land border crossing
#1
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land border crossing
hi there we are permanent residents for 12 years and in process of citizenship our pr cards expired late last year and we applied to renew them in december using the online system this has been a process lol anyway my daughter is due to travel in april and is getting nervous as time is getting close we have called and sent case emails each time they reply we cant give more information than you see online , anyway if it came to it can she cross to the states by car with her record of landing and british passport take her flight from there and then return by car into canada using her record of landing has anyone done this or would it be a problem thanks for any help
#2
Re: land border crossing
hi there we are permanent residents for 12 years and in process of citizenship our pr cards expired late last year and we applied to renew them in december using the online system this has been a process lol anyway my daughter is due to travel in april and is getting nervous as time is getting close we have called and sent case emails each time they reply we cant give more information than you see online , anyway if it came to it can she cross to the states by car with her record of landing and british passport take her flight from there and then return by car into canada using her record of landing has anyone done this or would it be a problem thanks for any help
We entered twice by air last year with expired PR cards. The expired cards was pointed out at the end of our 2nd trip. Our fault, we applied almost a year before but with Covid etc we had forgotten. On landing in Canada this was pointed out to us and we were free to enter.
The first problem is flying to Canada. The agent at check departure may not accept an expired PR card. Ours did, but we flew from the US and IMO they are not as ‘on the ball’ as some countries. I would carry all correspondence showing that you have applied.
Entering by land is, I believe, a safer option.
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Re: land border crossing
thankyou very much i will give her the information and tell her to take copies of her applications she is too worried to try fly from and into canada but if she decides to drive across the border i think that will be a better option for her everything is taking so long at the moment
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Re: land border crossing
We entered twice by air last year with expired PR cards. The expired cards was pointed out at the end of our 2nd trip. Our fault, we applied almost a year before but with Covid etc we had forgotten. On landing in Canada this was pointed out to us and we were free to enter.
The first problem is flying to Canada. The agent at check departure may not accept an expired PR card. Ours did, but we flew from the US and IMO they are not as ‘on the ball’ as some countries. I would carry all correspondence showing that you have applied.
Entering by land is, I believe, a safer option.
The first problem is flying to Canada. The agent at check departure may not accept an expired PR card. Ours did, but we flew from the US and IMO they are not as ‘on the ball’ as some countries. I would carry all correspondence showing that you have applied.
Entering by land is, I believe, a safer option.
#5
Re: land border crossing
True but we are almost always asked to produce our PR cards, on leaving and entering Canada. Either way as UK/US citizens and Canadian PRs we are required to enter/leave Canada with valid PR cards. AFAIK we cannot enter just as visiting US citizens when we are PRs.