I landed yesterday after doing a soft landing a few weeks ago, at which time I bought a house. Now I have a B4/B4A form problem. This forum has been so helpful, I hope you can help with this.
I am in Canada on a three year work permit, with intent to seek permanent residency when I accumulate enough points. Under current rules, I can continue extending the work permit as necessary, but my goal is to become a citizen. As such, I am moving all my household belongings at considerable cost (I have a family of 5).
When I landed yesterday, I had my B4 and B4A forms all ready to go, as advised by my international moving company. The agent at customs wouldn't even look at them. He said since we're on a work permit, we can't import anything. After a little back and forth, he did agree to give us the forms for registering our cars (which I already knew were exempt from import, but we needed to register). Now, our moving company is saying they won't bring our truck full of belongings without the B4A form processed. The agent insisted all we had to do was show our work permit, but the moving company is insisting we have to import everything using the B4A form, which leaves us in moving limbo.
Who is correct? And what should we do now?
I am in Canada on a three year work permit, with intent to seek permanent residency when I accumulate enough points. Under current rules, I can continue extending the work permit as necessary, but my goal is to become a citizen. As such, I am moving all my household belongings at considerable cost (I have a family of 5).
When I landed yesterday, I had my B4 and B4A forms all ready to go, as advised by my international moving company. The agent at customs wouldn't even look at them. He said since we're on a work permit, we can't import anything. After a little back and forth, he did agree to give us the forms for registering our cars (which I already knew were exempt from import, but we needed to register). Now, our moving company is saying they won't bring our truck full of belongings without the B4A form processed. The agent insisted all we had to do was show our work permit, but the moving company is insisting we have to import everything using the B4A form, which leaves us in moving limbo.
Who is correct? And what should we do now?
