Hi All,
I finally did my landing yesterday. The process was very smooth. Just providing details to other members of the forum so that they can have a handy detail of things to consider while landing.
1. If possible land before 6pm as you will be able to complete all the procedure in one go. I took Air canada from US to Toronto YYZ. Landed in Terminal 1 around 12 PM. There were people before me in line, so took a while to get my turn with the CBSA officer.
2. Unlike others in the forum, i did not have to use a Kiosk. In the flight they gave us declaration form. Had filled it up. Do not forget to say yes to "Unaccompanied Goods" section in the declaration form if you are planning on getting goods from your home country at a later date.
3. Upon landing and entering the airport showed the declaration form and the passport to the officer. He marked the declaration form with a big "Z" and directed me to the immigration office.
3. Upon my turn,the immigration officer asked me for my Copr and passport. Asked the mandatory questions such as have you been arrested etc etc. After that asked me to sign both the copies of Copr. Kept the one with photograph himself and gave me the other copy. Asked me to keep it safe as it is an important document.Since i had prefilled the address of toronto in the declaration form, did not ask me address for sending my PR card. These days PR processing has reduced a lot, officer said i will receive it within 3-4 weeks.
4. I asked about getting stamp for my goods to follow document and he said that will happen once i collect my baggage.
5. Returned my Copr and passport and welcomed to canada. Directed me to the Service Canada office which is right behind the immigration office.
6. Filled a form in the service canada office and got my SIN number in like half hour.
7. Collected my baggage and went to the customs officers waiting at the exit. You have to mention that you have accompanying goods and GTF document else they will just let you go.
8. As i informed them that i have GTF document that needs to be stamped, was directed to another office inside the terminal.
9. I had followed the posts in this forum that details on filling the forms for GTF and Accompanying goods and it went smooth.
10. Since i had written all the items in an excel and taken a printout, officer was very impressed and stamped it in like minutes.
11. Had photographs of all the jewelries so that helped in speeding up the process.
Hope this post help others in a smooth processing of their PR.
I finally did my landing yesterday. The process was very smooth. Just providing details to other members of the forum so that they can have a handy detail of things to consider while landing.
1. If possible land before 6pm as you will be able to complete all the procedure in one go. I took Air canada from US to Toronto YYZ. Landed in Terminal 1 around 12 PM. There were people before me in line, so took a while to get my turn with the CBSA officer.
2. Unlike others in the forum, i did not have to use a Kiosk. In the flight they gave us declaration form. Had filled it up. Do not forget to say yes to "Unaccompanied Goods" section in the declaration form if you are planning on getting goods from your home country at a later date.
3. Upon landing and entering the airport showed the declaration form and the passport to the officer. He marked the declaration form with a big "Z" and directed me to the immigration office.
3. Upon my turn,the immigration officer asked me for my Copr and passport. Asked the mandatory questions such as have you been arrested etc etc. After that asked me to sign both the copies of Copr. Kept the one with photograph himself and gave me the other copy. Asked me to keep it safe as it is an important document.Since i had prefilled the address of toronto in the declaration form, did not ask me address for sending my PR card. These days PR processing has reduced a lot, officer said i will receive it within 3-4 weeks.
4. I asked about getting stamp for my goods to follow document and he said that will happen once i collect my baggage.
5. Returned my Copr and passport and welcomed to canada. Directed me to the Service Canada office which is right behind the immigration office.
6. Filled a form in the service canada office and got my SIN number in like half hour.
7. Collected my baggage and went to the customs officers waiting at the exit. You have to mention that you have accompanying goods and GTF document else they will just let you go.
8. As i informed them that i have GTF document that needs to be stamped, was directed to another office inside the terminal.
9. I had followed the posts in this forum that details on filling the forms for GTF and Accompanying goods and it went smooth.
10. Since i had written all the items in an excel and taken a printout, officer was very impressed and stamped it in like minutes.
11. Had photographs of all the jewelries so that helped in speeding up the process.
Hope this post help others in a smooth processing of their PR.
