Once landed do not forget the residency obligation starts from the day you land, but you can still away for a max of 3 years.
As a permanent resident, you may travel outside Canada after you arrive. However, you must meet certain residency obligations to maintain your status as a permanent resident. To meet these residency obligations, you must be physically present in Canada for at least 730 days (2 years) in every 5-year period.
The Most Important Documents
- A Passport. If you do not have one, another pre-approved travel document for you and each family member traveling with you must be provided.
- Confirmation of Permanent Residence (COPR).
- Declaration of Items.
- Disclosure of Funds and Proof of Funds.
If as a new PR visa got client, you are planning to land in Canada to get the confirmation of the PR status done and wanted to come back to your native country, it is called as soft landing. You do soft landing for various reasons like old parents, other family issues etc.
Do I become a Permanent Resident of Canada as soon as my Canada Immigration Visa is issued? No. You will only become a Permanent Resident of Canada when you cross a Canadian port of entry with your valid passport and your valid Canada Immigration (Permanent Resident) Visa. This is referred to as 'landing in Canada'.
You need to land in Canada within one year once your PR application is approved and entry visa is stamped in your passport. After landing you can wait for few weeks to collect your PR card or you can leave Canada and some friend/relative can mail you your PR card.
If you have not received your first PR card within 8 weeks of landing in Canada, you can contact CIC at 1-888-242-2100. If you do not receive your PR card within three months of the date that you landed in Canada, you must fill out an application for a new PR card.
How to apply
- Download and complete the Verification of Status or Replacement of an Immigration Document [IMM 5009] (PDF, 709 KB)
- Gather your documents.
- Pay your fees online and include receipt.
- Follow the Instruction Guide [IMM 5545]
Right after you have landed by air or entered via land border, you'll have to present your confirmation of Permanent Residence (CoPR) document to the immigration officer. They'll ask you if you have goods to follow or accompanied, and then stamp your CoPR and give you a copy.
Submit one of the following proof of status documents:
- permanent resident card.
- record of landing (IMM 1000) (only if you didn't get a PR Card)
- Confirmation of Permanent Residence (IMM 5292 or IMM 5688)
- Canadian Citizenship Certificate or card (both sides)
- Canadian birth certificate.
Yes, permanent residents can get social insurance number on the same day of landing. As I said before, once your landing is completed at Port of entry. Sign a form and get SIN number in 15 mins. If you are landing in Toronto airport, there is a service Canada office in the airport itself.
When your PR application is approved, you will receive a passport request to send your passport to the High Commission to have it affixed with an immigrant visa label. This immigrant visa is your PR visa, which is a single-entry visa and valid for one year from the date if your medicals.
1) Main applicant has to do the first landing then only the secondary applicant can land . Though Both Primary and secondary applicant can land together for the first time for stamping, if they wish to. 2) Once the First stamping is done , then individually they can land and search for the job.
Express Entry
*This includes the Federal Skilled Worker (FSW), Federal Skilled Trades (FST), and Canadian Experience Class (CEC) streams, as well as some Provincial Nominee Programs (PNP). In 80% of cases, an application submitted through Express Entry is processed within 6 months from the date it is received.A Port of Entry (POE) is a place which is selected as an entry point into Canada by the Government of Canada. The examination will usually be done by a Border Services Officer (BSO) who is an employee of the Government of Canada's Canada Border Services Agency. Likely, you will also receive a stamp in your passport.
10 Things To Do after landing in Canada as PR
- #1 Activate Canada PR at Port of Entry.
- #2 Get Social Insurance Number (SIN)
- #3 Get a Public Transit card.
- #4 Sign up for a Mobile Number.
- #5 Open Bank Account.
- #6 Get a Library Card.
- #7 Register for a Health Card.
- #8 Get Driving License.
You can come back permanently next day of getting your PR card. But, if you want Canadian citizenship, you will have to be physically present there for 4 years out of 6 years. So, if you are planning to come back after fulfilling the conditions of citizenship, it is 4 years, if you continue your stay there.
You must
bring a valid passport with you.
What other documents should I bring with me?
- Birth certificate or adoption papers.
- Family records (such as, marriage certificate or divorce papers)
- Medical records (such as immunization records)
- Dental records.
- Official school records for children.
- Diplomas, degrees and transcripts.
Your CoPR is proof that you are a Canadian permanent resident; however, it is not a travel document and is not recognized for re-entry by airlines or other commercial transportation carriers. If you are driving, you can use your CoPR to re-enter at a Canada-US border crossing.
When you make an application to enter Canada, you may be required to appear at an IRCC office before a visa officer who will ask you questions and asses your application. Although interviews are most commonly convoked for spousal sponsorship applications, IRCC may request an interview for any application.
286,000 permanent residents
Once you land you can move anywhere you want in Canada. Thanks. There is nothing wrong in moving outside quebec if you really inteded to live in Quebec and made a serious effort to settle there but failed.
Yes, you can. As a permanent resident, you have the right to live, work or study anywhere in Canada. However, if you became a permanent resident through the Provincial Nominee Program, the province that nominated you has chosen you to bring skills to their province.
But there is one way for PNP immigrants to move to another province. It is by proving that the province that nominated them could not provide an occupation in their nominated NOC. But the provincial authorities must be convinced that the concerned person tried his best before deciding to move to another province.
Canada has a Charter of Rights and Freedomswhich was created so all citizens and permanent residents have the right to move in Canada and take up residence in any province or territory they wish for whatever reason. Do not state that you want to move to another province that has not nominated you.
You need to land in Canada within one year once your PR application is approved and entry visa is stamped in your passport. After landing you can wait for few weeks to collect your PR card or you can leave Canada and some friend/relative can mail you your PR card. Typically less than 1 year.
An IMM 1000 Record of Landing (also known as a Landing Paper) is a document that new Permanent Residents received when they landed in Canada prior to July 2002.
But there is one way for PNP immigrants to move to another province. It is by proving that the province that nominated them could not provide an occupation in their nominated NOC. But the provincial authorities must be convinced that the concerned person tried his best before deciding to move to another province.
Once you get your PR confirmation, you now have up to one year from the date of your medical checkup to claim your PR. The medical certificate is usually valid for about one year from the date of its issuance. Hence, you need to immigrate to Canada within this period (before the medical certificate expires).
