Outland Applicant with Inland Office Landing, do they still accept B4 forms?

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My common-law partner got her COPR last week and we made an appointment for an inland office, as she is currently in Canada with me. I know that when you come through at a port of entry they require B4 forms to goods accompanying and following, and this is processed by the CSBA.

What exactly happens when this is done at an actual CIC office though? Do they have CSBA officers working at CIC inland offices (London Ontario specifically) to process these B4 forms?

I don't want to land and then get completely screwed over later when we try and bring my partner's goods from the USA to Canada and they say we did't submit the proper forms.

 

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HI

My common-law partner got her COPR last week and we made an appointment for an inland office, as she is currently in Canada with me. I know that when you come through at a port of entry they require B4 forms to goods accompanying and following, and this is processed by the CSBA.

What exactly happens when this is done at an actual CIC office though? Do they have CSBA officers working at CIC inland offices (London Ontario specifically) to process these B4 forms?

I don't want to land and then get completely screwed over later when we try and bring my partner's goods from the USA to Canada and they say we did't submit the proper forms.

1. No, the B4s would have to submitted to a CBSA inland Customs office, IRCC Inland doesn't deal with Goods to be imported.

 

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So we need to make a separate appointment at a CSBA office after our official landing? Or can we just present the B4 form the first time we enter Canada after becoming a PR.

 

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Cross-posting this from Ottawa thread:

So this is incredibly confusing.

I'm getting so many different answers depending on who we are calling (CIC/CSBA).

My fiance got her COPR, and since she is already in Canada we made an appointment at a local office to "land" on Friday. However they don't process B4 (importing goods to follow) forms at these appointments.

I called the CSBA and they said these forms can only be processed at the port of entry. The airport local office said that we only need to worry about B4 forms when ACTUALLY bringing stuff in. Since we're not planning on bringing goods in until July, does this mean we can not bother doing the B4 goods to follow until July?

Another agent I talked to basically said "no, we need to know right when you land what goods you are bringing, if you wait even a few days they could reject it". This to me sounds like they wouldn't accept out B4 in July since we left it 'too late"

Does anyone have experience with this? Landing inland at CIC offices and importing goods from another country?