Re-entering Canada Before Replacement PR Card Arrives

[comox1987]

I have recently applied for my PR Card renewal. My existing card is now expired (and also lost). I have a trip to the US planned for October, and I doubt I will receive my new card in time. Can I leave the country and return without this PR card? My only other forms of ID are my current Australian passport, marriage certificate and a credit card. I will be returning via car, either border crossing (Peace Arch) or via a drive-on ferry from Washington State to Vancouver Island, BC.

 

[steaky]

I have recently applied for my PR Card renewal. My existing card is now expired (and also lost). I have a trip to the US planned for October, and I doubt I will receive my new card in time. Can I leave the country and return without this PR card? My only other forms of ID are my current Australian passport, marriage certificate and a credit card. I will be returning via car, either border crossing (Peace Arch) or via a drive-on ferry from Washington State to Vancouver Island, BC.

Yes you can.

 

[comox1987]

Thanks. Will there be additional questioning/issues as I cross the border? I'm sure they'll need to see that I do have a PR Card application in process.

 

[steaky]

Thanks. Will there be additional questioning/issues as I cross the border? I'm sure they'll need to see that I do have a PR Card application in process.

No, they would probably ask if you have sent your renewal application. In addition to normal questions such as how long you were away, etc.

 

[comox1987]

No, they would probably ask if you have sent your renewal application. In addition to normal questions such as how long you were away, etc.

Ok that's good news. Government of Canada notes "If you are outside of Canada without a valid Permanent Resident Card, you will need a Travel document to return to Canada.". Is this only for those arriving by commercial plane, bus etc? So I am exempt as I'm traveling with a personal vehicle?

 

[armoured]

Is this only for those arriving by commercial plane, bus etc? So I am exempt as I'm traveling with a personal vehicle?

Basically yes.

It's not that you're 'exempt,' it's just that there's no carrier to which the rules governing commercial carriers apply.

 

[comox1987]

Basically yes.

It's not that you're 'exempt,' it's just that there's no carrier to which the rules governing commercial carriers apply.

Thanks, glad to hear it. If I take the vehicle ferry (Black Ball ferry from Port Angeles, WA to Victoria, BC), do you know if that is still considered arriving by personal vehicle? Or is that a 'commercial vehicle'? I could also cross by land border but it is slightly less convenient.

 

[armoured]

Thanks, glad to hear it. If I take the vehicle ferry (Black Ball ferry from Port Angeles, WA to Victoria, BC), do you know if that is still considered arriving by personal vehicle? Or is that a 'commercial vehicle'? I could also cross by land border but it is slightly less convenient.

I do not know.

 

[Ponga]

Thanks, glad to hear it. If I take the vehicle ferry (Black Ball ferry from Port Angeles, WA to Victoria, BC), do you know if that is still considered arriving by personal vehicle? Or is that a 'commercial vehicle'? I could also cross by land border but it is slightly less convenient.

Contact them to find out. I suspect that it is a commercial carrier simply because it enters Canadian waters.