British Expats - How long does it take for PR card to come?

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Re: How long does it take for PR card to come?

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Originally Posted by sans (Post 5065128)

April 07 i flew from Manchester to Vancouver with Air Transit on a one way ticket. OH flew from Manchester to Vancouver with Monarch 2 wks before me, and they checked his PR too,

These smaller airlines are a lot fussier than scheduled airlines (eg Air Canada), it seems. Incidentally, if you had a return ticket, they would not have had any basis to even look for a PR Card.

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on his arrival at Vancouver they checked his PR status again but also wanted a list of everything he had bought in UK since he'd left Canada last October after landing (They didn't ask me) this. They also said that since we had landed previously, we were classed as permenent residents of Canada

A "permanent resident" under the immigration rules is not the same as a "resident" under the customs or tax rules. Your friendly officers got that one wrong.

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The Visa's you recieve to land with expire after one use, after that you need PR cards. Or you need to get a Visa from CHC London in which you have to pay for.

Once again. The PR Card is not legally mandatory for admission at a Canadian port of entry. Take a look at the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act 2002 and see for yourself.

They can look up your details in their system and see that you are a PR.

Re: How long does it take for PR card to come?

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Originally Posted by JAJ (Post 5065272)

These smaller airlines are a lot fussier than scheduled airlines (eg Air Canada), it seems. Incidentally, if you had a return ticket, they would not have had any basis to even look for a PR Card.

A "permanent resident" under the immigration rules is not the same as a "resident" under the customs or tax rules. Your friendly officers got that one wrong.

Once again. The PR Card is not legally mandatory for admission at a Canadian port of entry. Take a look at the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act 2002 and see for yourself.

They can look up your details in their system and see that you are a PR.

I dont know the rules and regulations, i only know what happened with us and hear other peoples stories. After 4 yrs of immigration and the stresses of closing one life and trying to start a new one, i for one am not about to start an argument with customs if they were all on the same page life would be alot easier for us all.