Sending PR cards outside Canada through courier service !

[Hasni]

Dear friends,

Need a fresh update on this issue. Is it legal or illegal to send PR cards outside Canada through any courier service, a practice adopted by most of the new immigrants who leave Canada after a short stay. Please advise.

Thanks

 

[zardoz]

Dear friends,

Need a fresh update on this issue. Is it legal or illegal to send PR cards outside Canada through any courier service, a practice adopted by most of the new immigrants who leave Canada after a short stay. Please advise.

Thanks

I'm sure that I have told you this before.

It is NOT illegal to send PR cards out of the country.

This is not India!!!

 

[Hasni]

I'm sure that I have told you this before.

It is NOT illegal to send PR cards out of the country.

This is not India!!!

thanks zardoz, ..yes I know but recently one of my friends when approached to an immigration consultant in Canada was told that it is illegal for any person either to carry them or courier them outside Canada. so just wanted to have a fresh opinion on it , cheers

 

[lawrence2007]

check Operational Bulletin 491 (January 14, 2013) for the official word on this.

also check the reply of moderator on the following forum:

http://www.settlement.org/discuss/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=16019

 

[Hasni]

check Operational Bulletin 491 (January 14, 2013) for the official word on this.

also check the reply of moderator on the following forum:

http://www.settlement.org/discuss/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=16019

thank Lawrence, can you attach link of the operational bulletin you are referring to. Moderator looks skeptical over the issue though PMM has always a candid opinion over it.

 

[lawrence2007]

here you go
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/manuals/bulletins/2013/ob491.asp

 

[Hasni]

Thanks Lawrence.

Dear zardoz, looking at the following link specially where they say in the "Background" why representatives can't do it anymore ! Do you still think there is nothing illegal in it !!

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/manuals/bulletins/2013/ob491.asp

 

[zardoz]

Thanks Lawrence.

Dear zardoz, looking at the following link specially where they say in the "Background" why representatives can't do it anymore ! Do you still think there is nothing illegal in it !!

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/manuals/bulletins/2013/ob491.asp

Yes, I stand by my comment... It is not illegal to send a PR card via a courier overseas. What CIC are objecting to is the use of a "Representative" as an intermediary. There is nothing in IRPA or IRPR about sending PR cards abroad being "illegal".

 

[canvis2006]

I have couriered pr card of my brother to Europe, just couple of months ago.
Reached without any issue within 4-6 days. Many people do it. People can't wait 80 days sitting just for cards. Life has to go on.

Time to ditch that "consultant" if he says it's illegal. This is why these "consultants" have no credibility in my books.

 

[Hasni]

Thanks zardoz and canvis, One of my friends has rented a postal box (UPS) cuz he did not have any relative or friends in Vancouver. And according to him UPS gonna forward his PR cards and other docs to him once they receive. So looks like it can't be said illegal as such, but yes unsafe to some extent , that's what I have understood.