I just received my Confirmation of Permanent Residence, which is great of course! I'm currently residing in the States. My question is, can I enter Canada once or twice more as a visitor before using my Confirmation of Permanent Residence on a future entry to Canada to become a Permanent Resident? Or am I required to use the confirmation the next time I enter Canada? The document is valid till next summer. My motivation is to tidy up my affairs in the US over the next 2 months and then make a clean break when I become a Canadian resident, while also continuing to visit Canada in the meantime.
Can I enter Canada as a visitor before using my Confirmation of Permanent Residence?
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It is perfectly acceptable to tidy up your affairs after landing. There is no requirement to move to Canada as soon as you land.
I think you can enter as a Visitor. If you do try this, please post your experience here for others' benefit. I want to try something like this in near future. In fact, I want to be able to enter/transit as a visitor after I do soft landing (and before I receive the PR card)
You can enter as a visitor before landing. However, after landing, you are a PR and cannot enter as a visitor.
Yes, that's most likely my understanding also. I wonder what happens if a landed PR (without PR card) tries enter Canada through an airport (at US border, the COPR is sufficient) My guess is that they scrutinize more, but let them enter. I mean it will be counter-intuitive to deny entry to a landed PR just because they don't have the PR card.
Wonder what could happen if someone has not yet landed as a PR , in theory could they be refused entry as a visitor given they only have visitor entry rights ?
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If you are able to make it to the Canadian airport you will likely go through. The problem is at the departing airport, as without your PR card or PRTD you are unlikely to be allowed boarding just on the basis of your COPR document.
A PR card is not required to enter Canada and CBSA cannot deny entry to a PR for not having a PR card. It is required by the commercial carriers transporting you to Canada. As said above, the issue would be in boarding the plane to Canada.
Makes sense. But boarding an airplane may not be a problem for someone who has a valid Canadian Visa (TRV) or from a Visa exempt country such as the US.
TRVs and eTAs are cancelled. Sometimes there is a delay between landing as a PR and cancellation but it does eventually happen. The US is the exception because it is both eTA and visa exempt.
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