Landing in Canada but NOT activating COPR?
Hi guys, we had originally decided to move to Vancovuer in May but are having to delay (my COPR is valid until November) - what is the process for landing and not declaring im landing to start my residency? do I just land and not say anything or do i need to actively tell the border agent i have a COPR but don't want to activate yet?
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Re: Landing in Canada but NOT activating COPR?
Originally Posted by jamesy2
(Post 13109748)
Hi guys, we had originally decided to move to Vancovuer in May but are having to delay (my COPR is valid until November) - what is the process for landing and not declaring im landing to start my residency? do I just land and not say anything or do i need to actively tell the border agent i have a COPR but don't want to activate yet?
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Re: Landing in Canada but NOT activating COPR?
Correct, we are going to do a recce trip and there's a possibility our move gets cancelled completely so i don't want to activate it and then never go back if that makes sense?
Basically we need more time in the UK and are having some doubts so are planning to go out to Vancouver for a couple weeks and see how we feel, and then move properly before my COPR expires in Nov, probably Sep/Oct |
Re: Landing in Canada but NOT activating COPR?
Originally Posted by jamesy2
(Post 13109750)
Correct, we are going to do a recce trip and there's a possibility our move gets cancelled completely so i don't want to activate it and then never go back if that makes sense?
Basically we need more time in the UK and are having some doubts so are planning to go out to Vancouver for a couple weeks and see how we feel, and then move properly before my COPR expires in Nov, probably Sep/Oct |
Re: Landing in Canada but NOT activating COPR?
correct yea
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Re: Landing in Canada but NOT activating COPR?
Originally Posted by jamesy2
(Post 13109756)
correct yea
But in answer to your original question, yes you can just tell them you don't want to activate your PR when you arrive. https://britishexpats.com/wiki/Landi..._.22landing.22 HTH. |
Re: Landing in Canada but NOT activating COPR?
Thats interesting, i did not know that! - i thought the PR expired after 5 years and i had to spend 2 years resident in Canada to keep it valid?
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Re: Landing in Canada but NOT activating COPR?
Originally Posted by jamesy2
(Post 13109758)
Thats interesting, i did not know that! - i thought the PR expired after 5 years and i had to spend 2 years resident in Canada to keep it valid?
https://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpce...um=1466&top=10 and https://britishexpats.com/wiki/Resid...gations-Canada HTH. |
Re: Landing in Canada but NOT activating COPR?
Thank you! - sorry, one more question, would doing that make me a tax resident of Canada or would i still be tax resident here in the UK
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Re: Landing in Canada but NOT activating COPR?
Originally Posted by jamesy2
(Post 13109760)
Thank you! - sorry, one more question, would doing that make me a tax resident of Canada or would i still be tax resident here in the UK
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Re: Landing in Canada but NOT activating COPR?
Originally Posted by jamesy2
(Post 13109758)
Thats interesting, i did not know that! - i thought the PR expired after 5 years and i had to spend 2 years resident in Canada to keep it valid?
It could be a relevant area of interest to me because my daughter is married to an American and moving to Canada (she’s dual Brit/Canadian) could be on the cards sometime. When I did a bit of ‘google research’ a while ago, I thought part of the spousal visa was a requirement to move to Canada within a certain time frame but now presume that’s an incorrect assumption or wrongly remembered, from this thread. |
Re: Landing in Canada but NOT activating COPR?
If the sponsor is a Canadian citizen living exclusively outside of Canada, the sponsor would have to declare on one of the sponsorship forims the intention to move back to Canada as soon as the spouse is granted a PR Visa. The sponsor would have to provide evidence within the application that they would do so.
On the other hand, it is also correct that a Permanent Resident maintains their status if they live with their Canadian citizen spouse outside of Canada. |
Re: Landing in Canada but NOT activating COPR?
Originally Posted by Snowy560
(Post 13109819)
If the sponsor is a Canadian citizen living exclusively outside of Canada, the sponsor would have to declare on one of the sponsorship forims the intention to move back to Canada as soon as the spouse is granted a PR Visa. The sponsor would have to provide evidence within the application that they would do so.
On the other hand, it is also correct that a Permanent Resident maintains their status if they live with their Canadian citizen spouse outside of Canada. |
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