Will arrive Canada in end of June be considered "too early"?

[Konan1982]

My legal status in the U.S. will be expired at the end of June, can I drive to Canada by that time?
My school starts in September so I'm afraid will I be refused at the border bc is "too early".

if you will be able to explain it to them that your legal status in States will be expiring and due to pandemic you couldn't travel to your home country and you need to make housing arrangements and prepare in advance such as get books and do some reading then these makes good logical reasons to CBSA 3 months before the study is not ok.. keep in mind usually, it is 35 days prior then no questions then people travel 2 months prior and explain quarantine and etc it is not suspicious in your case it is 3 months prior so just preprare what you gonna say to them

 

[kathysrazor]

It’s an important information. Then it’d be a total different outcome for me

Possibly. Possibly not. It does depend on the agent. Some are incredibly suspicious. Some are not, and this is one of the things that is at their significant discretion.

 

[Konan1982]

2014.




They would, and there are agreements about that. The problem gets to be that with the lack of status in the US, you wouldn't be in a good position.

On the other hand, it is a very, very good reason to come three months early. It doesn't undermine your case in the same way that someone coming just for fun would.

It's a gamble. Nobody can tell you what the agent will do. The agent can let you in, he can turn you around and you then have to leave.

If it were me in your position, I'd try it before the end of my US status, and be prepared to buy an expensive plane ticket if I get turned around. I wouldn't be too worried about the denial, as it doesn't make you look bad in the same way that smuggling or violating the law does. That's based on my personal risk profile, though. I'm a gambler who deals with risk by having plan A through plan J.

The safest option would be to fly home and return, but that comes with expense. Only you can decide if the risk of rejection and needing to explain on future applications is worth the risk of having to lease a place for a few extra months while you fly back to your country of nationality.



Two years is fine.

he wants to drive to from States to Canada so maximum what they can do they can reject the entrance and can tell him you are too early and come back in 2 months

 

[Konan1982]

Possibly. Possibly not. It does depend on the agent. Some are incredibly suspicious. Some are not, and this is one of the things that is at their significant discretion.

agree it will be upto CBSA to decide .. assuming study starts in September and the person wants to travel in May then they will be suspicious but if person travels in August then np questions

 

[kathysrazor]

One thing I should mention that changes the risk a bit (reduces it).

As an alternative to denial, an officer may permit a person to voluntarily withdraw their application to enter Canada. Such action is not a denial, and avoids the negative consequences of a denial.

They will often offer it in situations like this, but even if it's not offered you can ask for it. If you are out of status in the US, a denial by Canada may be necessary in order to re-enter the United States, so that would be something that needed to be done before expiration of status.

 

[Konan1982]

My legal status in the U.S. will be expired at the end of June, can I drive to Canada by that time?
My school starts in September so I'm afraid will I be refused at the border bc is "too early".

just noticed in your case it is 2 months, so it is not that bad. You can try to drive and see what happens. just say you need to quarantine 14 days then change housing look for apartments stuff usually rent starts beginning of the months so in August you will be moving in to new place and gotta be ready for school, get books and stuff

 

[kathysrazor]

See IRPA section 42 for the voluntary withdrawal part:

https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/laws/regu/sor-2002-227/latest/sor-2002-227.html#sec42subsec1

42 (1) Subject to subsection (2), an officer who examines a foreign national who is seeking to enter Canada and who has indicated that they want to withdraw their application to enter Canada shall allow the foreign national to withdraw their application and leave Canada.

 

[Konan1982]

One thing I should mention that changes the risk a bit (reduces it).

As an alternative to denial, an officer may permit a person to voluntarily withdraw their application to enter Canada. Such action is not a denial, and avoids the negative consequences of a denial.

They will often offer it in situations like this, but even if it's not offered you can ask for it. If you are out of status in the US, a denial by Canada may be necessary in order to re-enter the United States, so that would be something that needed to be done before expiration of status.

to the info he is 2 months off so it is not that bad. he can state the facts.

 

[Konan1982]

Because he's coming from the US. I've interacted with those border agents over 500 times.

are they b i t c h e s ? how bad they are? You should have become CBSA

 

[LittleQuestion]

Hello,
It's mentioned in the website below :

• If you arrive too early, you may be refused entry by the BSO.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/coronavirus-covid19/students.html

So I guess it's a little bit risky. Good luck.

 

[kathysrazor]

You should have become CBSA

I applied. They are looking for Citizens, and I will likely reapply once my Citizenship goes through.

They are people, and they get people lying to them all day every day. It tends to leave them feeling suspicious.

 

[Konan1982]

I applied. They are looking for Citizens, and I will likely reapply once my Citizenship goes through.

They are people, and they get people lying to them all day every day. It tends to leave them feeling suspicious.

are you Canadian citizen or not yet? or PR only?

 

[kathysrazor]

are you Canadian citizen or not yet? or PR only?

I'm applying for Citizenship soon. I'm a PR.

 

[Konan1982]

I'm applying for Citizenship soon. I'm a PR.

If you wanna be CBSA it is pain because you will need to study in Quebeck then they might send you to the border where there is nothing somewhere in SK or Yukon or Winnipeg where you might feel depressed. I thought about applying then gave up. Don't want my life to pass by somewhere in a boring place with 300 or 500 people in a little towns or village

 

[canuck78]

If you wanna be CBSA it is pain because you will need to study in Quebeck then they might send you to the border where there is nothing somewhere in SK or Yukon or Winnipeg where you might feel depressed. I thought about applying then gave up. Don't want my life to pass by somewhere in a boring place with 300 or 500 people in a little towns or village

CBSA hires a large volume of people so not all new people end up in small towns. Many apply to hired in their local area and the largest amount of people are hired in the large urban centres not small towns.. Many of the remote/small crossings have no actual person on site. The crossings are processed virtually. Not sure why studying in Quebec would be viewed as a negative. Doing training at various different border sites and exploring the various roles within CBSA would be very interesting. Not sure why being in the Yukon is also a negative. It is very beautiful and would be an ideal place to live for many people especially those who enjoy the outdoors. Like in most jobs where you initially get hired will not be your job forever. Before discounting something at least do a bit more research.