Plan on applying for in country sponsorship. What to write on declaration card?
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You're only allowed to visit for six months. So the duration of your visit on your declaration card should be no more than six months.
If you decide to extend your visit once you arrive (either through filing an extension or applying for PR inland) - that's a separate matter.
If you decide to extend your visit once you arrive (either through filing an extension or applying for PR inland) - that's a separate matter.
You definitely need a return ticket. It's unlikely the airline will let you board with a one way ticket.
They may ask for more proof. It's really difficult to say. You should definitely have proof that you have sufficient funds available to you to pay for your stay.
They may hassle you for writing 180 days. Again, it's really difficult to say.
They may ask for more proof. It's really difficult to say. You should definitely have proof that you have sufficient funds available to you to pay for your stay.
They may hassle you for writing 180 days. Again, it's really difficult to say.
I recently went though the custom at Vancouver airport ( last week) so my experience might help you.
I went with my husband and baby so it might be little bit different from you though.
I purchased round ticket and when i filled declaration form I wrote my address in Korea as permanent address( do not fill your address in canada on the form)
I put 180 days for duration of stay on the form.
the custom officer asked us general question- where/why/ how long/ we would stay. what my husband did in korea etc.
i did not say anything about applying sponsorship .
If you are by yourself, I would say you can tell you are VISITING your husband or in- laws and want to spend holidays with them.
or
If you are with your husband, it might be easier but still you are visiting and show your round ticket.
hope it helps, let me know if you have any question.
I went with my husband and baby so it might be little bit different from you though.
I purchased round ticket and when i filled declaration form I wrote my address in Korea as permanent address( do not fill your address in canada on the form)
I put 180 days for duration of stay on the form.
the custom officer asked us general question- where/why/ how long/ we would stay. what my husband did in korea etc.
i did not say anything about applying sponsorship .
If you are by yourself, I would say you can tell you are VISITING your husband or in- laws and want to spend holidays with them.
or
If you are with your husband, it might be easier but still you are visiting and show your round ticket.
hope it helps, let me know if you have any question.
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You have to show the means and the intention of returning home at the end of your visit. Specifying 180 days may make some immigration officers suspicious that you intend to stay permanently. If they don't think you will returning home at the end of your visit, they are not supposed to let you in. If you state that your visit is for a shorter amount of time, they will likely give you 6 months anyway (I'm assuming you are visa-exempt?). They only give less than 6 months if they think there is a potential problem.
My returning date on round ticket is Oct. 2014, so it is clearly more than 6 month.
somehow, the officer did not ask me to see my returning ticket even though i offered him.
what we told custom officer that
we will stay with his family for christmas and he has couple of jobs during spring so we will stay for about 6 month. (he is freelancer)
maybe it sounds complicated, but we did not tell him that we are going to stay more than a year or move back to canada permanently.
we just gave him an idea that we are going back to Korea and our permanent address on declaration form was address in Korea.
so if you and your husband travel together, i recommend you guys are visiting Canada, even though you are moving back or staying more than 6 month.
I think we went through the custom kind of easy and faster than others, because we have a baby and he did not ask many questions or has suspicion.
I am sure you will be fine.
just be careful your word choice- you are VISITING not living( that was caution that many ppl gave me on this forum)
Good luck .
somehow, the officer did not ask me to see my returning ticket even though i offered him.
what we told custom officer that
we will stay with his family for christmas and he has couple of jobs during spring so we will stay for about 6 month. (he is freelancer)
maybe it sounds complicated, but we did not tell him that we are going to stay more than a year or move back to canada permanently.
we just gave him an idea that we are going back to Korea and our permanent address on declaration form was address in Korea.
so if you and your husband travel together, i recommend you guys are visiting Canada, even though you are moving back or staying more than 6 month.
I think we went through the custom kind of easy and faster than others, because we have a baby and he did not ask many questions or has suspicion.
I am sure you will be fine.
just be careful your word choice- you are VISITING not living( that was caution that many ppl gave me on this forum)
Good luck .