Alhamdulillah.
Finally, I have landed at Toronto Pearson Airport on 24th December with my wife, son and daughter by Saudi Airlines. Actually I was very busy to settle down and that is why I could not share my travelling and landing experiences.
As I have got previous experience of air travelling to Europe and Saudi Arabia, I did not face any difficulties to pass the immigration section in Dhaka, Jeddah and Pearson airports. Just talked to the officers smartly and they were polite. The plane fare was very cheap but the service was good.
We took off at 5 pm from Dhaka on 23 December. We carried 8 luggage, two luggage for every passengers (23kgs for each luggage). We also carried 6 hand luggage with us. The transit was in Jeddah for 5 hours, and the waiting time was boring. In flight service was awesome, especially separate food for my baby. I was given a form to fill up all information before landing.
When we reached at Pearson airport, it was 9:45 in the morning. I was the last passenger to come out from the plane because it took long time to get ready of my two kids. Finally when I meet the immigration officer, he just asked me whether I have anything to declare. I told him I am new immigrant and nothing to declare. Then he took the form given in the plane. After stamping the passport, he showed me a room. When I entered into the room I saw that 4 officers was working for the immigrants. Finally, my turns came, and I meet the officer with my family. He took my landing paper and just asked how many kids I have got, married before or not, and two or three simple questions. Me and my wife signed on the landing paper. The officer took one copy and returned one copy of each to us. He did not ask any question about the amount of money I am carrying. Rather, he asked an address where he will send the permanent residence card. Then we came out through another room where a man gave us the form of health insurance.
To complete the total process it took 15-20 minutes. When we reached to the luggage belt, we got all of our luggage waiting for us. As the number of luggage was 8 and with my two children it was not easy to carry, I called a porter. The fare for the big size trolley was CDN $20 and separate fare for the porter. The porter took us to the waiting lounge from where everybody takes taxi or other vehicle. I was waiting for my maternal uncle in law, and within 10 minutes he reached to the waiting lounge with a car. After reaching home we fall in a sleep for long time.
One thing I would like share that I got admission at York University in Masters program just after getting visa. Now I am studying.
Please pray for me and my family. May Allah help us all. Ameen.
If you have any query, please don’t hesitate write me.
