Recent content by chinook65

No Appointment needed. The customs area sorts arriving passengers into two groups - residents and visitors.We went into the visitors line, submitted our customs declaration (we brought nothing) and the customs officer directed us to the immigration office which is directly in front of the...

Hello all! Excited to announce that I completed my landing at Calgary Airport on September 1! Process was very smooth. We went through customs and then proceeded to the immigration office where a very friendly officer completed our paperwork and joked around with us a little. After 10-15...

Thanks! Aside from my PR application and all my civil and identification docs, do I need anything additional?

I agree with you there. When I was told my medicals should have been one of the very last things to do, my stomach dropped. I was so eager to get everything done as quickly as possible. To be honest, I didn't read through all the instructions carefully. If anyone blatantly tries to do this to...

Thanks for the reply.

I am an outland applicant flying into Calgary to land in a couple weeks. Do I need to make a landing appointment at Calgary Int'l Airport?

Hello all: Not sure if this will be helpful at all, but I thought I would provide the steps and details I took for my PR application that got me to receive a PPR in a window of just over 4 months. First, I have no idea how CIC processes files or how I was so fortunate to get such a quick...

I love misinformation. Thanks for your info, guys. I would expect that they would understand all that goes into relocating from the U.S., but never take that for granted. I'm so glad to hear that it sounds like it will be OK. And yes, honesty is the best policy. This is very exciting!

Hello all: I will be landing at Calgary Airport later this month. I've read through the 'All you need to know about Landing" Thread at http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/-t36735.0.html, which is great and I highly recommend everyone read it before landing. I will...

Funny you mention this. When I got my PPR, I rushed to the one place in Denver that did this. I sent in my photos and my family members' photos which were also requested) All photos except one were sent back to us with our Passports. It's only about $80 for the photos, but it seems like a...

Great questions. I would love to get some answers on this also as I own my own company in the U.S. and plan to keep working for it once we are residing in Canada.

In all my visits to Canada, the experiences have been wonderful. Granted, there are rotten apples in every basket, but you can't let a few bad apples ruin the bunch. Hopefully, when I'm living there, the job search won't be too difficult. But, working in a position that's not my specialty is...

Congrats to you! We're getting ready to sell our home. I hope we sell as quickly as you do. Cheers!

Awesome news everyone! Congrats to you all!

Hello all! Quick update! Just received our passports back from Buffalo! The wife and I were painting our front room when the door bell rang and our postal carrier was at the door. I knew what it was right away. July 20 - I received PPR July 25 - I mailed our passports to Buffalo with...