Question

Can somebody help me?

Thank you AJ for your kind reply, also I have another question regarding the driver licence, I have a licence from my country since 1992, also I have a licence from Los Angeles but it's expired! Will these help me?

Clarifications:

You do NOT separately apply for the PR card following landing. Once you land, a PR card will be sent to your Canadian address (if you will not have a Canadian address perhaps call CIC and ask about alternatives; or, if you have someone you totally trust with a Canadian address, have it sent there -- they can hold it for you or even send it to you).

If you then go abroad without first receiving the PR card, to return to Canada via commercial transportation (especially flying) you will probably need to obtain a Travel Document from the nearest Canadian embassy; this can take some time, so look into and plan for this in advance of the date you plan to return to Canada. If your nationality is a country which is visa-exempt, you may be able to board a commercial flight showing your CoPR and passport; check ahead of time. If not from a visa-exempt country you will definitely need either the PR card or a Travel Document (authorization to travel to Canada) to board a commercial flight destined for Canada. If, somehow, you are arriving via private transportation at a land crossing, your passport and CoPR should be sufficient to obtain entry into Canada.

I assume that PR visas have been issued to family you plan to accompany you in June, and that either the visas are dated to remain valid until June or they plan to land with you in December (or at least prior to the date the visas will expire) and then return with you in June.

As for the drivers' license:

Which country your valid license is from matters, although if your Calif license (assuming you meant you had a Calif. license, since Los Angeles does not issue drivers' licenses) expired recently it may be useful relative to establishing driving experience that will qualify you for a regular class of license (as opposed to the graduated licensing classes for new drivers). See Ontario government information found at the sites I've given the url for below.

see:
http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/dandv/driver/
for general information regarding driver's licenses in Ontario

see, in particular:
http://www.drivetest.ca/en/license/OutOfCountryDrivers.aspx

The latter goes into a good deal of detail about establishing driving experience in order to obtain a G level license.



Edited by dpenabill - 29 Nov 2010 at 5:21pm

Probably good idea, but I would offer one caution: stuff happens in the world and stuff particularly happens to flight schedules. PR visas ordinarily cannot be extended, and thus must be used by the date that they expire. Strongly suggest that you do not cut this close -- that is, be sure to leave enough of a margin between your planned flight date and the date the visas expire to allow for unexpected delays.