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Originally Posted by Cameron Swift
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.
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Whether it makes sense to you or not, that is the law. If you are traveling on a passport from a VISA exempt country, they are likely not going to ask to see your PR card unless they know you are a PR of Canada. If they board you without the card they can be liable to fines and removal costs should the Canadian government levy them.
The airlines doesn't ask everyone if they have the "right to enter" Canada but they do ask everyone to provide the appropriate travel document as set out in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act Regulations Section 52.
As I explained. One does not need a PR card to obtain entry into Canada but would require one to board an aircraft if they did not have a passport in general or a passport from a VISA exempt country. The PR card waives the requirement for a entry VISA.
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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.
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They may not ask you the question but they are making the determination if you have a right to seek entry by looking at your travel document. If you have travelled over seas you will see this done more thoroughly. They will inspect your passport more closely than when traveling from the US. If they allow someone to board the aircraft with a fraudulent passport or as an imposter AND that person is discovered trying to enter Canada without the proper document OR makes a refugee claim, the airline will be financially liable to return that person to the original place of embarkation.