Travelling on a one way ticket, will this be problematic?

[Rehana48]

I am due to travel with my husband who is on a student visa to Toronto, he has received all his visa and ETA. We have in process an application for my work permit visa and a study permit for our son, however it is still in process. We have though, booked flights to travel at the end of the month (3 weeks time). If my work permit and my son's visa are still in process at the time we are due to travel, can we still travel on a one way ticket? We are British citizens travelling from the UK. Any suitable advise will be appreciated.

 

[Bs65]

First you and your son will both need ETAs to board a plane regardless of the status of your work permit/study permit applications which when they come through would generally have an ETA assigned with them but if permits not allocated before you travel you need ETAs separately.

Travelling on a one way ticket your first challenge may be persuading the airline to let you checkin or board without a valid permit sometimes they will sometimes they will not. Arriving on a one way ticket if asked about it by CBSA not necessarily an issue if you can show you have a permit application in process really just depends on the questions the CBSA officer decides to ask and your answers,

Oh and the crazy thing is an airline will sell you a one way ticket but its only when you checkin that problems may or may not start without the correct documentation.