Posted on: 24-09-07 22:32:30
I'm on H1-B in Atlanta, USA and also a Canadian PR. I applied for 140 and 485 for my USA green card recently. I have got my Advanced Parole and EAD.My company based in Atlanta has got a new project in Toronto, CANADA. I need to travel to Toronto, Canada from Atlanta every week
1)Can I travel everyweek (MON - THU) to Toronto and back? My H1 visa is expired (but h1 status is valid till 08).I can either use automatic revalidation or Advance parole to enter back to USA.
2)Will immigration autorities (either in USA or Canada) give me trouble because I travel so frequently abroad and that I have PR of Canada and applied for green card in USA?
3)If I use Advance parole, will my non-immigrant status (H1) gets cancelled automatically? ie I revert to EAD automatically?
4)Will the days I spend in Canada is counted towards maintaining Canadian PR (and eventual Canadian Citizen)
5)How is the queue for immigration entering into USA (I guess immigration INTO USA is performed in Toronto airport as against US Port of Entry)
Your entry into Canada will solely be governed by whether you have successfully maintained your PR status. (stayed in Canada for at least 2 yrs out of 5 yrs). Your immigration status in the US should not(ideally) cause any issues while entering Canada.
However, if you are unable to prove that you have maintained your PR status in Canada, there is a good chance that you may be denied entry as a PR.
Also, the fact that you claim you will be entering Canada for work purposes, confirms to the immigration officer that you actually live and work in the US.
It all depends on what you can or cannot prove. It really is up to the officer.
After all, what you are trying to do is basically enter and exit Canada pretty much as a visitor.(just one of the thousands who try to maintain Canadian PR as a backup while they continue to live in the US)
Dual PR status
You may get some information from this link>
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=485132
Something like dual PR status(which I don't think exists) will never be workable. What this guy is trying to do is what thousands try to do all the time. Essentially unless you can stay in Canada for 2 years out of 5 you are not maintaining your PR status in Canada. Actually working in the US and flying into Canada for 4 days a week, in my mind, if anything increases the complexity of the issue.
