Hi all
I received my CoPR recently and plan to do a soft landing at Vancouver to settle PR card, SIN, business registration (i'm on federal self employed stream), bank account, drivers license, etc.
I know PR card is taking ages to process at the moment. I may not be able to stay for 2 to 3 months after my landing, probably will have to return to my home country after 1 month or so to settle some work matters and return to my family who will land at a later date.
I know I can apply for PRTD to return to Canada later, but after my PR application has taken all of 3 years to complete I am a little phobic of sending PRTD application to IRCC and having to wait and wait again.
So my plan is to return to Canada again via US-Canada land border by walking across. I read that PRTD is not required at land border.
Questions:
1) Is it possible for me to walk across the US-Canada border at BC at all? I do not have private transport in the US to bring me into Canada.
2) To be honest I am a little confused about the concept of having PR card/PRTD in order to enter Canada again. I am holding a passport that allows me visa waiver to enter Canada. Can I not re-enter Canada using my passport (that has visa waiver) without a PR card?
I received my CoPR recently and plan to do a soft landing at Vancouver to settle PR card, SIN, business registration (i'm on federal self employed stream), bank account, drivers license, etc.
I know PR card is taking ages to process at the moment. I may not be able to stay for 2 to 3 months after my landing, probably will have to return to my home country after 1 month or so to settle some work matters and return to my family who will land at a later date.
I know I can apply for PRTD to return to Canada later, but after my PR application has taken all of 3 years to complete I am a little phobic of sending PRTD application to IRCC and having to wait and wait again.
So my plan is to return to Canada again via US-Canada land border by walking across. I read that PRTD is not required at land border.
Questions:
1) Is it possible for me to walk across the US-Canada border at BC at all? I do not have private transport in the US to bring me into Canada.
2) To be honest I am a little confused about the concept of having PR card/PRTD in order to enter Canada again. I am holding a passport that allows me visa waiver to enter Canada. Can I not re-enter Canada using my passport (that has visa waiver) without a PR card?