Brothers and sisters,
I LANDED last night at Douglas - Peace Arch. The process is finally over and I am so happy. The landing process was very simple. I drove to the US border and told the officer I was flagpoling. He sent me into the Custom building and waited there. I went at 10 PM so there was not a lot of people there and not a lot of officers working neither. So I waited at the border crossing on the US side and in the building for a total of a about an hour. An officer came back and looked at my Orange Sticker, and gave me a white sheet. He told me to take that sheet to the Canadian side. Then He walked me out to the parking lot and directed me to the return to Canada line. Once I'm at the Canadian side, the officer asked me the usual questions (did I bring more than 10 k with me? any firearms, etc.) And he asked why landing so late. I told him I just got back from work. He then sent me to the parking lot where another officer showed me where to park and directed me to the building. I didn't have to wait for long in the building. The officer there looked at my paper and asked me to amend a few other things about my status - marital status, criminality and dependency - and had me initialed those points on the CoPR. After about 10 minutes, he called me back and told me that I'm now a PR. He ripped off my work permit and said I don't need it anymore (Best moment of the whole trip). Then he provided some information on applying for medicare and SIN #. That's it. very quick and straight forward. The officer at the US border looked grouchy but he was very nice. The Canadian agents who processed my paperwork was very nice and polite also. Canadian agents tend to look more civilized and not as intimidating as their US counterpart.
My landing process couldn't have been easier I hope all you who are still waiting will experience the same. Have faith and things will work out in the end.
Best,
VDang
