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Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor
The Permanent Resident Card is not required to enter Canada as long as you can satisfy the CBSA Officer that you are a Permanent Resident. Where you may have a problem is the airline may not allow you on their aircraft without the Permanent Resident Card due to liability issues.
The PR card is the only thing that the airline can use to determine you have a right to enter Canada. If you don't have it they will likely not let you on. If an airline brings someone to Canada who gets refused entry, they are liable for the costs of returning that person back to where they departed from so they don't want to take a chance of you getting refused entry, which you wont because you have the right to enter Canada since you are a Permanent Resident. The same entry rights as Canadian Citizens. If you drive across the border you wont have an issue returning to Canada.
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This makes zero sense to me. I've flown into Canada a few times since I got my PR, and not once has an airline ever asked to see it. Nor have they ever asked if I have a right to enter Canada. If that was the case, wouldn't the airlines basically be asking every single passenger to provide proof of rights to enter Canada? They don't.
Also, contrary to the post previous to this, I've always been asked to show my passport and PR card to the Customs Officer.