Is Valid TRV + Permanent Residency Visa in a Passport a Problem on Entry to Cnd?

[Mudshark17]

I'm hoping there is some sage advice out there on this:

My foreign wife has been visiting me in Canada on TRV visa's for almost 2 years now while her permanent residency application made it's slow way through the CIC system. Last January we went back to her home country and applied for another TRV, which was approved. We then got a letter from the mission that handles immigration for her home country (the mission in Singapore, far, far away from her home country) asking she get a re-med + send her passport for her Permanent Residency Visa. So we did that and a month later had a PR Visa in her passport also.

So she now has an valid TRV from the Cnd embassy in her home country + a PR Visa in her passport from the Cnd mission in Singapore and has a ticket to fly to Canada March 9th. One of her friends oversea's claims this will be an issue when she "lands" in Canada and tries to Immigrate. This has gotten her terribly upset and afraid of what will happen to her when she lands in Canada and goes to Immigration.

I have a hard time understanding why Singapore wouldn't have just stamped "cancelled" across the TRV when they issued her a PR Visa if two visa's was an issue, but since it took almost 2 years to get her a PR Visa, nothing would surprise me about CIC's processes.

Is there anyone out there with knowledge as to whether having a TRV + a PR Visa in a foreign passport is a problem on landing and trying to Immigrate to Canada?

Thxs! G

 

[PMM]

Hi

I'm hoping there is some sage advice out there on this:

My foreign wife has been visiting me in Canada on TRV visa's for almost 2 years now while her permanent residency application made it's slow way through the CIC system. Last January we went back to her home country and applied for another TRV, which was approved. We then got a letter from the mission that handles immigration for her home country (the mission in Singapore, far, far away from her home country) asking she get a re-med + send her passport for her Permanent Residency Visa. So we did that and a month later had a PR Visa in her passport also.

So she now has an valid TRV from the Cnd embassy in her home country + a PR Visa in her passport from the Cnd mission in Singapore and has a ticket to fly to Canada March 9th. One of her friends oversea's claims this will be an issue when she "lands" in Canada and tries to Immigrate. This has gotten her terribly upset and afraid of what will happen to her when she lands in Canada and goes to Immigration.

I have a hard time understanding why Singapore wouldn't have just stamped "cancelled" across the TRV when they issued her a PR Visa if two visa's was an issue, but since it took almost 2 years to get her a PR Visa, nothing would surprise me about CIC's processes.

Is there anyone out there with knowledge as to whether having a TRV + a PR Visa in a foreign passport is a problem on landing and trying to Immigrate to Canada?

Thxs! G

1. Her "friend" is a fear monger.
2. She has the COPR and it is valid. She will "land" with the COPR and it will be cancelled as well as the TRV as she will not longer be a visitor, as she will be a permanent resident.
3. The reason Singapore didn't cancel the PR, is that it is quite possible that she wished to visit and would "land" in the future. Note her COPR is valid for a year after the medical.

 

[FlashG]

Does PR Application affect Study Permit/TRV landing after approval?

Hi,

I have a related question - a concern of my wife in China. Our daughter applied for a Study Permit/TRV to attend university in Canada. We are also about to submit our PR application for both my wife/step-daughter. Should we be in any way concerned and delay our PR application until the daughter has arrived in Canada?

Will a PR application in process affect landing with the Study Permit ? Apparently a staff member at a Visa Application Centre (VAC) in Chongqing, China indicated something like this to my wife. However, it does not make any sense to me. I understood these things are assessed on their own merit and that the principle of "Dual Intent" is applicable.

Please help allay our concerns!

 

[SenoritaBella]

Read this about dual intent: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/manuals/bulletins/2009/ob131.asp Please note that this bulletin was last modified in 2009.