Landing in Canada As a US GC Holder?

[LolaLi]

Hello all -

Does landing in Canada have any impact on the US GC? I am a GC holder and am planning to land in March 2005 with my spouse. She is the primary applicant for the Canadian immigration.

Will I have any problems landing? Will the Canadian Immigration Officers make me chose? Will the American Immigration Officers make me chose?

My wife is going to live permenantly in Canada and I will return to the US to live/work. I will be visiting Canada on the weekends & holidays.

Will I have problems coming back to the USA? What do the US immigration officers ask at the border (on the return trip)? I plan on landing by car, so all I have to show them is my GC and DL.

Those of you who have been in this situation please share your experiences.

Thank you!

 

[love2002]

I got US GC stamped in my passport first and then after a week I landed in Canada as Permanent resident.
The Canadian authorities seen my US GC stamping in the passport and even thought they issued me the PR status in Canada.
The lady clearly told me since you have PR status in both countries, we will monitor you and you got 3 years of time to decide which one you have to keep?
so till 3 years you can have PR status in both countries. According to Canadian policy, if you are out for more than 3 years in every 5 years, then your PR status in Canada will be cancelled.
so till that time you can use Canada PR to enter Canada and US PR when coming back to US.
It won't create any problems.
Canda dont wont to lose new immigrants, so they giving 3 years of time to decide for you if you can come back to Canada.
hope this helps you.

when coming back, US official will ask about your status. you can always tell you visited Canada for landing and coming back to US for work since you have a valid status in US and a job here. you will be all set. if you have a valid status in US, they will always allow you to enter US and they dont care if you have 1 PR status or 10 PR status with other countries around the world.

The main problem will be if your wife is planning to live in Canada permanently, she may loose the US GC status after some time.
According to US policy, if you are staying outside the country for more than 6 months,you have to apply for the re-entry permit.
To main the Permanent resident status, you shouldn't stay outside US for more than 6 months. but if you like to stay long than 6 months, its better to take re-entry permit.