I´m in Canada with a post-graduate working permit (starting my 2nd year). I have send in my application for Permanent Residency under the PNP program. The application is still at the provincial stage right now. My visitor visa(reentry visa) has expired. Is there any negative effect if I try to apply for that re-entry visa while my PR application is in process? And also, is there any problem with going out of canada while my PR application is in process? Will that delay my PR application? Pls let me know if anyone has experience with this. Thank you.

Canada does recognize the principle of dual intent, which allows you to pursue a temporary resident visa while a permanent resident application is pending. Admissibility as a visitor is otherwise highlyg discretionary and there is no way to definitively say that a case would or would not be approved.

Departure from Canada while a PR application is pending would not necessarily have any adverse effect.