Preperation for Landing in Toronto

[sharat_joshi77]

Hello Guys,

Finally, I am in Canada.

Today morning I landed at Toronto airport from New Delhi.
The process for me was very simple.
First we went to normal Immigration counter. From there she directed us to new immigrants line. There was a huge rush over there.
But once our turn came, my process was done in 15 mins.

Office asked the following:
- Till when you will stay in Canada
2. How much money you are carrying
3. What is your address in canada.

That's it. After that he gave us the COPR copy and welcomed us to Canada.

After that we went to Customs.
There the officer just took the declaration card and asked some questions on what food we are carrying..
Surprisingly, they did not asked us about the Goods to follow list at all.

He just said you can go ahead.
Any issues with this ? Is this the normal way ?
I am a bit worried on that part. But I guess it wud be OK.
Any advices ?

Monday I will go to apply for SIN and bank account.
Will upate the exp and process on Monday evening.

Regards,
Sharat Joshi

 

[sharat_joshi77]

Just wanted to share the experience of Post landing process in Canada.

On Monday morning, I went to get the SIN card.
It was a long wait of abt an hour, but once the number came, it was done in 15 mins.
The lady asked some questions like address etc and gave the SIN number on the spot.
She said that the card will come in 10 days time.

Next I went to bank for bank account.
I opened an account with TD canada Trust. My relatives said that they have good service.
The person in charge was very nice to us and she told all options we had for opening an account.
She gave the debit cards right away.

Now I am waiting for my SIN and PRC to come.
I will be leaving back to India this weekend and will come back to Canada next year same time.

Best Regards,
Sharat Joshi

 

[sharat_joshi77]

I just wanted to share one more thing.

The limit on amount of money one can bring to Canada is 10K CAD. Remember this is per person.
If a family of 2 is landing in Canada, they both can carry 20K between them.
If the family of 2 are carrying 14K CAD (as prescribed in immigration rules), they dont have to declare the amount.

I was very confused on this and got this info from the immigration officer in Canada.
Hope it helps you guys.

 

[qorax]

I just wanted to share one more thing.

The limit on amount of money one can bring to Canada is 10K CAD. Remember this is per person.
If a family of 2 is landing in Canada, they both can carry 20K between them.
If the family of 2 are carrying 14K CAD (as prescribed in immigration rules), they dont have to declare the amount.

I was very confused on this and got this info from the immigration officer in Canada.
Hope it helps you guys.

There is no limit to bringing-in our funds, we can bring as much as we desire... it's only a matter of 'declaring' it.
Qorax

 

[tosher]

You could have the address in Canada for the PR card printed out... instead of having to say it you could just hand in the paper. The IO never asked for any of the documents other than the COPR and the pp... and of course the address. They just asked how much money we had but didn't bother to check. They are just so quick. We didn't have jewellery so nothing to say about that.

good luck!
best,
cprak0

Brother I m in problem & I think u r the right person who can answar me perfect.
I Might be landed on October2011 inshallah with 4 persons. My POF should be 20600 cad but I cannot bring more than 15000cad so will it creat any problem?
Tosher

 

[shijoal]

hi which is better?
1 take 17000cad with us.
2 start an account in scotia bank in india and traffer the fund to canada.
3 take demand draft

shijoal

 

[sharat_joshi77]

There is no limit to bringing-in our funds, we can bring as much as we desire... it's only a matter of 'declaring' it.
Qorax

Yes. That was a mistake.
I meant carrying money without declaring it.
Apologize if anyone got confused.

 

[cprak0]

Hi Tosher,
You may be taking a risk by not bringing in the minimum funds, CAD 20600 in ur case. Yes, mostly they don't check, but u will be in trouble if they do. You could always have a DD for the amount but not cash it... and u could return to ur home country or send it back to ur home country and have it canceled.

hope this helps.
cprak0

Brother I m in problem & I think u r the right person who can answar me perfect.
I Might be landed on October2011 inshallah with 4 persons. My POF should be 20600 cad but I cannot bring more than 15000cad so will it creat any problem?
Tosher

 

[cprak0]

Cash for 17000 CAD bad idea!! 80% DD 20% TC and cash is an option.

DD from SBI, and I landed in Toronto, took a month to clear!! so need to have enough cash or TC (may take even 3-5 days)

Yes, if u could open a Scotia A/C and transfer that's good too. Just that they allow only one transfer for 50,000 CAD , which should be plenty. This is the most convenient option, but we should have the A/C statement as POF. We need to do this early enough. But also do check out what exchange rate u get... the DD may fare better on this count...
cprak0

hi which is better?
1 take 17000cad with us.
2 start an account in scotia bank in india and traffer the fund to canada.
3 take demand draft

shijoal

 

[shijoal]

Cash for 17000 CAD bad idea!! 80% DD 20% TC and cash is an option.

DD from SBI, and I landed in Toronto, took a month to clear!! so need to have enough cash or TC (may take even 3-5 days)

Yes, if u could open a Scotia A/C and transfer that's good too. Just that they allow only one transfer for 50,000 CAD , which should be plenty. This is the most convenient option, but we should have the A/C statement as POF. We need to do this early enough. But also do check out what exchange rate u get... the DD may fare better on this count...
cprak0

r u sure that scotia bank wont allow to tranfer <50000 cad? shijoal

 

[cprak0]

Sorry for the confusion. I reword it. Scotia allows up to 50,000 CAD one time transfer before activating the A/C. You can transfer any amount up to 50K from India...
cprak0

 

[tosher]

Hi Tosher,
You may be taking a risk by not bringing in the minimum funds, CAD 20600 in ur case. Yes, mostly they don't check, but u will be in trouble if they do. You could always have a DD for the amount but not cash it... and u could return to ur home country or send it back to ur home country and have it canceled.

hope this helps.
cprak0

I got ur point. But where is the money to make DD. I made a plan. I can tak a statement from my Bank account (SCB) and after that I shal withdraw the money and make USD of 15000 so I shall take the statement as well as usd 15000/ . so what is ur idea will it be ok? One matter. one of my senior went Canada with 4 members and declearde 17000 usd with him. so no body ask him anything. After 3 months he came back to his own contry Yesterday I shared this matter with him.He told me Less amount than pof dosn't matter just u have to cary the amount so that u can servive at least 1 year without job. so 15000 is ok for 1 year .
I will declare 15000/ so here i m not hiding anything.if they ask anything about pof I will show my Bank statement. so whats ur openion. Please sahre some persons who are allready is there.
Tosher

 

[sharat_joshi77]

I got ur point. But where is the money to make DD. I made a plan. I can tak a statement from my Bank account (SCB) and after that I shal withdraw the money and make USD of 15000 so I shall take the statement as well as usd 15000/ . so what is ur idea will it be ok? One matter. one of my senior went Canada with 4 members and declearde 17000 usd with him. so no body ask him anything. After 3 months he came back to his own contry Yesterday I shared this matter with him.He told me Less amount than pof dosn't matter just u have to cary the amount so that u can servive at least 1 year without job. so 15000 is ok for 1 year .
I will declare 15000/ so here i m not hiding anything.if they ask anything about pof I will show my Bank statement. so whats ur openion. Please sahre some persons who are allready is there.
Tosher

Hi,

As Cprak0 told, its a risk. They may not ask you to show the proof. But if they do, you can be in trouble.
For me, they did not even asked to show the money. But the person in front of me, they asked him to show the TC and counted the money he declared. So its a random thing. Hope this helps.

 

[steaky]

If you have goods to follow, you need to get it stamped before your shipment arrives. Otherwise, you might have to pay customs!

After that we went to Customs.
There the officer just took the declaration card and asked some questions on what food we are carrying..
Surprisingly, they did not asked us about the Goods to follow list at all.

He just said you can go ahead.
Any issues with this ? Is this the normal way ?
I am a bit worried on that part. But I guess it wud be OK.
Any advices ?

Monday I will go to apply for SIN and bank account.
Will upate the exp and process on Monday evening.

Regards,
Sharat Joshi

 

[steaky]

Why do we have to take photographs? Is it mentioned on CIC website, if yes can you please provide the link. If we declared the number of items and their value wouldnt that be enough?
I have few paintings by some local artists which have some international value as well, should I take photographs of these as well.

I'm not sure if there's a link. But I'm told to do so. They want to verify if they are used items although in the end they did not check those photographs. I saved my photographs in my smartphone.