A complicated issue help please

[Justin86]

I've tried contacting the CIC, Border Agency, IEC Agency but each one keeps moving me between departments and i can't seem to find an answer. For starters, i am a UK citizen.

I have just returned from Canada where i was given a six month stamp, but i was only there for two weeks. I'm back in the country in April as i am going to a Green Day show in Toronto and then New York. Does my train ticket to the states count as return ticket? Also since it was stamped for six months but left would i experience a problem at immigration?

I am currently waiting to apply for the IEC work visa when it decides to hurry up and open. It states i can apply for this visa within Canada but need to leave and re-enter to receive my visa. As it might not come through in time before my return from New York. If i have sufficient funds to say i'm going to use to buy a return ticket will i be ok at immigration? I would rather not pay the £500 to fly to and from England just to re-enter the country. So was hoping to just go into the states and re-enter the country from there.

Hope someone can give me some guidance on this.

Many Thanks

 

[Msafiri]

I've tried contacting the CIC, Border Agency, IEC Agency but each one keeps moving me between departments and i can't seem to find an answer. For starters, i am a UK citizen.

I have just returned from Canada where i was given a six month stamp, but i was only there for two weeks. I'm back in the country in April as i am going to a Green Day show in Toronto and then New York. Does my train ticket to the states count as return ticket? Also since it was stamped for six months but left would i experience a problem at immigration?

I am currently waiting to apply for the IEC work visa when it decides to hurry up and open. It states i can apply for this visa within Canada but need to leave and re-enter to receive my visa. As it might not come through in time before my return from New York. If i have sufficient funds to say i'm going to use to buy a return ticket will i be ok at immigration? I would rather not pay the £500 to fly to and from England just to re-enter the country. So was hoping to just go into the states and re-enter the country from there.

Hope someone can give me some guidance on this.

Many Thanks

1. Six month is standard admission period for visitor visa exempt nationals unless CBSA agent has a concern.

2. I don't get your question on the ticket - are you travelling on a one way airline ticket to Canada and hoping that a train ticket to New York will be considered a return ticket? If that's the case then no its not a return but an onward ticket. CBSA may let it slide but you are not guaranteed entry to the US so maybe CBSA will dig into your ties in the UK to compel you to return home. You will also have issues with the airline as they have to pay for your return home if you get denied entry - they usually require you to have a return ticket or have a form of residence permit e.g. work permit/ study permit etc.

3. I think the US will be more of a challenge - to enter under the VWP you need a return ticket and Canada can't be your return/ onward destination unless you have some form of long term status in Canada (not a visitor).

4. Sure you can activate your IEC upon entry from Canada doesn't matter where you travel from.

 

[Justin86]

1. Six month is standard admission period for visitor visa exempt nationals unless CBSA agent has a concern.

2. I don't get your question on the ticket - are you travelling on a one way airline ticket to Canada and hoping that a train ticket to New York will be considered a return ticket? If that's the case then no its not a return but an onward ticket. CBSA may let it slide but you are not guaranteed entry to the US so maybe CBSA will dig into your ties in the UK to compel you to return home. You will also have issues with the airline as they have to pay for your return home if you get denied entry - they usually require you to have a return ticket or have a form of residence permit e.g. work permit/ study permit etc.

3. I think the US will be more of a challenge - to enter under the VWP you need a return ticket and Canada can't be your return/ onward destination unless you have some form of long term status in Canada (not a visitor).

4. Sure you can activate your IEC upon entry from Canada doesn't matter where you travel from.

Thank you for your reply,

I am flying into Toronto to stay with my girlfriend for a couple weeks and then we are both travelling down to New York to see Green Day. After a few days in New York we are travelling back to Toronto to see Green Day again. I was assuming that travel within the US shouldn't be a problem as i have a return ticket out of the country and obviously my show ticket to prove that i will.

I was hoping that if my IEC hasn't been processed yet, i could re-enter Canada on a tourist visa and wait until it goes through, then leave the country into the US and re-enter to activate my IEC visa. I just don't want to return to the UK to then fly all the way back a week later once my IEC comes through.

Hope this helps explain more