Dear friends, my journey towards PR came to an end today. I completed my landing today at Carway, AB. Thanks to everyone in this forum for helping me achieve this.
This morning we started from Calgary and reached Carway around noon. I stopped at the Duty Free shop before Canadian border and picked 2 lts of liquor which I know I have to pay duty once I enter Canada. The duty free shop delivered the bottles just before the US entrance. Once we reached the US customs, as usual the US CBSA were very rude. The agent asked us to park and come inside. Once we were in, he called as and spelled our names loudly and instead of handling back our passports, he threw them on the table along with the refusal letter. It was so mean. So we went back to Canadian border and the lady at the drive through asked the reason, we mentioned it and she asked us to park and come inside. Also, she asked if I carried liquor etc. I said Yes. she took our passports and wrote some notes.
It was a pretty busy day at Carway, once we entered we had to wait in the waiting room for 45 min as there were more than 25 people waiting for landing. Finally once they called us, we had to sign our COPR and they took our work permits. The agent clearly explained the details and congratulated us on becoming PR. Additionally, he waived the duty on the 2 liquor bottles as a treat for becoming permanent residents. It was a very nice feeling.
