I play online poker as my income. Im from the usa. I relocated to montreal back in september and got a furnished apartment here. I flew into toronto airport and then i was asked the purpose of my trip and i mentioned i play online poker as my job. They then asked me few questions such as why cant i do that in usa and i told them b/c usa government banned the sites. I also provided them with my bank statement which show i have enough money to stay in canada and when they saw this, they said im fine and let me in canada with no problem. They ask me how long i would be staying here for and i said between 3 and 6 month max b/c i know 6 month is the longest i can stay in canada and then my passport got stamped 6 months from that day i arrived. I then took the connecting flight from toronto to montreal with no issue.
Im about 40 days or so away from the date that is stamped on my passport. I know i have to leave by that date otherwise i would have lot of problems such as i read online if you dont leave by that date, you can get arrested by canadian police or if you go back to the usa border will make lot of problems for you on why you didn't leave by that certain date.
The thing is i want to stay in canada a bit longer. I read from other poker players that they requested an extension and got this. Can someone explain this process? I also read if you want to extend your time in canada, you have to do this at least 1 month in advance and pay a 75 dollar fee and then then wait to see if you are rejected or accepted? Does anyone know how they determine this and if so how long is this extension? The thing is i want to stay longer sat at least 2-3 months more and i know i have to do something like this if i want to?
The other thing is this. Some other poker player metnioned to me in a forum that canada isn't strict about that 6 month in 1 year period. Im curious but i heard lot of different stuff but is it 6 month in one calendar year or is it once you stay 6 month, you can't come back for anotehr 6 month? The thing is that guy i spoke to, he told me he has stayed in canada for like 5-6 months, then he leaves for 1 week or maybe 2 weeks and come into canada again and does another 5 months and then sort of rinse and repeat. But he said to not make it obvious like dont leave after 6 months, and come back the next day or following day. He said he had no issues at all doing this.
The thing is i dont mind leaving montreal, canada for liek a week or so and then come back and get another 6 month. I would prefer it this way as oppose to the extension as it seem like im close to that 30 day time for filing an extension and won't know if i would get it before that date. So can someone tell me if this would be allowed? Leave canada for few days or 1 week then fly back in and then get another 6 month?
The last thing i want of course is to get banned from canada. I will be flying in flying out everytime.
I also want to mention that i didn't get any visitor pass or anything like that.
Im about 40 days or so away from the date that is stamped on my passport. I know i have to leave by that date otherwise i would have lot of problems such as i read online if you dont leave by that date, you can get arrested by canadian police or if you go back to the usa border will make lot of problems for you on why you didn't leave by that certain date.
The thing is i want to stay in canada a bit longer. I read from other poker players that they requested an extension and got this. Can someone explain this process? I also read if you want to extend your time in canada, you have to do this at least 1 month in advance and pay a 75 dollar fee and then then wait to see if you are rejected or accepted? Does anyone know how they determine this and if so how long is this extension? The thing is i want to stay longer sat at least 2-3 months more and i know i have to do something like this if i want to?
The other thing is this. Some other poker player metnioned to me in a forum that canada isn't strict about that 6 month in 1 year period. Im curious but i heard lot of different stuff but is it 6 month in one calendar year or is it once you stay 6 month, you can't come back for anotehr 6 month? The thing is that guy i spoke to, he told me he has stayed in canada for like 5-6 months, then he leaves for 1 week or maybe 2 weeks and come into canada again and does another 5 months and then sort of rinse and repeat. But he said to not make it obvious like dont leave after 6 months, and come back the next day or following day. He said he had no issues at all doing this.
The thing is i dont mind leaving montreal, canada for liek a week or so and then come back and get another 6 month. I would prefer it this way as oppose to the extension as it seem like im close to that 30 day time for filing an extension and won't know if i would get it before that date. So can someone tell me if this would be allowed? Leave canada for few days or 1 week then fly back in and then get another 6 month?
The last thing i want of course is to get banned from canada. I will be flying in flying out everytime.
I also want to mention that i didn't get any visitor pass or anything like that.
