Hi Guys,
Today, I went to Lansdowne bridge on 1000 islands to complete the landing, went by car, 3 hours drive from Toronto. Paid 4.25 $ toll at the 1000 islands bridge, went to US side, went into commercial vehicle slot by mistake, but guess what, the officers there were kind enough to let me in via commercial booth and provided all the necessary information needed.
1. You do not need a US VISA, if you are already in Canada legally, if your purpose is to just flag pole. They just check your passport and let you do a u turn giving you a yellow slip that says "Entry refused - Reason flag pole"
2. They are open all days 24x7, except statutory holidays.
Traffic is soo less that you will get processed within 5 minutes, which was the time taken for mine.
After clearing the regulations on US side, they will give you a yellow slip and another document has your name and reason for entry and refusal, then they let me take a U turn and go back to Canada.
In the Canadian booth, you just give the passport, and the COPR letter and the two documents from the US side (provided to you earlier). The officer will ask your home address to verify and will guide you to the immigration booth (booth 8, inside the office) , there you will provide all the documents , the officer will ask you to sign the two copies of COPR (1 for IRCC, 1 for you), he will staple your copy to your passport and that will be your confirmation for landing. From here on you are officially a permanent resident in Canada, your PR card will be mailed to the address on your file within 2 months.
1. You can use this COPR copy to apply or extend your SIN, Health card
2. You can use this COPR copy as proof for all other stuff till you get your PR card.
3. Unfortunately you cannot use this COPR as travel document, meaning, if you do not have a valid visa, then you cannot leave the country until you get your PR card. If you leave, you cannot get back in. (sadly for me my TR-Visa is expired so i will have to wait till i get my PR card, in order to fly to other countries). They suggested an alternative, that i could drive to US with my US visa and fly from there, then come back to US , then drive from US to Canada, in this case COPR is valid, apparently its airlines restriction that COPR should not be used as travel document. But for roadways entry its valid.
Hope this helps.
Entire process took me 7 hours
3 hours to go there
30 mins to clear US and Canadian regulations (PR)
30 mins on the way back to grab some food
3 hours drive back to home.