Entering Canada via the U.S
Dec 21st 2012, 5:49 am
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Entering Canada via the U.S
Guys just found this forum
My first post is this ,I live in Windsor,On,Ive been in Canada 25yrs,By the way,
Now I'm going back to Belfast in a few weeks I hope,And will be flying from Detroit to Dublin and returning the same way,
I don't have one of them PR cards,Will I need one to get back on the plane in Dublin to come to the states to come back into Canada,
and can I go down to the local immigration office for help to fill out this pr form if needed,Thank you guys.
My first post is this ,I live in Windsor,On,Ive been in Canada 25yrs,By the way,Now I'm going back to Belfast in a few weeks I hope,And will be flying from Detroit to Dublin and returning the same way,
I don't have one of them PR cards,Will I need one to get back on the plane in Dublin to come to the states to come back into Canada,
and can I go down to the local immigration office for help to fill out this pr form if needed,Thank you guys.
Last edited by yakkiebush; Dec 21st 2012 at 5:56 am.
Dec 21st 2012, 6:14 am
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Re: Entering Canada via the U.S
You could follow this link to get a PR card.
If travelling back by private vehicle Detroit-Windsor no PR card required but proof of PR status ie old IMM 1000 would be useful to prove you are a PR.
Good luck in going down to your nearest CIC office as they are no longer walk in and you need to make appointments.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/informa.../apply-how.asp
If travelling back by private vehicle Detroit-Windsor no PR card required but proof of PR status ie old IMM 1000 would be useful to prove you are a PR.
Good luck in going down to your nearest CIC office as they are no longer walk in and you need to make appointments.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/informa.../apply-how.asp
Dec 21st 2012, 6:30 am
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Re: Entering Canada via the U.S
25 years in Canada?
I would have thought you should have citizenship and a Canadian passport? Or am I missing something.
I would have thought you should have citizenship and a Canadian passport? Or am I missing something.
Dec 21st 2012, 7:04 am
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Re: Entering Canada via the U.S
You could follow this link to get a PR card.
If travelling back by private vehicle Detroit-Windsor no PR card required but proof of PR status ie old IMM 1000 would be useful to prove you are a PR.
Good luck in going down to your nearest CIC office as they are no longer walk in and you need to make appointments.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/informa.../apply-how.asp
If travelling back by private vehicle Detroit-Windsor no PR card required but proof of PR status ie old IMM 1000 would be useful to prove you are a PR.
Good luck in going down to your nearest CIC office as they are no longer walk in and you need to make appointments.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/informa.../apply-how.asp
Thanks for the reply anyway
Dec 21st 2012, 7:12 am
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A Canadian citizenship would only let me vote ,And there all cowboys anyway,That's all ,My son was born in the U.K 26 yrs ago and hes still a Brit,
Perhaps one day before I get to old Ill become a true Canuck,I believe you have to be a citizen for your OAP.
Dec 21st 2012, 10:05 am
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Interesting to know.
Dec 21st 2012, 11:06 am
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Dec 21st 2012, 1:18 pm
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Re: Entering Canada via the U.S
It is not a choice between being British and getting canadian citizenship, you can have and be both.
I applied for Canadian citizenship because it makes it easier to travel beween the US and Canada. I live 30 minutes from the border and US flights are much cheaper.
Though I have a friend who is in their 80s now, he has been here most of his life. All the rest of the family has their Canadian Citizenship but he is Welsh and "a Brit forever".
His family is getting pretty sick of having to wait for him, sometimes for extended periods whilst he does all his paperwork to cross the border. But he will not change. He gets his OAP without any issue.
I applied for Canadian citizenship because it makes it easier to travel beween the US and Canada. I live 30 minutes from the border and US flights are much cheaper.
Though I have a friend who is in their 80s now, he has been here most of his life. All the rest of the family has their Canadian Citizenship but he is Welsh and "a Brit forever".
His family is getting pretty sick of having to wait for him, sometimes for extended periods whilst he does all his paperwork to cross the border. But he will not change. He gets his OAP without any issue.
Dec 21st 2012, 5:02 pm
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Dec 21st 2012, 6:16 pm
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It is not a choice between being British and getting canadian citizenship, you can have and be both.
I applied for Canadian citizenship because it makes it easier to travel beween the US and Canada. I live 30 minutes from the border and US flights are much cheaper.
Though I have a friend who is in their 80s now, he has been here most of his life. All the rest of the family has their Canadian Citizenship but he is Welsh and "a Brit forever".
His family is getting pretty sick of having to wait for him, sometimes for extended periods whilst he does all his paperwork to cross the border. But he will not change. He gets his OAP without any issue.
I applied for Canadian citizenship because it makes it easier to travel beween the US and Canada. I live 30 minutes from the border and US flights are much cheaper.
Though I have a friend who is in their 80s now, he has been here most of his life. All the rest of the family has their Canadian Citizenship but he is Welsh and "a Brit forever".
His family is getting pretty sick of having to wait for him, sometimes for extended periods whilst he does all his paperwork to cross the border. But he will not change. He gets his OAP without any issue.
Everything changed so much since 9/11 ,As in crossing borders ,etc,
some day i will become a citizen ,I guess its not top priority right now.
Now i'm not all about someones identity or nothing ,I just haven't done the deed.
Dec 22nd 2012, 10:09 pm
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Re: Entering Canada via the U.S
so I am guessing you have landed papers stappled into the back of your British Passport?? its wot we used to get back in to Canada until we became citizens in 2005, PR cards came in earlier than 2005 and we didn't have them, just the piece of paper in the back of our passports, so I would check with the border doods to see if they will let u in .....yours down the road in Amhertsburg!!
Dec 23rd 2012, 11:15 am
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Na buddy your missing nothing,Im still a British citizen
A Canadian citizenship would only let me vote ,And there all cowboys anyway,That's all ,My son was born in the U.K 26 yrs ago and hes still a Brit,
Perhaps one day before I get to old Ill become a true Canuck,I believe you have to be a citizen for your OAP.
A Canadian citizenship would only let me vote ,And there all cowboys anyway,That's all ,My son was born in the U.K 26 yrs ago and hes still a Brit,
Perhaps one day before I get to old Ill become a true Canuck,I believe you have to be a citizen for your OAP.
