Resident card
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Resident card
Hi all,
can anyone tell me if you get the PR card now before going 2 Canada or do u get it out there?
can anyone tell me if you get the PR card now before going 2 Canada or do u get it out there?
#4
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..then they decide that the photo doesn't meet their exacting specs and send a letter to the address you gave them, but you landed and returned to UK to spend a year winding things up, so your buddy at the Canadian address sends it to you but you can't call CIC because their phone number is only accessible from within Canada, so you get your Canadian buddy to set up a conference call with you and them, find out the right specs, and spend a further two months sending photos across the Atlantic (via your buddy) trying to meet the spec without giving CIC the impression that you are abroad because their rules don't allow them to send PR cards abroad but you need the card so you can re-enter Canada without paying for a travel document from the High Commission in London, because you're not quite sure whether as a landed PR you can enter on a tourist visa waiver. It's a lot of fun!
Last edited by agr; Nov 6th 2009 at 11:51 pm.
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That's really interesting, is the passport photograph required is different from the one that they ask for in the uk? I really don't think that I can spend more than 2wks when I go there.
#6
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..then they decide that the photo doesn't meet their exacting specs and send a letter to the address you gave them, but you landed and returned to UK to spend a year winding things up, so your buddy at the Canadian address sends it to you but you can't call CIC because their phone number is only accessible from within Canada, so you get your Canadian buddy to set up a conference call with you and them, find out the right specs, and spend a further two months sending photos across the Atlantic (via your buddy) trying to meet the spec without giving CIC the impression that you are abroad because their rules don't allow them to send PR cards abroad but you need the card so you can re-enter Canada without paying for a travel document from the High Commission in London, because you're not quite sure whether as a landed PR you can enter on a tourist visa waiver. It's a lot of fun!
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Re: Resident card
As others have pointed out, your PR card has to be sent to an address in Canada, but they will not send it to a P.O. box. The address of a friend or relative in Canada will suffice.
If you can not give a Canadian address, you're allowed up to 180 days to supply one. After this time you will have to fill in an application form for your PR card and pay an extra $50.
All the best,
Al.
#8
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You are really not being so kind to the aspiring new immigrants who cant really go to Canada for more than a few weeks (or may be days) just to activate their PR. I would have thought that the rules for photos would be the same for almost every official document the Canadian govt: issues as specified on Page 7 of this: http://www.cic.gc.ca/EnGLIsh/pdf/kits/guides/E37023.pdf
#9
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As long as the photographs you supply conform to CIC's requirements you shouldn't have any problems. The specifications are outlined in the letter that CIC send you. Take the instructions with you to the photographer and it will be plain sailing.
As others have pointed out, your PR card has to be sent to an address in Canada, but they will not send it to a P.O. box. The address of a friend or relative in Canada will suffice.
If you can not give a Canadian address, you're allowed up to 180 days to supply one. After this time you will have to fill in an application form for your PR card and pay an extra $50.
All the best,
Al.
As others have pointed out, your PR card has to be sent to an address in Canada, but they will not send it to a P.O. box. The address of a friend or relative in Canada will suffice.
If you can not give a Canadian address, you're allowed up to 180 days to supply one. After this time you will have to fill in an application form for your PR card and pay an extra $50.
All the best,
Al.
#10
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In fact, the expectation is that new migrants should want to immediately settle upon arrival in Canada. Not go back to home country for a year or more.
#11
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Then, why does the CIC have 2/5 or 3/5 years rules for immigrants if they expect them to settle upon arrival? Why don't they make rules accordingly, so the new immigrants are forced to settle upon arrival? Just wondering.
#12
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just to add, you don't need the PR card to re-enter Canada, and you don't have to fork out for a travel doc either...immigration have your details and know you are a landed immigrant. the airline however may be wary of letting you travel without a return ticket (which it's cheaper to fly with anyway)
#13
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The 2/5 residence rule is set up so that those who are legitimately living in Canada have little or no chance of encountering any problems with it.
#14
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I was under the impression this was why extra time was allowed to make it difficult when you land seems a little strange.