rhcohen2014 said:
you do not need receipts or proof of purchase for jewelry. When I declared my jewelry on my B4 for landing all i wrote was "1 bag of jewelry" and assigned a value for the whole lot. if you have valuable jewelry that is insured and appraised, then you would want to write that separately. if you are wearing your wedding jewelry, you don't need to declare it either. the officers are not going to go through every item and expect you to prove you bought everything or show receipts of purchase. I doubt they will even look in the bags/boxes you bring in.
Ahan thanks a lot for detailed and complete reply. We Asians wear heavy jewelry on wedding so cant wear it in usual life except the wedding functions etc. Your replies are always so helpful and correct. Thank you so much again. What is the B4 and where can we get it from? I assume that we need to fill it and keep with us before getting into airport right?
AMJ said:
But I'd thought as a New PR you can drive with an International Driving License for 3 months.
mrashid123 said:
When my wife landed in March 2014... the customs officer did not ask her for anything.... I had her prepare that B4 form n take pics of her jewellery etc... but she wasn't asked to present any of that.... all she was asked was a couple of questions for the PR card application.... which the officer fills out at the time of landing.... as long as u r travelling with less $10000 worth of jewellery n cash u don't need to declare anything....
As for shipping a car from middle east.... definitely not a good idea as it will become more of a headache.... u will also have to pay to have the car winterized for driving conditions in Ontario (things like daytime running lights, windshield heating, etc)..... a car is a significant expense in Canada due to insurance rates n I would imagine insurance rates for ppl from newcomers would b high.... before u even get into all this u would need a driver's license which is another process in itself.... u would have to essentially start from scratch unless u have a driver's license from Europe or US... u will not b able to drive right away so plan on using public transit for the most part.... I would advise to stay in a big city where access to public transit is easy
WHY IT TAKES 3 MONTHS ???
MysticMidnight said:
My favorite thing to reference is actually a Welcome to Canada book thing.
They have both an e-book and a pdf version of it. It has everything and more you'd want/need to know and stuff you likely already know, but it's a great reference and I've read/skimmed through it a few times now
It can be found here:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/publications/welcome/index.asp
Thank you it will definitely help a lot, real life experiences of people here will also add much info.
mrashid123 said:
Yes.... that's true.... but 3 months is not long enough to get a full driver's license in Ontario... it can take up to 3 years.... u start off with G1 then go up to G2 after 1 year n finally G after another year... unless u have a license from back home n u've had it for more than a year... in this case u can get an exception to the one year wait between G1 and G2.... while u have G1.... u cannot drive by ur self n must b accompanied by a fully licensed G driver with atleast 5 years of driving experience....
Honestly.... driving a car back home is easy.... u just have to have enough money to buy the car.... In Canada that's not the case at all.... its very expensive to own and operate a car
My husband never told me so, he always says it is much easier to buy and drive a car in CA than Pakistan, he is even looking for a car for me as well.
mrashid123 said:
Yes.... that's true.... but 3 months is not long enough to get a full driver's license in Ontario... it can take up to 3 years.... u start off with G1 then go up to G2 after 1 year n finally G after another year... unless u have a license from back home n u've had it for more than a year... in this case u can get an exception to the one year wait between G1 and G2.... while u have G1.... u cannot drive by ur self n must b accompanied by a fully licensed G driver with atleast 5 years of driving experience....
Honestly.... driving a car back home is easy.... u just have to have enough money to buy the car.... In Canada that's not the case at all.... its very expensive to own and operate a car
We can have International license only when we have visa with us in Pakistan right, so if I land there wth international license and pass the test; would I still need to wait and wont be able to drive
why CA is tooooo hard to live
