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[Shiny88]

I am going from bd to canada to be with my wife who is a canadian citizen and sponsoring me. I booked a round trip ticket coz I need to be back in BD in about six months to wind up things 

Sorry about thatt:Pi thaught your wife was in bd, well hopefully you will land here safe,and everything will be allright, just dont forget to fill up the paper they give on the plane from turkey to toronto. Answer it truthfully especially on the question where they ask if you have any meat,seeds,insects..bla bla on your luggage, if the custom decide to open your luggage and you didnt report it than you will have a fine. I had to say that i had seeds cuz that was one of the thing on the question if i had i underlined, they asked me to open my luggage and wanted to see what kind a seed (it was vegetables seeds packed) they just checked and let me go. Last time when i returned they opened my luggage and checked stuff so before they openned i told them i had fruits lol. this time they didnt check by their own but asked me to open and show them the seeds...goodluck XD

[Shaheenaz]

Sorry about thatt:Pi thaught your wife was in bd, well hopefully you will land here safe,and everything will be allright, just dont forget to fill up the paper they give on the plane from turkey to toronto. Answer it truthfully especially on the question where they ask if you have any meat,seeds,insects..bla bla on your luggage, if the custom decide to open your luggage and you didnt report it than you will have a fine. I had to say that i had seeds cuz that was one of the thing on the question if i had i underlined, they asked me to open my luggage and wanted to see what kind a seed (it was vegetables seeds packed) they just checked and let me go. Last time when i returned they opened my luggage and checked stuff so before they openned i told them i had fruits lol. this time they didnt check by their own but asked me to open and show them the seeds...goodluck XD

True..it is better to let them know. what happened with me was I did say I don't have any food or fruits with me and it was true, but my daughter was only 2 and a half year old at that time and in the plane she had an apple and some cookies. When I faced custom the apple was still in her food bag and the custom officer told me I lied about saying I didn't have fruits with me. I actually forgot to through that apple before leaving the plane. Custom officer asked me to pay fine of $800 CND. I said sorry and finally another custom officer standing behind her told her to let me go, but told me next time to be careful.

[jnathan]

I knew that didnt allow Seeds and Fruits as one of relatives were asked if she had any fruits , she readily confessed that she had, then the officer warned him to trash that fruit before she enters into the customs zone. it is so bad that they dont allow dried meat as well. anyone have any link to what Customs in Canada allow/disallow ?

Asian folks usually would want to carry dried meat, fishes with them to Canada. what is the way then?


Shahenaaz,

That was a tracer bullet millimeters over your head !
they would surely fine you if you were a guy.


Shiny,

You cant blame An airlines or mark is as bad just cause it charges you $900 for changing seats?
Their food is excellent and they have on board chef that makes the food ever fresh !
When you talk in English in EU region, I have seen people look at you as if they have never seen a  talking human before. its that they are so proud and self confident and rich with their culture and language that they dont like using English.

[Shiny88]

last time i bring fruits and told them i had  guava and some other fruits that cannot be found here easily and they just checked and let me go with it. this time i had (false)or whatever its called, dried fish, mango satni and seeds and no problem. maybe am lucky XD (the only reason i declared seeds its because that was on one of the thing they wrote and i had, it wasnt written dry fishes or mango stuff so didnt tell em.

[Shaheenaz]

last time i bring fruits and told them i had  guava and some other fruits that cannot be found here easily and they just checked and let me go with it. this time i had (false)or whatever its called, dried fish, mango satni and seeds and no problem. maybe am lucky XD (the only reason i declared seeds its because that was on one of the thing they wrote and i had, it wasnt written dry fishes or mango stuff so didnt tell em.

I love dry fish but I don't like to cook because the whole house gets bad smell. I would eat as much as I can while I am at BD  Some time I buy from Bangali store here.

[Hello121]

Asian folks usually would want to carry dried meat, fishes with them to Canada.

My wifes family here in Canada have asked me to bring back dried fish everytime I have went to see my her.lol.

[jnathan]

Do they allow Shrip Curry/Semi Dried Shrimp/Kebabs/Tofu?
Dried fishes are the most common thing Asians would bring into Canada.
shiny holds a Canadian Passport so she was shown the soft corner , but for others it would be $800 of fine by CBSA. Shaheenaz, you were lucky to get away with your case lol.

I wonder how come the same foods are sold in Different Asian Shops in Canada?? What is the secret then.

[Shiny88]

LOL i dont think they allow prepared food from overseas tho, but most of all bangalis i know they always bring dry fishs and such thing without problem. but i dont know maybe if they would check and find dry fish i would be in trouble. the stupidest thing they ask me is why i went to bangladesh, when i said to see my husband they asked me what he do, i say he works..wtf why they need to know what he do over there lmao. isnt just asking why i went there enough maybe i shouldve told him now give me permission to bring him! hehehe by the way guys i just had a prego test came out positive!maybe a false possitive i am paranoid now lol...i dont wanna be too happy maybe i am not :S dont wanna go to doc thinking they might say i am not, probably gonna do a second test tom morning and see whats going on inside me XD crossing my finger, if i am i would go back to bangladesh after3,4months ..lets see..

 @ maybe same food are sold here, because they have lisence and went through some inspection or stuff on these products i dont know,.

[Shiny88]

I love dry fish but I don't like to cook because the whole house gets bad smell. I would eat as much as I can while I am at BD  Some time I buy from Bangali store here.

i know eh the smell is horrible but the taste when its coocked is delicious specially when its spicy XD my mom didnt cook since i came yet cant wait for my lucky day lol..yes eat as much as you can when you go theres different fish to taste too.

[Shaheenaz]

LOL i dont think they allow prepared food from overseas tho, but most of all bangalis i know they always bring dry fishs and such thing without problem. but i dont know maybe if they would check and find dry fish i would be in trouble. the stupidest thing they ask me is why i went to bangladesh, when i said to see my husband they asked me what he do, i say he works..wtf why they need to know what he do over there lmao. isnt just asking why i went there enough maybe i shouldve told him now give me permission to bring him! hehehe by the way guys i just had a prego test came out positive!maybe a false possitive i am paranoid now lol...i dont wanna be too happy maybe i am not :S dont wanna go to doc thinking they might say i am not, probably gonna do a second test tom morning and see whats going on inside me XD crossing my finger, if i am i would go back to bangladesh after3,4months ..lets see..

  @  maybe same food are sold here, because they have lisence and went through some inspection or stuff on these products i dont know,.

Congratulationssssssssssssssss !!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am soooo happy for you.. Don't eat pineapple and don't jump around  Go see your doc ASAP 

[Bluenoser]

Has anyone received anything from the Singapore VO lately? Anyone have anything to contribute that's related to the Singapore VO timeline?

[jnathan]

arlnr received his PPR 3 days ago.
He is a FSW applicant and applied at the end of 2009.
5 family members.

[Bluenoser]

arlnr received his PPR 3 days ago.
He is a FSW applicant and applied at the end of 2009.
5 family members.

Glad to hear that Singapore is still in operation. I was starting to wonder. Thanks for that.

[Bluenoser]

Really discouraging news for spousal / partner applicants going through Singapore. The final stats for 2011 show that Singapore has the lowest approval rate in the world for this class. Other than one other office it's not even close. Here is the list:

Processing Centre	Passed	Refused	Success Rate
Taipei	62	-	100%
Tokyo	376	9	98%
Sao Paulo	169	6	97%
Buffalo - RPC	2,619	126	95%
Bucharest	227	12	95%
Manila	1,916	109	95%
Seoul	240	14	94%
London - RPC	1,288	91	93%
Warsaw	155	11	93%
Berlin	240	18	93%
Paris-RPC	1,450	112	93%
Guatemala	441	35	93%
Damascus - RPC	1,059	86	92%
Bogota	441	44	91%
Colombo	664	69	91%
Sydney Australia	389	41	90%
Kiev	212	23	90%
Rabat	759	83	90%
Moscow	325	36	90%
Lima	201	23	90%
Kingston, Jamaica	701	84	89%
Nairobi	1,123	142	89%
Caracas	75	10	88%
Cairo	289	39	88%
Buenos Aires	67	10	87%
Islamabad	1,524	236	87%
Vienna - RPC	377	64	85%
CPC Ottawa	35	6	85%
Mexico City	505	88	85%
Ankara	292	51	85%
New Delhi	3,616	654	85%
Beijing - RPC	1,480	270	85%
Havana	418	81	84%
Santiago	20	4	83%
Santo Domingo	335	67	83%
Rome	187	38	83%
Abu Dhabi	510	108	83%
Tel Aviv	99	21	83%
Abidjan/Dakar	306	79	79%
Kuala Lumpur	58	18	76%
Port of Spain	422	139	75%
Pretoria	109	42	72%
Hong Kong	1,983	936	68%
Port-au-Prince	274	135	67%
Accra - RPC	374	323	54%
Singapore - RPC	835	729	53%

[Shiny88]

Congratulationssssssssssssssss !!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am soooo happy for you.. Don't eat pineapple and don't jump around  Go see your doc ASAP 

i made research some people had false positive so i dont want to jump around yet lol i just took one home test, i will have one tomorrow then doc if positive tomorrow.