LANDED!! We crossed the border back into Canada on July 21st.
I'm glad I was on the ball because the CBSA officer @ the Kingsgate, Idaho office didn't even take my COPR, just my passport and then handed it back to me, said I was good to go. This was AFTER I'd told the officer at the window (mind you, I was driving a U-HAUL) I was there to "land".
I took the COPR and told her I needed it filled out, that I couldn't get an SIN (or a JOB!) without it filled out. I know, I'd already been to Service Canada months before and the gal there couldn't process me without it.
The officer took it to another officer who then told me they'd never had to fill one out. (SHEESH!!) I explained about the SIN and that I needed it. He then mentioned something about, "Well, unless you need to land". ??? Which I then promptly told him that's what I was there to do. :'(
He had me wait, he left, came back, called me back to the counter, asked a few questions, put me in the computer, signed the COPR and gave it back to me, told me he'd put me in as a Permanent Resident in the system (YAY!!!), said I'd get my PR card in 6-8 weeks and sent me on my way.
At Service Canada the next day, she noticed that he'd actually given me back the CIC copy of the COPR (the one with my pic on it), but she didn't think it would matter. I hadn't even noticed that it said, "CIC Copy" on the bottom.
BE WARNED!! BE ALERT!!
SIN in hand and Provincial insurance too and now job hunting!!
