Here is my short landing experience.
(Background info: I and my wife are living in the US (not citizens). I am a MBA student, graduating in May. Since she is pregnant, she couldn't travel by air so we had to drive about 17 hours (after taking several breaks) to Canada to complete our landing process)
On the day we landed:
1. We went to the Customs office. There were two officers. One of them (X) got our BSF 186 Goods to Follow form to process, and the other one (Y) took our COPR.
2. X had no idea how to handle the documents so he kept asking questions to the other officers around him. They were busy too, so they could not respond his questions properly. Anyways, someone told him that he should put a stamp on the documents and keep a copy of them for themselves. He went to the other room to make copies. He came back and put them on his table and left.
3. In the meantime, Y was asking us if we intend to live in Canada. We didn't want to lie so we said, we are going to stay for a week or so and then return to the US for my school. Will move to Canada in May when I graduate.
4. Then, she asked to see my I-20 (student document). My graduation date on the document shows May/2019 but in the US, it always indicates the latest day that you are expected to finish. You can finish your school anytime before that date. I tried to explain the US system but she refused to listen to me. She made a copy of my student document to prove that I won't be able to move in Canada that day. On a yellow slip, (I am not sure what it is called), she put my graduation date as May/2019. Then, she said that she would put in the system that we intend to move to Canada permanently in May/2018. I had no idea what was going on. she did not let me ask questions and made some accusatory statements.
5. She did not take the address we wanted to provide to receive our PR cards. (It was our friend's address).
6. Finally, she signed our COPRs . There were two pages: One with our photos attached, and the other one is without photos. She got the one with photo and gave us the other page. Then said, we are good to go. We took our signed COPR and left the office. We totally forgot about our Goods to Follow list.
7. We were too tired and stressed out. After spending an hour or so, we drove back to the US and stayed the night at a hotel. At night, I realized that X did not gave us our stamped BSF form. So, the next day, I drove back to the border.
The next day:
8. When I went Customs office again, there was another officer (Z). When I explained Z what happened the other day, she was just shocked about how both X and Y handled our case. By accident, she saw the yellow slip in my file and said it should have been kept by the officers. She took the slip, tried to understand what happened the other day. She was so kind and helpful. Long story short, I got the stamped BSF 186 forms and drove back to the US to our hotel.
So,
I have a few questions to the experienced members in the forum:
1. How can I give IRCC an address in Canada to receive our PR cards?
2. Do you know what that yellow slip was? Do they send it to IRCC to inform them about our intended landing day? (Y put my graduation date as indicated on my student document (May/2019) but said she would enter it to the system as May/2018). So, if I give IRCC an address in Canada, can it be problem?
Thank you,