Travelling with eCOPR from visa exempt country?

[Dutchie1]

Hey all! We received P2 and are expecting ECOPR within (hopefully) 4 weeks. My spouse wants to travel home to Europe for a week in November for a birthday. What if we don't have our PR cards by that time? is an ECOPR enough? Normally to travel to canada we only need an ETA, no visa or anything. I feel like applying for PRTD would be useless as it takes just as long as it takes to issue PR cards? Hoping someone can give guidance!

 

[Chasechs]

Let us start with what the COPR is not, it is not a travel document. Says so on the front of the paper. This means that you have to have a visa and the accompanying purpose - work / study / visitor record. ETAs and TRVs are temporary resident travel documents. Once your COPR is issued you no longer have a temporary status to use those facilities. So as a permanent resident, your travel documents are PR card and PRTD, that's it!

 

[scylla]

Hey all! We received P2 and are expecting ECOPR within (hopefully) 4 weeks. My spouse wants to travel home to Europe for a week in November for a birthday. What if we don't have our PR cards by that time? is an ECOPR enough? Normally to travel to canada we only need an ETA, no visa or anything. I feel like applying for PRTD would be useless as it takes just as long as it takes to issue PR cards? Hoping someone can give guidance!

These are your choices:

1) Return to Canada by air with valid PR cards.
2) Return to Canada by air with valid PRTDs.
3) Fly to the US and then re-enter Canada through a land border using a private vehicle and your COPR.