HI everyone,
Did my parents landing at Coutts-Sweetgrass border. We reached US side at 8:40am by car. Told the US border officer that we are there to flagpole for my parents PR. They told us to park the car and come inside office. Took about 5 minutes and they gave my parents the letter of refusal ( i am canadian citizen so they didnt give me any refusal letter), they also told that it wont be on our record. one officer escorted us back to Canada side. There was no one in front of us on Canadian side. CBSA officer gave us a yellow slip and told us to park the car and get into the traffic line. Again, there was nobody there ahead of us. CBSA officer was very nice to us, told us to wait for a few minutes before he calls us. Took about 5 minutes before he called us to sign. After signatures he explained about getting SIN card health card etc and congratulated my parents on being a PR of Canada. He asked my dad if he wants to work and what he liked to do. My father told that he is retired and likes travelling. He said all Canada is now open to explore now.
welcomed and asked sorry for small delay (there was actually a system glitch which took about 2 minutes to resolve, cant believe that nice guy was sorry for that little extra time). Took around 15-20 minutes for the whole process to complete and after that we were on our way back to Calgary.
In a nutshell, the landing at Coutts was an extremely great experience and i will highly recommend if someone wants to land at the border in AB and doesnt want to wait for IRCC landing at Harry hays. Please be sure that you go there on times when its not too busy. May be that is the reason sometimes they are in a hurry and doesnt behave nicely. I would recommend a working day early morning - after 8am).
Thanks everyone for your help.
Did my parents landing at Coutts-Sweetgrass border. We reached US side at 8:40am by car. Told the US border officer that we are there to flagpole for my parents PR. They told us to park the car and come inside office. Took about 5 minutes and they gave my parents the letter of refusal ( i am canadian citizen so they didnt give me any refusal letter), they also told that it wont be on our record. one officer escorted us back to Canada side. There was no one in front of us on Canadian side. CBSA officer gave us a yellow slip and told us to park the car and get into the traffic line. Again, there was nobody there ahead of us. CBSA officer was very nice to us, told us to wait for a few minutes before he calls us. Took about 5 minutes before he called us to sign. After signatures he explained about getting SIN card health card etc and congratulated my parents on being a PR of Canada. He asked my dad if he wants to work and what he liked to do. My father told that he is retired and likes travelling. He said all Canada is now open to explore now.
welcomed and asked sorry for small delay (there was actually a system glitch which took about 2 minutes to resolve, cant believe that nice guy was sorry for that little extra time). Took around 15-20 minutes for the whole process to complete and after that we were on our way back to Calgary.In a nutshell, the landing at Coutts was an extremely great experience and i will highly recommend if someone wants to land at the border in AB and doesnt want to wait for IRCC landing at Harry hays. Please be sure that you go there on times when its not too busy. May be that is the reason sometimes they are in a hurry and doesnt behave nicely. I would recommend a working day early morning - after 8am).
Thanks everyone for your help.
