Xyzzy

Hello all,

This is my first post to the forum, although I have been lurking for months now.

My partner and I have applied for and been granted Canadian PR. Our visas expire in June 2005.

My plan is to keep working for the same (US) company, but telecommuting from Vancouver as much as possible. Even when we're living in Canada, I'll be out of the country a fair amount of time, travelling to the main office in the US and to meetings all over the world. I don't want to start the clock on the five years before we actually move to Canada, because time spent outside of Canada will not be spent travelling on behalf of a Canadian employer and will therefore not count for keeping PR status.

Does anyone know whether it will be possible for me to visit Canada on business WITHOUT triggering the landing process?

Some possibly relevant details: I'm a US citizen, so I could enter Canada for a short visit without a visa--even without a passport, if I remember correctly. Should I therefore enter Canada just showing my US driver's licence and birth certificate, or would doing so when I possess an immigrant visa constitute a fraud on Canadian Customs or CIC?

My partner is a citizen of the Republic of China (Taiwan), so he requires a visa to visit Canada. His visitor visa was cancelled when the immigrant visa was put in his passport. So I am therefore assuming that he CANNOT enter Canada without landing, because his only valid visa, the immigrant visa, is single-entry. Is that correct?

sysclp

I am a US citizen and I got my visa in late November and didn't land until late February. I made two trips to Canada as a visitor before I landed. Unless they have changed policy since, you shouldn't have any problem.

Xyzzy

Thanks, that's good news. When you visited without landing, did you arrive by car or by plane? Did you show your passport with the visa in it?

Can anyone confirm or contradict my guess that my Taiwanese partner can't visit Canada without landing?

MrBosco

If your Taiwanese partner would need a visa to enter Canada (not a permanent resident visa, but a visitor's visa), then the partner would still need such a visa if not landing.

PMM

Hi

Maybe I missed it, but who is the principal applicant? If your partner is not the principal, then you are going to have to "land" before s/he does, or at the same time.

PMM

Xyzzy

I neglected to say that I am the principal applicant. When we actually land, we will land together. My original question, though, was about whether either or both of us could visit Canada WITHOUT landing (and thereby starting the five-year clock).

PMM

Hi

You can, but as your partner requires a visitor visa, then s/he can't. As long as you land within the validity of visa, you should be ok.

PMM

newbee

I am a principal Applicant and Indian Citizen.
I have been given PR Visa stamped and valid till June 2004.

My company wants me to go to Canada.

Can I apply for work permit visa and get it
without getting cancelled on Visa stamped PR Visa ?