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Mar 15th 2004, 4:22 pm

Raj

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Land by Car or Air

I am plaing to Land by Car on May, please how many days I need to stay
in Canada for SIN , I heard that if you go by Air then Imm. officer
take you Pic. and send you the PR Card on your Canadian Addess,
however if go by land then , you they cannot do that, I am planning to
go Toronto from Michigan!

Mar 15th 2004, 5:01 pm

mickj

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Originally posted by Raj
I am plaing to Land by Car on May, please how many days I need to stay
in Canada for SIN , I heard that if you go by Air then Imm. officer
take you Pic. and send you the PR Card on your Canadian Addess,
however if go by land then , you they cannot do that, I am planning to
go Toronto from Michigan!

Hello there,

To answer your first question, it will take 4-6 weeks to get your SIN from the HRDC office when you go in to apply for it.

If you do come in by land, you will have to apply for your PR card when you get in, this at the moment according to the CIC website, is taking up to 101 days.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/departm...-in.html#note3

To get a permanent SIN card, you need your PR card.

Mar 15th 2004, 6:48 pm

Pmm

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Hi Raj

"Raj" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > I am plaing to Land by Car on May, please how many days I need to stay
    > in Canada for SIN , I heard that if you go by Air then Imm. officer
    > take you Pic. and send you the PR Card on your Canadian Addess,
    > however if go by land then , you they cannot do that, I am planning to
    > go Toronto from Michigan!

CIC processes your PR card at the POE, whether it is the land border or the
airport. At both it will be mailed to a Canadian address. You apply for
your SIN at an HRDC office and it is mailed out. If you are not intending
to remain in Canada, you really don't need the SIN.

PMM