Travel to Canada without a green card but with a stamped IR-1

[lhp]

We're thinking about a trip to Montreal in April. I know that Chinese citizens need a Canada visa unless they have a green card. My wife's green card hasn't come in the mail yet, and we don't know if it'll get here before April. However, she does have her stamped IR-1 visa in her passport, which is supposed to act as a green card until the gc arrives.

 

Do any of you know if she can travel to Canada on the IR-1? I would hate to be at the Quebec airport and have a border control person say the IR-1 isn't acceptable.

[dnoblett]

Yes, it should allow travel to and from Canada.

 

The I-551 notation has the same legal standing as the actual green-card..

 

http://www.immihelp.com/forum/showthread.php/1137-travel-on-I-551-stamp?p=3255#post3255