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Anyone had experience a child entering Canada without visa?

mashhur

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Sep 23, 2019
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Family is out of Canada and parents have proper LMIA+Work Permit + Counterfoil (for 7 years). They have been leaving in Canada for more that 3years. But their kids passport got expired and they went back to home country to renew (couldn't renew within Canada). They now renewed and applied for Visitor Visa for kids (3 & 5yrs old) but it takes more than 6-months to get kids VISA resolved.
Their company (for working remotely) is asking to come before 6-month otherwise CRA will remove them from tax-residency will bring issue for the company. Parents cannot leave the kids there and they ware going to take risk that just fly without waiting for the VISAs.

What happens at the border? Is there any case Immigration at border allowed? Or what else (docs) they can prepare?
 
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Naturgrl

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Apr 5, 2020
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Family is out of Canada and parents have proper LMIA+Work Permit + Counterfoil (for 7 years). But their kids passport got expired and they went back to home country to renew (couldn't renew within Canada). They now renewed and applied for Visitor Visa for kids (3 & 5yrs old) but it takes more than 6-months to get kids VISA resolved.
Their company (for working remotely) is asking to come before 6-month otherwise CRA will remove them from tax-residency will bring issue for the company. Parents cannot leave the kids there and they ware going to take risk that just fly without waiting for the VISAs.

What happens at the border? Is there any case Immigration at border allowed? Or what else (docs) they can prepare?
If a child doesn’t have a TRV and needs one to enter, they will be refused entry. They will not even be allowed to board a plane. They need a TRV unless US citizens.
 

PMM

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Jun 30, 2005
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HI

Family is out of Canada and parents have proper LMIA+Work Permit + Counterfoil (for 7 years). They have been leaving in Canada for more that 3years. But their kids passport got expired and they went back to home country to renew (couldn't renew within Canada). They now renewed and applied for Visitor Visa for kids (3 & 5yrs old) but it takes more than 6-months to get kids VISA resolved.
Their company (for working remotely) is asking to come before 6-month otherwise CRA will remove them from tax-residency will bring issue for the company. Parents cannot leave the kids there and they ware going to take risk that just fly without waiting for the VISAs.

What happens at the border? Is there any case Immigration at border allowed? Or what else (docs) they can prepare?
1. Without TRVs they won't be allowed to board any flight to Canada