canusa13 said:
I know, right?
I wonder how that actually works in practice. Let's say we want to travel abroad (since we can because it's an outland application). We take a copy of the application just in case we need to show it at the border. The officer sees Canadian address as residential address (as apparently CIC want in my case). What happens then? Pretty sure my husband would get in trouble...Anyway, a joke indeed.
Well I have a little story about that. I had been in Canada for over a year (to establish Common Law) then I left to visit my family in California for 7 weeks. When I came back to Canada and I completed my declaration card. I actually put the Canadian address as my residential address. LOL
I was confused!! Well the Border agent did not like that AT ALL. He looked at my declaration card and asked me my status in Canada. I told him my info and that I was a visitor and would be applying for PR. He crossed the address out in red and told me that "You cannot "live" in Canada as a visitor". I had to put down the California address that I am using (my family's address) He made all these big red marks on the front and back of the form and of course I was heading to secondary customs. LOL
That actually went very smooth. The agent was very nice and ended up giving me a visitor record. It was so funny because he kept telling me all the things I needed to do for my PR, in which I answered, "Did that", "Yes, I have my appt for my medical and yes it is with a panel physician".. hahahaha Then he told me, "You are very organized". I wanted to say, "I have to be, look at everything CBSA makes us do". LOL but of course I didn't. I am just glad it all worked out with secondary.
So, I know what you are saying about the delicate dance we have to do. :-X
