Guys, just a quick share of my recent IMM landing experience and some other tips you may need.
I guess tips and status of those bridges would be more important, therefore i'm going to start with it.
1. All bridges located on southern Ontario office starts processing immigration landing and application for work permit at 8:00am in the morning. (Tuesdays, Wen, Thursdays). As they said no flagpoles on weekends and Mondays as well.
2. From what officer said, No guarantees whether your landing or WP application would be processed at the border. Especially after 8:20 or 8:30 in the morning, I saw a few ppl were sent back to Canada without taking a look at their files. (i guess they came for landing and wp/sp)
3. One ppl I met today said rainbow bridge has 200 quotas for immigration landing applications per day and they failed to landing even they arrived at 8:30 am.
4. They prefer you apply work permit online and immigration landing through inland way instead of going to the border. (according to one of the officer)
5. I guess, this is my personal opinion, If the border office is busy and a lot a ppl lining up during the day at any time from 8:00 to 12 midnight, you will be most likely sent back to Canada or lining up for many many hours. If you want to make sure you can successfully land at those southern Ontario bridges, go early and line up for first 5 each day, otherwise the success of your landing would be really depending on how busy the officers are.
Here are roughly my landing experience :
Generally followed Google map towards Lewiston–Queenston Bridge, after sign of "last exits before USA" and kept on driving followed "car lane" and got to the Bridge. Directly drove to USA and stop at a stop sign which is the first office of USA. Asked my nationality and what's your purpose. I said something like "I want a flagpole and going back to CA for immigration landing". Pulled the car around the corner for 5 mins, another officer gave me a piece of white paper and told to give it to Canadian officers. So I went back to Canada thru the bridge again. Followed the car lane and stopped at a small office which is the Canadian side, answered a lot of questions like goods like duty free like anything bring like money. Basically the same questions as the form you need to fill when you enter Canada by airplane. Then officer gave me a yellow piece of paper. Drove pass a yellow flashing light and parked at a parking spot in front of Canadian border office.
After parked, it was only 6:30. I went inside office and they told me they are not going to start processing IMM landing util 8am. So I got back my white and yellow paper back (important, because the first thing you meet the officer you need to present those papers, make sure you have them when you enter the office again) and asked if I can wait in the car. Officer said I'm not sure because the time on your yellow flagpole is 6:20am not sure they will accept you or not since I'm not the officer processes immigration. I don't know what to do but I can only wait until 8am. I went back to the office again around 7:50am. I was the second one in the line and luckily they accepted my file. Nothing special after they took my passport, just asked my Co-pr and waited for 40 mins. Sign and asked couple question, wrote my current address on Co-pr. No additional document were asked.
Thanks for all help guys and wish all you will get PR soon. So see you some day, see you somewhere! In Canada.!!
I guess tips and status of those bridges would be more important, therefore i'm going to start with it.
1. All bridges located on southern Ontario office starts processing immigration landing and application for work permit at 8:00am in the morning. (Tuesdays, Wen, Thursdays). As they said no flagpoles on weekends and Mondays as well.
2. From what officer said, No guarantees whether your landing or WP application would be processed at the border. Especially after 8:20 or 8:30 in the morning, I saw a few ppl were sent back to Canada without taking a look at their files. (i guess they came for landing and wp/sp)
3. One ppl I met today said rainbow bridge has 200 quotas for immigration landing applications per day and they failed to landing even they arrived at 8:30 am.
4. They prefer you apply work permit online and immigration landing through inland way instead of going to the border. (according to one of the officer)
5. I guess, this is my personal opinion, If the border office is busy and a lot a ppl lining up during the day at any time from 8:00 to 12 midnight, you will be most likely sent back to Canada or lining up for many many hours. If you want to make sure you can successfully land at those southern Ontario bridges, go early and line up for first 5 each day, otherwise the success of your landing would be really depending on how busy the officers are.
Here are roughly my landing experience :
Generally followed Google map towards Lewiston–Queenston Bridge, after sign of "last exits before USA" and kept on driving followed "car lane" and got to the Bridge. Directly drove to USA and stop at a stop sign which is the first office of USA. Asked my nationality and what's your purpose. I said something like "I want a flagpole and going back to CA for immigration landing". Pulled the car around the corner for 5 mins, another officer gave me a piece of white paper and told to give it to Canadian officers. So I went back to Canada thru the bridge again. Followed the car lane and stopped at a small office which is the Canadian side, answered a lot of questions like goods like duty free like anything bring like money. Basically the same questions as the form you need to fill when you enter Canada by airplane. Then officer gave me a yellow piece of paper. Drove pass a yellow flashing light and parked at a parking spot in front of Canadian border office.
After parked, it was only 6:30. I went inside office and they told me they are not going to start processing IMM landing util 8am. So I got back my white and yellow paper back (important, because the first thing you meet the officer you need to present those papers, make sure you have them when you enter the office again) and asked if I can wait in the car. Officer said I'm not sure because the time on your yellow flagpole is 6:20am not sure they will accept you or not since I'm not the officer processes immigration. I don't know what to do but I can only wait until 8am. I went back to the office again around 7:50am. I was the second one in the line and luckily they accepted my file. Nothing special after they took my passport, just asked my Co-pr and waited for 40 mins. Sign and asked couple question, wrote my current address on Co-pr. No additional document were asked.
Thanks for all help guys and wish all you will get PR soon. So see you some day, see you somewhere! In Canada.!!
