Hi all,
Just thought I'll post my landing experience and also thank all the members for the help and advice that I have received on this forum, a special thanks to Quorax.
My travel plans were pretty complicated, I was leaving London on the 2nd of June, land in Toronto on the same day, leave for Newark the next day ( as my brother has had a new baby boy and toronto is just 1.5 hrs from New Jersey) and on the 12th of June leave for India for a short holiday before coming back to London. I had too many things to take care of and was worried that I my have over looked something but it all went well, thanks to God for that. landed on June 2nd at Pearsons Int Airport in Toronto. I was one of the first in line to the immigration,
Immigration Officer: Are you landing today?
Me: Yes
IO: Any goods to follow?
Me: No
IO: You photo looks older and you looker younger in person, usually its the other way round.
Me: Thats a nice welcome compliment? It could be because of the couple of jogs I went a few days ago. gigle
IO: smiles and points me to some other counter( guess he was also some kind of Immigration officer) and says Welcome to Canada.
2IO: Are you immigrating today?
Me: Yes
IO: Papers and passport, please
Me: Sure and handed the same and said no goods to follow
IO: Thanks, Do you have the adress where you will be living?
Me: Yes, and handed a paper with the adress.
IO: How much funds do you have on you? and in what form?
ME: £ 1800 in TC, £ 6000 in Bank Draft, CAD 500, USD 3000.
IO: Just out of curiosity, I can understand £ and CAD but why USD
ME: left overs from my previous travel.
IO: can I see them pls,
ME: Sure, and as I was getting them out he said, thank you very much, pls go to customs and you will receive your PR card soon.
At Customs:
Custom Officer: Are you carrying any CASH worth more than CAD 10000?
Me: No, But i have TC's and bank draft and some cash all worth more than that.
CO: Bank Draft you said? Please fill this form
Me: Sure, the form was all complicated and had French along with english in very small writings, I started filling it
CO: Ho dont bother with all that, Just put your name, address and total amount your are carrying and in what form, Sign and Print at the bottom.
Me: Am I in Canada or in India?
CO: She dint get the joke and looked at me with a blank face
Me: Sorry, let me fill the form ( Me and my big silly mouth)
CO: Welcome to Canada, go back through the door you came in and take a right for the exit, all the best.
I however did not get ant brouchers or any advice for sin cards like I heard from others, but I was not too worried about that.
The whole process took just under 15 mins
Just thought I'll post my landing experience and also thank all the members for the help and advice that I have received on this forum, a special thanks to Quorax.
My travel plans were pretty complicated, I was leaving London on the 2nd of June, land in Toronto on the same day, leave for Newark the next day ( as my brother has had a new baby boy and toronto is just 1.5 hrs from New Jersey) and on the 12th of June leave for India for a short holiday before coming back to London. I had too many things to take care of and was worried that I my have over looked something but it all went well, thanks to God for that. landed on June 2nd at Pearsons Int Airport in Toronto. I was one of the first in line to the immigration,
Immigration Officer: Are you landing today?
Me: Yes
IO: Any goods to follow?
Me: No
IO: You photo looks older and you looker younger in person, usually its the other way round.
Me: Thats a nice welcome compliment? It could be because of the couple of jogs I went a few days ago. gigle
IO: smiles and points me to some other counter( guess he was also some kind of Immigration officer) and says Welcome to Canada.
2IO: Are you immigrating today?
Me: Yes
IO: Papers and passport, please
Me: Sure and handed the same and said no goods to follow
IO: Thanks, Do you have the adress where you will be living?
Me: Yes, and handed a paper with the adress.
IO: How much funds do you have on you? and in what form?
ME: £ 1800 in TC, £ 6000 in Bank Draft, CAD 500, USD 3000.
IO: Just out of curiosity, I can understand £ and CAD but why USD
ME: left overs from my previous travel.
IO: can I see them pls,
ME: Sure, and as I was getting them out he said, thank you very much, pls go to customs and you will receive your PR card soon.
At Customs:
Custom Officer: Are you carrying any CASH worth more than CAD 10000?
Me: No, But i have TC's and bank draft and some cash all worth more than that.
CO: Bank Draft you said? Please fill this form
Me: Sure, the form was all complicated and had French along with english in very small writings, I started filling it
CO: Ho dont bother with all that, Just put your name, address and total amount your are carrying and in what form, Sign and Print at the bottom.
Me: Am I in Canada or in India?
CO: She dint get the joke and looked at me with a blank face
Me: Sorry, let me fill the form ( Me and my big silly mouth)
CO: Welcome to Canada, go back through the door you came in and take a right for the exit, all the best.
I however did not get ant brouchers or any advice for sin cards like I heard from others, but I was not too worried about that.
The whole process took just under 15 mins
