11/22/2016
Topic:
Entering Canada with an Expired PR Card
JTC
|
My wife and I moved to the US 19 1/2 years ago for my work. We are both US citizens now. I am a Canadian citizen with a valid Canadian Passport and I have accepted employment in Canada and have returned, and I am living here permanently. My wife had PR status when we left Canada 19 1/2 years ago and she will be returning to Canada to live in January 2017. Her PR card has expired 15 years ago and she intends on renewing her card upon her return to join me. She left to accompany me for work ( a non-Canadian firm) and has not renounced her landed immigrant status.
On a recent trip to Canada from the US via automobile we asked the customs/border official if she is allowed to return to Canada with her expired PR card and enter on her US passport, along with her marriage certificate and other documents to prove identity. He said that she would have no problem entering via automobile, but would not be able to enter via Air or commercial carrier without going through a separate and lengthy process that may take up to six months to receive the necessary paperwork. But she would be able to renew her card from within Canada. Is this correct? Can she arrive via automobile at a border crossing without having to get additional travel documents? |