PR Landing Experience and H1B Stamping

[VOBuckeye]

Hey,
Thank you for sharing your experience, I am in the same boat. I have a Canadian PR and am looking to enter Canada and do the H1 stamping (first time) as well as get the PR card made. Can you or anybody who recently went through this process tell me what documents were needed ? Will the landing papers do ?

I'm not quite sure I understand your question. What documents are needed for the landing process or H1B stamping?

 

[svcanadapr]

Hey,
Thank you for sharing your experience, I am in the same boat. I have a Canadian PR and am looking to enter Canada and do the H1 stamping (first time) as well as get the PR card made. Can you or anybody who recently went through this process tell me what documents were needed ? Will the landing papers do ?

@sahil9385 Did you manage to land in Canada?
I am trying to book my H1B stamping appointment and somehow many centers in Canada don't have appointments and those which have availability are quite far in Sept or August. Is this normal?

Do you know what is a good time range, when people usually cancel their H1B appointments?

 

[rohit.joshi]

I don't see that visa class should be same anywhere on USCIS AVR section. Can you point to source? I see you got your H1b stamped but I don't think it was necessary. Kind of in the same boat, so wondering.

Hi,
Please let me know if u were able to come back to USA using AVR while you had an expired F1 stamp and approved i-797A petition.

 

[im2gaurav]

Hello,

Thought I'd share my experience to help others.

- The intended destination in my COPR was Windsor, Ontario.
- I landed in Vancouver, BC Oct 16th, and there was no problem at point of entry. My passport was stamped and I gave a friend's address who lives in Ontario for my PR to be sent. Was not asked POF but had it just in case.
- If you have Goods to follow MAKE SURE YOU LET OFFICER KNOW. I had to inform the officer so he could stamp my list.

- I landed in Vancouver because I wanted to get my H1B stamped for the 1st time and that was the only consulate that had availability for what I was looking for.
- Interview was on a Tuesday 10/17 but didn't get my passport back till Monday 10/23. Processing was slow , so please plan on being there for 1 week or more. I'd recommend booking interview on a Monday so you can leave on Friday. Don't book return flight until you get email from consulate. I had to cancel my Friday flight back because I didn't receive passport back in time.
- You can apply for SIN, bank account etc. once you land using your COPR and passport.

Thanks for sharing your experience. I am in same boat. My PR processing is going on and I am waiting for PPR then COPR. My PR was selected from PNP.

1. I have to do H1b stamping in Ottawa and my PR province is Saskachetwan so can I do my COPR stamping in Ottawa and collect my SIN there?

Please advice.

Thanks!

 

[VOBuckeye]

Thanks for sharing your experience. I am in same boat. My PR processing is going on and I am waiting for PPR then COPR. My PR was selected from PNP.

1. I have to do H1b stamping in Ottawa and my PR province is Saskachetwan so can I do my COPR stamping in Ottawa and collect my SIN there?

Please advice.

Thanks!

Hi,
I did my stamping back in 2017 so I'm assuming nothing has changed.
I tried to get my SIN in Vancouver but didn't have my passport, as it was still being processed at the US consulate, so I couldn't get it at the time.
Please keep in mind they will ask for address when applying for the SIN. Not sure it matters as you get the number right there and then.
Hope that helps.