Hello Qorax and Seniors,
I am in US on H1B visa with my family now and we got our Canadian COPRs last year Sept. My plan is to complete the Canadian PR landing procedure by this year Sept and come back to US as I have a stable job for now and so wanted to move to Canada after one year. With that said, I completed my Canadian PR landing procedure last week with my family at Toronto Pearson Intnl airport successfully with NO any issues. I got all the GTA/GTF documentation as Qorax suggested and the CBSA official appreciated my paperwork. A bunch of thanks & kudos to Qorax on this aspect. However I got some problems on the funds I carried for PoF when I wanted to get back to US from Toronto airport.
Regarding the Proof Of Funds part, as my family is of 3 members (I, Spouse, Infant) and the needed POF is $17,011 CAD, I took a cashier's check of $8200 USD from BOA (payable to myself and NOT endorsed) and rest of the amount in cash. My plan is to just carry the amount for Proof of Funds for Canada PR landing and get them back to US as is after the expenses I incur for me and my family's stay in Canada.
While leaving from US to Toronto, as most of us knew that only TSA check will be there and there are NO any Customs check, I could not meet any CBP agent to query about this declaration. Therefore, I asked the TSA Officer for the Customs officials to submit this declaration and then the TSA Officer went to meet the CBP officials for my questions. The TSA officer came back to me a few minutes later and told me that the message from the CBP officer is that I can declare these funds while coming back into US and not while leaving US. That said, I was allowed to the airport gate and I flew to Toronto with NO issues.
At Toronto YYZ airport, I declared these funds to the CBSA agent and that agent wrote $8200 USD as POF in my COPR form which the agent stapled it in my Passport and the rest of the cash amount in my wife's COPR form which was stapled in her Passport by the CBSA agent. Everything went fine with the CBSA officials and we were out of the YYZ airport perfectly. We were at Toronto for 4 days, stayed at a friend's place as planned, went to Niagara falls, had fun and left to US on yesterday morning.
While leaving from Toronto YYZ to US, I did not know that US CBP will be present at Toronto airport itself and Immigration Check plus Customs will be done there itself. That was a surprise to me. After reaching the US CBP area for the Funds declaration at Toronto YYZ airport, the US CBP agent did all the paper work and he told me that I need to first export these funds at Canada Customs area and then I should import these funds at US CBP area. I asked him if I should goto the CBSA area and do the export as he told me. For that, the US CBP agent told me that I am "ALL SET TO GO" and I do NOT need to approach the CBSA office thereafter in that regard. We then boarded into the flight from Toronto to US and we had to just grab our baggages and get out of the US airport.
In this scenario, I have a few queries as follows for which I seek your advices on the same.
1. As I have NOT declared the funds (more than 10,000 USD) to CBSA when I left from Canada to USA, will there be any problems in the future when I move/get into Canada before or after one year?
2. What are the consequences/impact of declaring the funds (more than 10,000 USD) to the US CBP at Toronto airport?
Please answer for my queries with your expert inputs. Thank you!
I am in US on H1B visa with my family now and we got our Canadian COPRs last year Sept. My plan is to complete the Canadian PR landing procedure by this year Sept and come back to US as I have a stable job for now and so wanted to move to Canada after one year. With that said, I completed my Canadian PR landing procedure last week with my family at Toronto Pearson Intnl airport successfully with NO any issues. I got all the GTA/GTF documentation as Qorax suggested and the CBSA official appreciated my paperwork. A bunch of thanks & kudos to Qorax on this aspect. However I got some problems on the funds I carried for PoF when I wanted to get back to US from Toronto airport.
Regarding the Proof Of Funds part, as my family is of 3 members (I, Spouse, Infant) and the needed POF is $17,011 CAD, I took a cashier's check of $8200 USD from BOA (payable to myself and NOT endorsed) and rest of the amount in cash. My plan is to just carry the amount for Proof of Funds for Canada PR landing and get them back to US as is after the expenses I incur for me and my family's stay in Canada.
While leaving from US to Toronto, as most of us knew that only TSA check will be there and there are NO any Customs check, I could not meet any CBP agent to query about this declaration. Therefore, I asked the TSA Officer for the Customs officials to submit this declaration and then the TSA Officer went to meet the CBP officials for my questions. The TSA officer came back to me a few minutes later and told me that the message from the CBP officer is that I can declare these funds while coming back into US and not while leaving US. That said, I was allowed to the airport gate and I flew to Toronto with NO issues.
At Toronto YYZ airport, I declared these funds to the CBSA agent and that agent wrote $8200 USD as POF in my COPR form which the agent stapled it in my Passport and the rest of the cash amount in my wife's COPR form which was stapled in her Passport by the CBSA agent. Everything went fine with the CBSA officials and we were out of the YYZ airport perfectly. We were at Toronto for 4 days, stayed at a friend's place as planned, went to Niagara falls, had fun and left to US on yesterday morning.
While leaving from Toronto YYZ to US, I did not know that US CBP will be present at Toronto airport itself and Immigration Check plus Customs will be done there itself. That was a surprise to me. After reaching the US CBP area for the Funds declaration at Toronto YYZ airport, the US CBP agent did all the paper work and he told me that I need to first export these funds at Canada Customs area and then I should import these funds at US CBP area. I asked him if I should goto the CBSA area and do the export as he told me. For that, the US CBP agent told me that I am "ALL SET TO GO" and I do NOT need to approach the CBSA office thereafter in that regard. We then boarded into the flight from Toronto to US and we had to just grab our baggages and get out of the US airport.
In this scenario, I have a few queries as follows for which I seek your advices on the same.
1. As I have NOT declared the funds (more than 10,000 USD) to CBSA when I left from Canada to USA, will there be any problems in the future when I move/get into Canada before or after one year?
2. What are the consequences/impact of declaring the funds (more than 10,000 USD) to the US CBP at Toronto airport?
Please answer for my queries with your expert inputs. Thank you!