LANDING EXPERIENCE
Hello Folks!
I am back from Canada. It has been quite a while since my last post. I was busy with some travel and the Canada landing. Here is my landing experience.
I landed in Canada on 26 August 2014. I was already in UK for a trip, so I took a flight from London to Toronto. The flight was via Montreal. My destination in Canada as per my application was Calgary.
I landed in Montreal and was done with my immigration /landing formalities in a short while. The wait in the queue took an hour ..the immigration formalities itself took 15 minutes. I had nothing with me, just a small bag and no funds , no list of items to follow.
Immi Officer: How much funds are you carrying funds with you?
Me: Zero. Only cards.
Immi Officer: Okay. So how much money do you have at your disposal to be transferred to canada for your settlement?
Me: 30,000 CAD
Immi: Any goods to declare?
Me: Nothing.
Immi: ( Looking at my bag) Is that all you luggage ?
Me : Yes.
Immi: Any goods to follow?
Me: May be some items. My wife will landed later so she will get them
Immi: Address in Canada?
Me: ( my sisters address)
And that was it. He gave me the welcome to canada look and the book
Next day I rented a car and went to Service Ontario office. Got my SIN in 5 minutes. Checked a few banks for accounts,CC, etc.
Stayed in Canada for 7 days as a tourist. And returned. My sister will send me the PR card by post later.
If anybody has any queries regarding landing, feel free to drop me a line.
Good luck to all.
Regards