Dimi:
A person needs visitor visa to enter Canada, as long as his/her nationality is not part of those under the visa waiver list. It does not matter if the person needing the visitor visa has already been legally accepted in the US.
Sometimes there are exceptions towards certain nationalities.
Second point: You cannot accumulate days towards Canadian citizenship if you don´t actually and literarally reside in Canada.
[22-10-2004,14:10]
ozz |
Flying abroad (in reply to: Receiving PR Card)
Hello,
I am an American citizen awaiting my PR card in Canada. My husband is Canadian and is my sponsor. We would like to visit my sister over the summer in Europe, but I cannot travel on mass transit until I have my card (the peice of paper I was given at the border won´t suffice). Can we fly out of the States and back into the States and then just drive back over the Canadian border in our car? Does it matter that I am in process in Canada? Should I wait until I have the actual card to fly?
[18-04-2005,19:33]
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kat |
PR Card (in reply to: Receiving PR Card)
We are here in Canada on Immigrant visa. We landed on 4th of Aug, 2005 and are still waiting for the PR card. We intend to go to the US for 2 weeks. Can we go to the US before receiving the PR card
[20-08-2005,18:48]
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Jeena Bejoy |
