My husband has had his PNP approval letter and we need to go to Canada on a work permit. At the moment I gather they are taking around 12 weeks to process. If we fly out and apply at POE do we have to buy return plane tickets. I have been told that planes won't let you board with out a return ticket if you have no wp or visa. I really can't afford to buy us all return tickets and just waste the fare money.
Is it possible to collect a wp from the embassy in person perhaps?

Thanks Sandra

My friend (freshstart) went out in April on a one way ticket and collected her WP at the POE and she had no problems at all and never had to purchase a return ticket. I have heard many do this and they have never had a problem either.

Hope this helps

Karla x x x x

Thanks Carla can you tell me what airline she used.

Sandra

I know she booked with Canadian Affair, and flew with Thomas Cook. If you want to know about Canadian Affair (if you don't already) there is a thread on here about it.

Karla x x x

We found that one way tickets were more expensive than returns so check that out first.......
we bought returns then cancelled the return flight once we were here....

Good luck!!

I have thought of this but at the moment they are all charging each way. I have looked at most of the flights including BA

When I booked, a one-way ticket cost about the same as a return.

Except that Gordon Brown's obscene airline taxes weren't included in the 'ticket price', and once they were added that left the one-way about 3/4 of the price of the return.

That's a bit crap - must have got wise to people doing what we did... hopefully you will get something reasonable.... best of luck