Originally Posted by Frans

Thanks everybody, for your reactions.

I called the visa office in Berlin (The CDN embassy in the Netherlands
doesn't support a visa section anymore). I explained that I left
Canada to come and sign some paperwork for selling my house and to
quit my job (which is the truth) and they told me I should apply for a
Travel Document, which would take them about two weeks to prepare,
plus the time it takes to ship the passports back and forth. They also
told me I should indicate when I wanted to travel back to Canada, in
case it was in the very near future, so they could try in take that
into account. Very friendly.

I hinted at the oddness of not being able to enter Canada with my
Dutch passport now that I've become a landed immigrant, where I never
needed a visa to enter as a tourist, fishing for some loophole, but
the lady's comment was just that if I had waited for the PR card,
there wouldn't have been a problem (in which she was right of course)

Since I'll be flying back at the end of January I have one or two more
weeks to wait with the application to see if the PR cards arrive at my
Alberta address. So far nothing, it's been four weeks, and a few days.
The rest of the family will come one month later so they will probably
be OK.

I've been back in the NL for a week now, this morning I was treated to
20 km of traffic jam....yep, I still remember why I wanted to leave!

Frans

[email protected] wrote in message news:...
    > "Jim Humphries" wrote in message news:...
    > > Is there anyone at the address you gave in Canada when you landed? The card
    > > should arrive within a few weeks (it seems that many get theirs within 4 to
    > > 5 weeks). They could be sent to you to facilitate your return. Otherwise
    > > you will have to obtain a visa from Berlin(I think).
    > > Jim Humphries, former visa officer
    > > "vagg" wrote in message
    > > news:[email protected]...
    > > >
    > > > You should have waited for your PR card before leaving Canada. The new
    > > > Confirmation of Permanent Residence (CPR) paper is not sufficient for
    > > > reentry. Its clearly written on CPR that it is not valid for travel. So
    > > > now you need to go to Canadian Embassy in Netherlands to get an
    > > > emergency travel document which would allow you one time entry in
    > > > Canada. But as far as I know, its bit difficult to get this document
    > > > from Embassy and you should have good story to tell them why you
    > > > couldn't wait just for 3-4 weeks there to get PR Card. All the best.
    > > >
    > > > Regards
    > > > vagg
    > > >
    > > > --
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    >
    > What passpsort do you travel on. If you are from a visa exempt
    > country you may be able to come on the strength of your passport.
    >
    > Jim Metcalfe