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I checked again and I have the same outgoing around the same date (from my last gcms notes).
What I guess is that they sent your file to another group/officer to do your security, but they have forgotten!!!
@Hopeful007
Everyone should pass security, but there are few people who are send for a more in-depth analysis. However, I don't think it is the case for him as there is no sign in the activity or in the notes section. There is no redaction either. If a person is sent to SS, the first 4 activities should be related to SS and gets redacted. Some redaction may be seen in the assessment or notes section as well.
The redaction that he has are probably related to the fact that he didn't provide consent from from his wife
The activity shows that the last thing done on your file was criminality!!!!
Hey Guys received my CBSA notes few hours back. Funny thing is CBSA notes and last GCMS Notes are exactly same...
In GCMS it was mentioned that security not started but we thought of just double checking in case there was a security related issue. It means our file is not stuck with security, infact it seems like it hasn't gone to CBSA at all and CIC is pondering on the case for the last 8 months for no reason whatsoever cause everything is good in my notes with no adverse remarks anywhere.
In GCMS it was mentioned that security not started but we thought of just double checking in case there was a security related issue. It means our file is not stuck with security, infact it seems like it hasn't gone to CBSA at all and CIC is pondering on the case for the last 8 months for no reason whatsoever cause everything is good in my notes with no adverse remarks anywhere.
I read your post and I must admit that it's not reassuring. I am now in disbelief too, not that I believed they were all angels but the events you described in your post are very disconcerting and that's my reason for disbelief.
I would surely respond if my spouse or I were spoken to like that.
In the first scenario, it goes without saying that that agent was way out of line and shouldn't be an agent in the first place. That must have been demeaning to the guy in the wheelchair, if I were around, I would have stood up for him (if things went further than that).
As to the second scenario, the "don't bullshit me" thing could just be a casual talk or downright rude, like you said, the tone and the face expression count here.
Was it not possible to film that ?
Agents like that should definitely be reported.
This is definitely not something I would have wanted to read just days before landing.
How long was the wait ?
The tone of the agents only matters in the second case.
In my opinion, as there were many witnesses to that, it should be reported and others could come forward to corroborate.
What you wrote in your post indicates that the things I read in google reviews of Toronto Pearson are almost all true.
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There is nothing to worry as such. As I said the officer who did my formalities was very respectful and did the job in very nice manner. Or rather all 3 officers on the side of Service Canada were the same way. Even on this side just one of the officers was really obnoxious. It happens in almost all the airports around the world and that was the reason I didn't want to provide any more details about the agents so as not to prejudice anyone else here. It could simply be that they were having a bad day and that happens to everyone of us.
Objective of the post was just to say any generalization positive or negative should not be done .. as I said before at the end it comes down to people (or individual) and you can find every kind in every community or country.
About the wait .. it took us just over 3 hours from line at first immigration -> Landing formalities -> Service Canada -> Customs -> Out of airport. Not sure if people are able to leave airport earlier than this. May be this is the normal timeline. It felt long(ish) because most experiences I read here make it feel like it was done in under an hour. But it could be just timing of the flight as well. So this may be different on different days and hours.
Are you back in USA now? I am looking to do soft landing in May and was wondering what's the procedure for AVR.
The wait could be due to hundreds of flight cancelations because of the snow storm. It would be great if you could write about your landing experience, if customs checked bags etc.
I know there are many landing experiences in the forum but something fresh would be great.
Anyways, congrats on becoming a PR and see you in Canada.
Yes back. AVR at Toronto airport was pretty simple really. The US immigration counters are at the airport itself. The officer knew what AVR was. I was asked for updated I797 and no questions were asked. I don't know if that is a standard experience or not but for me it was just too smooth.
Thanks. My case is little different. Ofcourse I have I797 but I never went out of the country since I switched from F1 to H1b. Having said that, I've valid I797, so hopefully it won't be a problem