FOR debgan:
Can anyone confirm whether one can visit US without PR card after landing?
***If you landed before June 28 then your Landing paper is NOT stamed as " Not Valid for Travel" and you can come to Canada any time.
If you landed after June 28 your Landing Paper will be stamped " Not Valid for Travel" it means that you can not go to Canada by Air , Bus, Train but with friend car you can cross the border and if applied your PR card and still not recieved PR card then you can leave Canada, once your PR card is recieved by your relative/friend in Canada he/she can mail it to you.
If PR card takes 45 days, does that mean one cannot move out of Canada till then?
** You can move
What if my friend in Canada receives my PR card and mails me in US and I try to enter Canada with that.?
**8 NO Problem with that, Only Passports can not be mailed out
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For RAY.S
you do not need a PR card to travel
to Canada until December of 2003 use your proof of landing
document.
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You need PR card to travel to Canada if you landed after june28, if landed before that they do not have Stamp " Not Valid for travel" they can travel with out Card, but after December 31, 2003 everyone will need PR card for travel to Canada, if some one is still out of Canada and have not applied PR card In Canada one can apply for "one time Travel Document" from Canadian Conulate in your home countary.
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For can_help
you are still under the new rules, CIC phone agent gave you wrong info, you are SAFE