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Passport stamping for permanent residents and foreign nationals

jetsons

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Jan 31, 2018
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https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/travel-voyage/pik-bip-eng.html?wbdisable=true
Passport stamping for permanent residents and foreign nationals

  • The CBSA no longer stamps all passports at airports with Primary Inspection Kiosks.
  • If you need a stamp in your passport as a proof of entry into Canada you must request a stamp from a border services officer after completing a kiosk transaction.
  • If your passport is not stamped, you are only authorized to stay in Canada for up to 6 months from the day you initially entered Canada, or until your passport expires, whichever comes first.
  • If the border services officer authorizes a period of stay of some other duration, either more or less than 6 months, the officer may issue you a document and should stamp your passport indicating the date by which you must leave Canada.
I am a PR and after reading the above, I am confused.Is the 6 month thing applicable for PR as well?
 

zardoz

VIP Member
Feb 2, 2013
13,304
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Canada
Category........
FAM
Visa Office......
London
App. Filed.......
16-02-2013
VISA ISSUED...
31-07-2013
LANDED..........
09-11-2013
https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/travel-voyage/pik-bip-eng.html?wbdisable=true
Passport stamping for permanent residents and foreign nationals

  • The CBSA no longer stamps all passports at airports with Primary Inspection Kiosks.
  • If you need a stamp in your passport as a proof of entry into Canada you must request a stamp from a border services officer after completing a kiosk transaction.
  • If your passport is not stamped, you are only authorized to stay in Canada for up to 6 months from the day you initially entered Canada, or until your passport expires, whichever comes first.
  • If the border services officer authorizes a period of stay of some other duration, either more or less than 6 months, the officer may issue you a document and should stamp your passport indicating the date by which you must leave Canada.
I am a PR and after reading the above, I am confused.Is the 6 month thing applicable for PR as well?
No. Permanent means exactly that. There are no restrictions on your time in Canada.
 
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lawrence2017

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Nov 17, 2017
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If I am a returning PR entered by land through the US border, can I request the officer to stamp on my passport so that I have an entering date proof for applying the provincial insurance 3 months later. Or they only stamp on visitors' passport?