Hey all!
My wife (sponsor) and I (and our three cats) crossed the border yesterday so she can go home and I can do my 6 months of visiting. The border crossing wasn't super smooth -- we crossed by car at Blaine, WA and the officer at the checkpoint grilled us for 5 minutes and then asked us to pull over. The officers thereafter, however, were rather nice and helped me get the cats out into a temporary kennel so they could access the car (cat carriers and my cats? no way, that's a recipe for hell) and then we went inside to the office and spoke to a officer there. He asked basic questions about our relationship, reason for visit, and requested evidence that I would return to the US; I answered truthfully and told him I had a folder of documents in my car that has all the evidence. He asked us to take a seat while he went out to the car; 5 minutes later he returned with a smile and complimented me on how well-organized all my documents were! I had a copy of my apartment's lease, our marriage certificate, the receipt from my PR application fees, the sponsorship approval letter, the health certificates/rabies records for my cats, and pretty much any possible related document. A few more tip-taps into his computer and with a smile, he said we were good to go and to enjoy our vacation!
Now we're happily in my wife's apartment getting everything hooked back up like internet and cell phones. Already achieved our first Canadian goal of ordering super-fresh delivery sushi -- that's what we missed the most while down in Texas. Now I get to sit tight til we hear from Buffalo!
