You are an inland PR applicant, your PR application gets approved and you receive your passport back from Ottawa with the landing Visa in it. To become an official landed immigrant, you have to cross the border and do the flag-polling process. What if you apply for US visa prior flag-polling, go to USA for a few days and do the flagpolling process on the way back.
And now the question: When applying for US visa, do you say that you are a Permanent Resident of Canada or no? If your passport is stamped with the landing visa and you are technically got approved ???
You are not yet a permanent resident of Canada at that point, so answer "No" in your DS-160. You may be asked about your status in Canada during the interview though, and that's where you can explain that you've been working there for X years on a work permit and you wish to flagpole or activate your Canadian PR.
You are an inland PR applicant, your PR application gets approved and you receive your passport back from Ottawa with the landing Visa in it. To become an official landed immigrant, you have to cross the border and do the flag-polling process. What if you apply for US visa prior flag-polling, go to USA for a few days and do the flagpolling process on the way back.
And now the question: When applying for US visa, do you say that you are a Permanent Resident of Canada or no? If your passport is stamped with the landing visa and you are technically got approved ???
Firstly You do not need to flagpole to land. You can book an appointment and get that done in your respective city.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=748&top=22
Secondly I would suggest you apply for US Visa after you get PR to increase your chances of approval.
US immigration officers are more concerned about your intent to go to USA and that you will return at the end of your trip
