Application being processed. Can I leave the country?

[jpscuba]

I'm being sponsored by my spouse(canadian) and we have already sent in my Inland Application (Permanent Residency).

I am currently on a Visitor visa but I also sent in an Open Work Application attached to my PR application to extend my stay and to be allowed to work.

My Visitor visa expires on May 3rd. From the date it expires until I receive a decision I will have an implied status.
Until this point is all good!


Now, what would happen if I had to go back home? I still have a flight booked for April 28th, 2015, which I wasn't planning on using but my grandma was diagnosed with cancer and knowing that, I wonder if I could take this flight home, spend a quality time with my family, support them and then buy another flight back to canada.


By the time I would comeback, my visitor visa will have expired. How can I board back and what should I expect from the immigration upon arrival?

Can I do this at all, without losing my PR application or any complications?

Appreciate your time, thank you.

 

[Ponga]

As soon as you leave Canada your implied status leaves with you.

If you do not hold a passport from a visa exempt country, you would likely not be able return on a commercial carrier without obtaining a new visa.

If you are visa exempt, you do run the risk of being denied re-entry into Canada, which would be a big problem for an Inland applicant. Unfortunately, there's no way of knowing what CBSA would do, but having proof that you have an application for sponsorship submitted would certainly help...maybe.

 

[jpscuba]

I have a Brazilian passport, which is not exempt of visa...

 

[Ponga]

That really complicates things for you if you decide to leave.


Good luck to you and your Grandmother.

 

[scylla]

You'll need to apply for a new visitor visa from Brazil and hope it's approved. If it's not approved, you'll have to start the PR sponsorship process from scratch using the outland process.