Hi All,
Just wanted to share my landing experience on Fort Erie, Niagara border.. On Sunday, June 21, 2015.
I am July 17 applicant and got my passport back on last Tuesday.
Went for landing around 3 PM.
I was thinking to walk the bridge but could not figure out from where to start, where to park my car etc.. so ended up with driving.
Traffic was not too bad at the US side.
At my windows:
CBP Officer: Why you came here?
I: For flagpoling
He: What?
I: Flagpoling for Immigration purpose
He: Do you have Visa?
I: Yes, I do
I applied in NY school back in 2010, so he asked me few questions on it and later advised me to go to CBP building for second screening which was expected. Everytime I visit New York, I have to go through second screening because of error they have in their system. In their database, I am still student for them but I never went to school in NY. After 3 questions in CBP bulding, officer told me to take an u-turn and handed me white paper and he personally came to u-turn point to drop us off as my wife didnt have an US visa.
Most important and the question everybody ask in the forum:
I asked to officer that If I apply for visitor visa for my wife in the future, what should I say in the question: Have you ever been denied entry or visa to United States?
He was very nice officer. He smiled and replied me back:
I like what you asked for your future concern. Well, you need to say No at that time because we are not denying your entry to the US but we are approving your withdraw application to enter in the US and you are withdrawing due to legit Immigration process which is valid process for both of us agency. We are not making any bad record on both of your profiles. The only thing we need to correct is to remove your SAVIS record for the school so you dont have to go through second screening everytime. Dont worry and party hard with your new status in Canada.
I was like Really..?? I thanked him and took an u-turn to Canada.
At Canada side:
I was under impression by other members in this forum that CBSA officers at our side are very rude and not supportive. But it is not true. The officer I had was very very friendly and very supportive. He asked me very very few questions which like they have to ask as per the process. He congratulated us and thats it. It took around 10 minutes at Canada side. He told me at the end that if PR card will not arrive in some days(72 days as of CIC website), dont be panic and wait yourself. We have previous backlog to clear.
He dint ask me for anything. (Like few member reported about fund, employment letter etc)
Good luck everyone.
