Problems crossing the border by car?

[rrrrbradley]

Hi everyone,

My wife, 8 yo daughter and I are students in the USA (under F visas) crossing by car from Seattle to Vancouver. We have been in Seattle for abour 8 months studying English. Now our course is ending next week and I think I am going to get our passports (with our Canadian visas) after that. I got a study permit for a Master program, my wife is going to continue her English studies and my daughter is going to elementary.

I would like to cross the border and stay in Vancouver for a weekend in order to find a place to stay and then come back to Seattle to rent a U-haul for moving out my stuff.

Do you think I could have any king of troubles crossing twice the border by car?

Thank you all.

 

[PMM]

Hi

Hi everyone,

My wife, 8 yo daughter and I are students in the USA (under F visas) crossing by car from Seattle to Vancouver. We have been in Seattle for abour 8 months studying English. Now our course is ending next week and I think I am going to get our passports (with our Canadian visas) after that. I got a study permit for a Master program, my wife is going to continue her English studies and my daughter is going to elementary.

I would like to cross the border and stay in Vancouver for a weekend in order to find a place to stay and then come back to Seattle to rent a U-haul for moving out my stuff.

Do you think I could have any king of troubles crossing twice the border by car?

Thank you all.

1. It depends. Are you from a visitor visa exempt country? If so, no problem as long as you can return to the US. If you are not, you need a TRV (visitor visa).

 

[rrrrbradley]

Thanks PMM!

Unfortunately, we are not from a visa exempt country. We are expecting to get our visitor visa along with our study permit within a couple of weeks.

Also, we have tourist visa to return to USA.

The thing is that a friend, who is US citizen, told me that the officers at the border were picky. Asking a lot of questions and probably refusing the entry if it does not make sense for them.

Would that be true?

 

[lucifer_2510]

Thanks PMM!

Unfortunately, we are not from a visa exempt country. We are expecting to get our visitor visa along with our study permit within a couple of weeks.

Also, we have tourist visa to return to USA.

The thing is that a friend, who is US citizen, told me that the officers at the border were picky. Asking a lot of questions and probably refusing the entry if it does not make sense for them.

Would that be true?

yup

 

[rrrrbradley]

So, you recommend I do only one trip with all my stuff to prevent loosing them? or worse stay outside Canada when I come back the second time?

 

[PMM]

Hi

So, you recommend I do only one trip with all my stuff to prevent loosing them? or worse stay outside Canada when I come back the second time?

Once you have the LOI and the TRV, then you should have no problems, but you can't enter before you have the TRV.

 

[rrrrbradley]

Of course, I wouldn't try it before I get it.

Just to confirm, I shouldn't have troubles crossing the border twice with my TRV + LOI?

I have heard the LOI is changed for a study permit the first time we cross POE, isn't it?

 

[lucifer_2510]

Hi everyone,

My wife, 8 yo daughter and I are students in the USA (under F visas) crossing by car from Seattle to Vancouver. We have been in Seattle for abour 8 months studying English. Now our course is ending next week and I think I am going to get our passports (with our Canadian visas) after that. I got a study permit for a Master program, my wife is going to continue her English studies and my daughter is going to elementary.

I would like to cross the border and stay in Vancouver for a weekend in order to find a place to stay and then come back to Seattle to rent a U-haul for moving out my stuff.

Do you think I could have any king of troubles crossing twice the border by car?

Thank you all.

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