Waiting for PR Card after landing - add your case here

[loklokbebe]

I landed on April 29. Hopefully I will get my PR next week.

Once I crossed the border with my COPR (I am visa exemption country), the officer asked me so many questions but it was fine.

At the airport, did you line up at visitor side or canadian side?

 

[nivola]

Canadian

 

[katie26]

I landed 8 weeks back . not yet received PR card . I have only one Q? what if the emergency situation arrives? I hv my niece wedding in USA . whole of my family/friends are there EXCEPT me. be coz I hv no PR Card. I have tears in my eyes . I canot leave ca. tried to email/calls CIC but no use.

I am in exactly the same situation.. Landed on April 16th and haven't gotten my card yet. I have a wedding to go to on August 22nd and have the flights and hotel booked already. I found out last week that they need new pictures.. The Agent i spoke to the first time gave me the wrong information and told me that i would have to wait until I receive the mail from the immigration with the form to be filled out and specs for the new picture that i can not just mail out the pictures without getting the request first. But i called and spoke with another agent today and she emailed me the link where the information is stated and she advised that i can submit the form and mail it out pictures right away , don't have to wait until i get the actual mail from them.

I suggest you call CIC and ask to get an update on your PR card, if it is past the time shown on their website they have to call the processing department and will tell you what the status is on your card. Be on it and call them everyday if needed. I regret not calling earlier and speaking to another agent , i could've submitted new pictures few weeks ago.. Now i depend om their mercy in getting my card before the end of August.. I did include the letter with the pre paid Xpress post envelope , pretty much bagging them to speed it up since i have my best friend's wedding booked for August 22nd and i am her maid of honor

Good luck to you !

 

[chasinglight]

Canadian

Did you buy a roundtrip or one way ticket? I also come from a Visa Exempt country but when I called CIC they said that didn't matter that I still need a PR Card or Travel Document to enter by Airline

 

[chasinglight]

Yes!! If you are from a Visa Exempt country you can return by commercial air without your PR Card. I just returned yesterday from the USA after a 5 day visit and I had still not received my PR Card. When I approached customs they asked what my status was. I told them I am a PR and she asked for my card. I told her I did not have it because it takes like 8 months to receive it now. I also informed her that when I did my landing originally that the customs official informed me that my status is linked to my passport and that I could travel without having a card because I am from a visa exempt country (USA). She looked at the computer and told me I was correct and welcome back to Canada. Thats all. So, YES you can travel without a PR any way you want. AS LONG AS YOU ARE VISA EXEMPT.

Sigh I'm Visa exempt as well but this isn't what CIC told me when I called

 

[07YUSO]

Sigh I'm Visa exempt as well but this isn't what CIC told me when I called

CIC will not tell you any more than what's on their website already.

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[Diplomatru]

My question is though, can we say to the airline that we are in the process of PR?

The airline is required to do travel screening and this information is shared with CBSA. They have specific software installed for this purpose. If a reportable trace emerges, they won't allow to proceed with the boarding. Travel screening is used for all passengers requiring a visa. As for VWA passport holders, these checks are not implemented sytematically at the time being. So, if they actually decide to put your information into the system, they will learn about PR status (and request the card). Otherwise, they will just let the air passenger on board.

In 2016 VWA passport holders will have to pay $7 and receive an “electronic travel authorization” (eTA) before boarding a flight to Canada under a 2011 deal between Washington and Ottawa to better protect North America from security threats.

 

[Diplomatru]

Ok, so my card arrived to my neighbour's and he was kind to drop by and hand it over to me just now. Someone made a typo in my apartment number 810 (making it 801 instead) although I had the correct address on eCAS. I discovered it when a call centre agent was confirming the address during a routine application status check and I urged him to modify it accordingly (Jul 16). I called on Jul 20 and an agent said that they had the correct address since Jul 16 and that the card was in production. Despite all that the card still emerged at 801.

So, unless you are actually lucky to have eCas tracking, the process of receiving the card is really dumb and you have zero control over it even if an administrative mistake took place.

 

[ip000073]

The airline is required to do travel screening and this information is shared with CBSA. They have specific software installed for this purpose. If a reportable trace emerges, they won't allow to proceed with the boarding. Travel screening is used for all passengers requiring a visa. As for VWA passport holders, these checks are not implemented sytematically at the time being. So, if they actually decide to put your information into the system, they will learn about PR status (and request the card). Otherwise, they will just let the air passenger on board.

In 2016 VWA passport holders will have to pay $7 and receive an “electronic travel authorization” (eTA) before boarding a flight to Canada under a 2011 deal between Washington and Ottawa to better protect North America from security threats.

Could you please give a link to this information? To me it seems like a FUD. For sure CIC doesn't share information with airlines, so they could not know if you are PR or just a visitor. I can't believe CIC would share information about Canadian permanent residents with forighn airlines.

 

[Diplomatru]

Could you please give a link to this information? To me it seems like a FUD. For sure CIC doesn't share information with airlines, so they could not know if you are PR or just a visitor. I can't believe CIC would share information about Canadian permanent residents with forighn airlines.

1)CIC has nothing to do with this. That's why you are 100% right. They don't share info on air travelers lol.
2)The specified information doesn't come from one source. Try googling 'redress number' and see how it goes.

 

[spaceexp]

The airline is required to do travel screening and this information is shared with CBSA. They have specific software installed for this purpose. If a reportable trace emerges, they won't allow to proceed with the boarding. Travel screening is used for all passengers requiring a visa. As for VWA passport holders, these checks are not implemented sytematically at the time being. So, if they actually decide to put your information into the system, they will learn about PR status (and request the card). Otherwise, they will just let the air passenger on board.

In 2016 VWA passport holders will have to pay $7 and receive an “electronic travel authorization” (eTA) before boarding a flight to Canada under a 2011 deal between Washington and Ottawa to better protect North America from security threats.

I can partially confirm what you are saying. I am NOT visa exempt. Recently I traveled to my home country (I have a PR card). On the way back, they asked for my PR card even for the first flight that didn't go to Canada (Zagreb-Frankfurt), and to board the flight to Canada I had to go to the boarding counter prior to the actual boarding call, and they scanned my passport (they have special keyboard for this) and checked something in the computer. They actually did that with most of the people, even my husband's passport was scanned (although he is Canadian).

 

[ashikn]

Dear All,

Allhamdulilla, today I have received my PR cards (mine & my wife) at 1pm canadian time. Though I am outside of Canada, but my cousin received it.

For your kind info, I have landed 25th of April, so after 92 days I have received my cards. I hope those who have landed on week 4 of April, will get their PR cards by a day or two.

Thanks all for your updates, and wish you good luck.

 

[Diplomatru]

even my husband's passport was scanned (although he is Canadian).

that's really ridiculous of them. Thanks for sharing, very interesting read.

 

[spaceexp]

that's really ridiculous of them. Thanks for sharing, very interesting read.

Maybe they scanned it just because we were together. I am not sure, since I didn't really pay attention did the other Canadian passengers' passports get scanned, but I could tell a lot of people were approaching the boarding counter, and some passengers were even called by name to come and present their passports. I am assuming those were from non-visa exempt countries as well.

 

[chasinglight]

I landed on April 23rd and my card came in the mail today.