Extended stay in Canada by doing a day trip to US

[kgrajiv]

Hi All,

We would like our parents to stay beyond 180 days. They are on Visitor visa. They do have US visa. Can we take them like flagpole to US for a day and come back to Canada to extend their visa for another 180 days? Unfortunately we did not apply for super visa at that time as they were not keen to stay beyond 4 months, now they like to stay for a year

The pain is to do medicals which is charging $260 per person. I wanted to see if this can be avoided. We do have medical insurance though for emergency

Thanks in advance

 

[scylla]

Hi All,

We would like our parents to stay beyond 180 days. They are on Visitor visa. They do have US visa. Can we take them like flagpole to US for a day and come back to Canada to extend their visa for another 180 days? Unfortunately we did not apply for super visa at that time as they were not keen to stay beyond 4 months, now they like to stay for a year

The pain is to do medicals which is charging $260 per person. I wanted to see if this can be avoided. We do have medical insurance though for emergency

Thanks in advance

It's strongly recommended that you don't do this but instead extend their stay from within Canada by paying the fee and getting the medical done. CBSA can sometimes not react well to people flagpolling just to try to extend their status and simply allow them back in but not allow a longer stay in Canada. Much better chance the extension will be approved if you apply from within Canada vs flagpolling. Your choice of course.

 

[kgrajiv]

It's strongly recommended that you don't do this but instead extend their stay from within Canada by paying the fee and getting the medical done. CBSA can sometimes not react well to people flagpolling just to try to extend their status and simply allow them back in but not allow a longer stay in Canada. Much better chance the extension will be approved if you apply from within Canada vs flagpolling. Your choice of course.

Thanks I don't mind applying for an extension any paying the fee. The need of Medical test is bit confusing as it stays Medical is required if they are staying six or more consecutive months as per https://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=441&top=16#. My thought was since the day they return back they will get a new visitor record again as old is no more valid. Is medical still required?

 

[scylla]

Thanks I don't mind applying for an extension any paying the fee. The need of Medical test is bit confusing as it stays Medical is required if they are staying six or more consecutive months as per https://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=441&top=16#. My thought was since the day they return back they will get a new visitor record again as old is no more valid. Is medical still required?

Apply for the extension and IRCC will tell you if a medical is needed. If a medical is needed then you'll need to do it.

 

[kgrajiv]

Thanks

Apply for the extension and IRCC will tell you if a medical is needed. If a medical is needed then you'll need to do it.