Hello Everyone,
I got my COPR approved which was valid until Jun2022. Given I current job in US and working there, I didnt want to move to Canada immediately but rated was to do a soft landing to have my PR card processed . My intent was to move to Canada by end of 2022 or early 2023 once I figure out the job prospects. Therefore, I decided to do a soft landing to Canada via Land (Peace bridge) in mid-December.
In my case, I passed through the first immigration check point, and the first officer asked me to go into a office nearby for further verification and processing. The second officer who was validating my documents on my length of stay, therefore I honestly told him that I plan to stay for about a week at my friends place and then immigrate at a later point. He immediately jumped on that and mentioned that he cannot process the PR request to any temporary address. I tried to explain and convince on my situation, however, he was very certain that he will not send the PR to any friends/family address in Canada. The officer continued to explain that the whole point of issuing the PR was when someone really moves in permanently into Canada. Long story short, the officer said that he wont process my PR and recommended that given have 6month left in my COPR visa, that I come at a point when I am ready to move in permanently. So I just had to make a U turn at the border and return back the US. Pretty disappointed.
Has anyone had a similar experience? and is there any way to have the PR card processed when you are in US? As I said, I never planned to immigrate in by Jun2022, still have to work on my employment stuff and have lot of things in US to settle before I move to Canada in 2023. Also, I dont think I can travel in next few months to Canada due to worries around the travel ban on re-entry to US etc…
Thanking you advance for any post and help…