Originally posted by prithis
jalabalajings:
You would need a PCC from Canada if you have lived in Canada for at least 6 months. Since you have not, you will not need a PCC from Canada.
Your second question is rather complicated, so bear with me while I try to explain the options. Please note that I am a layman in immigration matters and not a lawyer, and my advise is based on purely personal experience.
I am assuming that the reason for your decision to land in Canada as a PR is that 1) your Canadian immigrant visa expires soon, 2) you want to keep Canada as a back-up option in case something goes wrong with your US GC application and 3) your US green card interview date is still unknown to you, and it is not due immediately.
If the above assumptions are correct, I would advise you to do the Canadian landing next month. I think it is important to keep Canada as a back-up, and not to let the Canadian immigrant visa expire without landing. If however your Canadian visa is not expiring soon, I would advise you to land in Canada as late as possible, maybe a few days before the expiry date.
In the above scenario, you would land in Canada. The CIC will process your PR and put a Landed Immigrant stamp on your passport. Your Canadian Immigrant status will be accessible to both the Canadian as well as the US immigration authorities as they have access to each other's systems at every border point.
If however your GC interview is coming up soon and the Canadian visa expiry is some way off, I would advise you to simply go for the GC interview without doing the Canadian landing. If you get through the GC interview successfully (and chances are that you will if all your documentation is complete) then you can simply forget about the Canadian PR. If for some reason your US GC is turned down (normally this will not happen), you could do your Canadian landing at that time.
In any case you need to know that holding on to two PRs is risky. If you get the Canadian PR first and then get the US GC, then you will need to give up the Canadian PR assuming that you are more interested in the US GC.
- Prithis