PR Card

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1) I read in this forum that one can leave Canada after entering for the first time as a PR. The PR card can then be mailed to a friend in Canada who would then forward it on.

Has anyone had problems re-entering after that? I wanted to see if immigration in Canada can see that one would have left Canada before receiving the card.

My basic question is:

a) if someone goes to Canada for the first time as PR for a few days and goes out of Canada
b) has a friend forward the card to him
c) travels back to Canada after 1 year

Will he have problems reentering Canada? Are the Canadian authorities likely to ask him when he left, why has he been away so long etc.

I would appreciate all your experiences on this matter.


2) When someone enters Canada for the first time as a permanent resident, is the entry stamped by Canadian immigration in the passport different from what they would stamp if someone had gone on a visitor visa.

Thank you.
 
1. I re-entered Canada without PR. See my post under landing experience.
2. The stamp looks the same, only difference is expiration is struck out. Feels nice to be able to enter Canada without a expiration date.
 
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