Getting back into Canada with visitor permit while waiting for PR

[jason_kelly]

Hey guys, I know its been a long time since I've written anything here but wanted some quick advice. I posted this message on the Korean thread, but hoping to get more response, I sent my application to sponsor my wife and it was received in October 2014 and I was approved for sponsorship and now I'm waiting. we moved to Canada with no issues shortly thereafter and bought a house and I got a job. A couple months ago I sent in an application to extend my wife's visitor permit which we got last month and it extends her stay till April 2015(hopefully she'll have her PR before then) and now she would like to visit her parents with a our 2 children(both have Canadian Passports) for a month this summer. She read on my Korean cafe that some other people were not allow re-entry into Canada, so she is worried that she might be denied re-entry with our Canadian/Korean kids when she comes back from Korea this summer. Do you guys think she will have an problems? Could customs really deny her re-entry?

Any advice would be appreciated. Im thinking I'll give her a notarized letter from me giving her permission to take the kids for a visit with a copy of my passport, sponsorship approval letter and of course her visitor permit good till next april.

Cheers

Jason

 

[fumbler1983]

I am from the US so I dont know if it is the same but right on my visitor visa it says "does not authorize reentry". I have also read in numerous places that once you leave Canada your visitor visa is void. I think it will just be one of those things where she "should" be ok since you are doing everything correctly. There is always that 1 in 100 person who could refuse her entry though. I decided not to chance it seeing as I wouldnt even enjoy my trip back to the US because of the worry of getting back in. In my opinion though since you share kids together that could better her chances as well. Just always know that she is not guaranteed entry back in if she leaves.

 

[rhcohen2014]

i agree with the above poster. it really depends on the rules for your country. the one thing I think that does help is that her visa is valid for a future date, so that *may* work in her favor as she tries to re-enter. I would suspect they will ask her a lot of questions about why she left, what she was doing, and she will probably need to show significant ties to her home country. there is ALWAYS a chance someone will be denied entry... it is very dependant on the specific border agent you get and their mood in that moment.