Hi
@shr89
Can you please share your experience at Peace arch while coming back to US I am also planning to go the same route this month?
what documents did you carry?
What questions are asked by the officer?
Is the US office aware of ARV?
I had carried a lot of documents like employment verification, degree certificates, resume, W2, paystub. AVR rule webpage printout.
Arrived at border. From the car the officer asked for my passport and any other documents I want to provide. So I just gave passport and i797. He looked at it and asked why I am traveling to US, where I am coming from, what I was doing in Canada. Told him about my PR. He looked at it for sometime and asked to follow another officer and park and go inside the building.
Once inside walked up to the counter. The officer there asked for all documents (Passport and i797) and asked reason for travel. Questions about what I was doing in Canada, where I stay in US, where I work, what do I work as etc.
He saw passport and said visa is expired. Told him I want to travel using AVR. Senior officer was right next to him and he confirmed with him. He said it should be good. Then they started doing background checks I guess. Took a while because they were having issues with some website. They took fingerprint and photo. More processing, background checks. Finally stamped passport and asked to pay $6 fee for border crossing at cashier counter. Totally it took about an hour.
Did not ask for any other documents or covid test or vaccination proof.
Hope that helps.
