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loku - 28 Oct 2008 23:57 GMT

Hi,

I have received PR visa for my family and it expires on 16th Nov.
Due to a personal reason, my wife and kids wont be able to enter to
Canada before the expiry date.
I plan to arrive Canada before the expiry date just to make the visa
active at least for one of us but not planning to stay at this time.
Appreciate if I get answers to some of the questions I have.

01. Should I say all these to the immigration officer.

02. Do I need to carry proof of funds of 20,000 CAD which I should
have been for all four of us.

Thanks in advance,

Lanka

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S P Arif Sahari Wibowo - 29 Oct 2008 02:55 GMT

> Due to a personal reason, my wife and kids wont be able to
> enter to Canada before the expiry date.

IMHO your wife and kids should "return" the PR visa they will
not use. Contact the Visa Office on how they should do that. The
Right of PR fee will be refunded.

> I plan to arrive Canada before the expiry date just to make
> the visa active at least for one of us but not planning to
> stay at this time.

This will only work if you are the primary applicant of the PR
application. Family member cannot land if the primary applicant
has not yet landed.

> 01. Should I say all these to the immigration officer.

AFAIK strictly speaking the fact that your family members are
not coming is no problem and therefore you can tell the officer.
In-fact if your wife and kids already "return" the visa, then
you do need to tell the officer since he/she can check it in
their databases.

However, IMHO you should becareful not to give impression that
you are not planning to move to Canada at all. Although
intention should not matter for Canada immigration, it always
possible to meet an immigration officer that have strong feeling
toward PR taker who does not actually move to Canada. So either
make a plan on how eventually all your family will move to
Canada and explain it the officer or you explain how that your
family are permanently separated so your wife and kids will not
come with you.

> 02. Do I need to carry proof of funds of 20,000 CAD which I
> should have been for all four of us.

If when you landed their PR visa has not yet officially
"returned", then AFAIK you definitely have to, since they still
can land after you. If at the time the PR visa has been
officially returned, then it become somewhat unclear:
practically speaking you just need proof of funds for yourself,
however the application was approved on the based of you have
the whole funds, and the officer on the port of entry who take
your landing may or may not be able to determine whether the
change of funds requirement is valid. So IMHO you should still
carry that proof of full funds regardless.

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