Interview at the port of entry first Canada PR landing
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My interview:
Hi, Hello, Please share your CoPR, I don't need these docs. Okay, what's your address for PR cards. Here, you go. Welcome to Canada! = Total of 3 minutes.
thank you for your information, that seems simple, they don't ask proof of fund or anything else?
They can ask you. I had my PoF with me. If you fail to satisfy them, your PR can be cancelled.
what kind of your proof of fund? your home country bank statement as same when submitted the application (new version) or the canada bank statement or what?
Depends on what you got. Either works. I had a large amount of sum in different banks in Canada and India - I chose to print out only one recent statement from my Canadian bank for my PoF.
Yes my plan is transferring my money to canadian bank account then get the bank statement/ bank confirmation, a little cash CAD2,000 (no need to declare anything right) and maybe visa card.
Do you need a visa card of home country from the bank that i had PoF submitted before is required? If not then I will bring cash and a new canadian bank statement.
My home country bank account (submitted in application) then will be zero after transferring, that would also fine right or I need any proof related to my home country account? Thank you so much for your help.
Btw do you have experience on bringing pet for landing first time?
Yes, I landed here with my dogs. Let's sort out PoF first!
About PoF - a Canadian PoF would be fine. The issue would be that your Canadian bank account will require activation before you can use it in Canada. So bring enough cash to survive the first week. Also, try to have an Airbnb or something booked so that you don't have to worry about residence (which is the biggest expense upon coming here). Definitely bring a card that you can use here (e.g. Uber is only credit card based, no cash). You can bring in more cash if you want as well.
About bringing pets - not sure if you've sorted out(booked) them or if you are just in the planning stages. You will have to do customs declaration, there'll be CFIA and CBSA inspection of documents, pay a fees that they ask for (I paid a fee of ~105-130 CAD to CBSA at their office in the int'l airport) and then took the receipt back to the warehouse/facility where my dogs were kept to pick them up. Will be a bit of travel back and forth, best if you've a friend with car or best if you book an Uber(very easy to get one).