COPR

[hddgtt]

Hi people. I have landed 2 months ago, and waiting for a PR card. Meanwhile i have the COPR paper attached to my passport. My question is - i heard that if i need to exit and return Canada (to US) before the PR card arrives, that might be a problem.
Has anyone heard something about it?

 

[manidhatt]

You need to apply for travel document from the country where you're visiting. COPR won't help you to re-enter Canada unless you drive through the border.

 

[hddgtt]

So I will have to visit the Canadian embassy in the us?

 

[anarsoul]

So I will have to visit the Canadian embassy in the us?

You can drive to US and return to Canada using CoPR. But if you're planning to take a bus or a flight, then you need PR travel document.

 

[Meya06]

Yes, if you want to obtain PRTD from the US.

 

[Dark Vader]

So I will have to visit the Canadian embassy in the us?

Hey. What did you end up doing finally?

 

[kimi_pat]

Hi everyone,

I am in a similar situation as this. I would appreciated your comment on my case if possible.

I am a CEC inland applicant and my AOR is May 21st. I am in NA2 stage at the moment. I am hoping I will get PPR in mid to late September looking at the current progress in CEC category.

I am planning to go to India for a few months once I get my passport back with PR visa stamp. My medical expires in May 2018 so hopefully PR visa will be valid till May, 2018 as well. I want to travel to few countries in Asia and then come back to Canada. And I am a bit confused in landing procedure and PR card arrival. Please see below four options and advise which one is best:

Option – 1

Once I get PR visa stamp in my passport, I can do the landing procedure at one of many Port of Entries ( Niagara Falls ) and then leave to India in a week or two. I can give my friend’s address for PR card to be mailed to. He is also going to India in Dec so he can bring my PR card with him. I can then come back to Canada. My return date is flexible so I can wait a bit longer till I get PR card in my hand in India. So while returning to Canada, will border officials ask me how come I left the country just after landing and without receiving PR card myself? Will it create any issue? In this case, I can come back any time since I will have PR card in my hand. There will not be any limit or expiry date to enter Canada. Please confirm this if someone can.

Option – 2

Once I get PR visa stamp in my passport, I can fly to India in a week without landing. I can then stay in India and visit few countries for few months and then come back to Canada and finish landing procedure before May, 2018. In this case, will it create any issues if I would have visited few countries in Asia and have those additional visa stamps from those countries?

Option – 3

For some reason, if I don’t get my PR card while I am in India after landing, I can apply for PR Travel document and use it to enter in Canada without PR card. How difficult is the process for applying PRTD? Will border officers ask me any questions?

Option-4

While coming back to Canada, I can then fly to USA and cross the border by rental car using my COPR which is legal as I found in previous threads. In this case, will border officers ask me any questions?


Please give your input. Any advice or help would be highly appreciated. Thank you.