LANDING COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY...painless, drove down and here is my story:
11am: arrived to the border no line-up just a few cars
11:05: approached the officer and told him we are her to complete our landing process in Canada
11:05: asked for passports swipped them and gave me an orange sticker and instructed me to drive into the parking lot and informed the other officer to direct me thru
11:06: parked the car and went into the office unfortunately lunch time was about and most of the officers left for lunch
13:00: finally officers came back
13:05: got called and asked me why was I there, explained the officer and he filled up a form and put there FLAGPOLE
13:10: took us out to the parking lot and he said I'll walk you thru and will wait for you and also will help you out to drive out back to Canada, also explained what I need to do when I get to the other side and what to show (very nice)
13:30: approached the Canadian side and told the officer (lady) we are here for landing
officer: All of you are landing?
me : yes
officer: Did you buy anything at the dutty free?
me : no
officer: do you have any cash or money order up to extra more than 10,000 to declare
me : no
officer: Where do you live?
me : here in Vancouver and gave the address
13:35: directed us to the parking lot and said to us there will be another officer waiting for us and he will instruct you what to do
13:37: officer: park your car, lock it up and come to me
officer: go into the office and wait to be assisted, no cells nor bluetooth are permited
13:40: officer: received our papers
officer: asked us, have you been convicted, denied entry to canada
All of us: answered NO
officer: all of you are landing
me : yes
officer: have a seat and wait for me a few minutes
13:55 officer called us with all the paperwork done
officer: asked about the address and asked if we all live at the same address
me : yes
14:00 officer explained a few things about the landing form, it can be used only if I want to go to US side by land but can't be used by plane, if any emergency and need to go back home I can request a Visa that will state PERMANENT RESIDENT. If not she advised us to wait for the PR card. All our rights are exactly the same as any CANADIAN citizen with the only exception that we can't vote.
14:05 Office congratulate us and welcome us to Canada. She did not ask for anything else but I gave my Job verification letter...
14:10 we drove out of the border with our passports and COPR copies stapled to our passports. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED....
AS YOU CAN SEE NOTHING BUT THE WAITING TIME IMPACTED MY PROCESS
