US outland applicants' thread :)

[Florida Bear]

nevermind, found it on another thread. :

 

[IslandAnnie]

Mr. IslandAnnie landed this morning. Entire process including his car export/import took less than an hour at the Pacific Border Crossing this morning.

"There's a party goin' on right here..A celebration to last throughout the years...Yahoo!
Celebrate good times, come on!"

 

[PhBee]

Mr. IslandAnnie landed this morning. Entire process including his car export/import took less than an hour at the Pacific Border Crossing this morning.

"There's a party goin' on right here..A celebration to last throughout the years...Yahoo!
Celebrate good times, come on!"

Congrats!

We got AOR1 yesterday. Now, waiting for SA. Gulp! But, at least I know they have it, since I had an irrational fear of it ending up at some other address ???

 

[Florida Bear]

Mr. IslandAnnie landed this morning. Entire process including his car export/import took less than an hour at the Pacific Border Crossing this morning.

"There's a party goin' on right here..A celebration to last throughout the years...Yahoo!
Celebrate good times, come on!"

Congratulations!!! wow that was really fast compared to some of the other stories I've read on here.

 

[ExiledCanadian]

Hi all,

I just noticed this thread and thought I would introduce myself. I am a Canadian citizen living in the U.S. with my husband, but hoping to move home to Canada. We submitted documents for me to sponsor my husband at the beginning of the month and received our AOR by email today. We will have been married for 14 years next month, so I'm fairly certain there won't be any questions about the genuineness of our relationship, but I'm still nervous about the process.

I saw in another thread that I should have put on the form that we wanted to withdraw our application if my sponsorship is denied. How often does that happen? Should I try and change it or best to just leave it alone and hope for the best?

Anyhow, glad to have company during the wait! Fingers crossed for all of us.

 

[sid4ever2009]

so whats the deal here on bringing in a car.

Does my american wife have to own her car for 6 months prior to import?

It doesn't say that anywhere, it just says she has to own it.

 

[computergeek]

Hi all,

I just noticed this thread and thought I would introduce myself. I am a Canadian citizen living in the U.S. with my husband, but hoping to move home to Canada. We submitted documents for me to sponsor my husband at the beginning of the month and received our AOR by email today. We will have been married for 14 years next month, so I'm fairly certain there won't be any questions about the genuineness of our relationship, but I'm still nervous about the process.

I saw in another thread that I should have put on the form that we wanted to withdraw our application if my sponsorship is denied. How often does that happen? Should I try and change it or best to just leave it alone and hope for the best?

Anyhow, glad to have company during the wait! Fingers crossed for all of us.

Sponsor rejection is rare but if you withdraw at that stage you get the $475 back but lose appeal options. I wouldn't worry about it. If they refuse you as sponsor and you want to withdraw the application at that point, you can do so and get the fee back anyway.

 

[Ambber29]

LA Asked for additional documents which i and my husband already sent which they will be receiving on monday that is aug 26. our e cas went in process after our interview on aug 14 how many days its for la to review the documents and send ppr
when they sent the request for add documents there was filenumber and besides file number yhere also was a B number any idea what that B number is.

 

[shanmba1174]

LA Asked for additional documents which i and my husband already sent which they will be receiving on monday that is aug 26. our e cas went in process after our interview on aug 14 how many days its for la to review the documents and send ppr
when they sent the request for add documents there was filenumber and besides file number yhere also was a B number any idea what that B number is.

B number is for Paper File number. I think it's for tracking internally to add the documents to the original application.

 

[parker24]

so whats the deal here on bringing in a car.

Does my american wife have to own her car for 6 months prior to import?

It doesn't say that anywhere, it just says she has to own it.

Technically, she should yes. But if she can prove she paid it off completely, then some places will be okay with it. I would call the bridge you will be importing it to find out what they say.

 

[cempjwi]

so whats the deal here on bringing in a car.

Does my american wife have to own her car for 6 months prior to import?

It doesn't say that anywhere, it just says she has to own it.

The vehicle has to have been used (used means have been driven for some time as per Canadian regulations). You do not have to own it, you may still have a lien on it with a bank, however, it must be a loan, not a lease. We recently (July 1st) imported our 2013 model cars from the US, and we had them for 11 months before importation - however, the 6 month policy applies only to returning residents - Canadian or not, not to new immigrants.

We had two loans, one for each, and one of the banks gave permission to import the car into Canada while the other bank did not, so we had to pay off one of the loans to be able to import it into Canada. So, we imported a car with a lien on it and another one paid off.

New immigrants are exempt from paying duties or taxes on imported vehicles (as long as they considered used, as per my statement above), and no HST upon registration, but you have to pay all of the import (RIV) fees and certifications (Drive clean and Safety).

Before importing your car, document all of the information about what needs to be paid or not as some customs agents are unfamiliar with the laws and policies.

Tip: Florida (and perhaps other US states) do not issue titles for vehicles that are not paid off. This was a BIG issue when exporting our car from the US, even though we had a certificate of origin and the letter from the bank where it stated that they allowed the export/import of the car from the US to Canada.

Go to section 12, Goods Admissible
http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/dm-md/d2/d2-2-1-eng.html#_a1

And section 14, Ownership, Possession, and Use

Section 15 (b) talks about the use of a vehicle ("have actually driven it on the open roads abroad for some distance"). Nothing says "for 6 months".

Please note that this is in reference to a specific tariff applicable to settlers (new immigrants).

I hope this helps.

 

[IslandAnnie]

so whats the deal here on bringing in a car.

Does my american wife have to own her car for 6 months prior to import?

It doesn't say that anywhere, it just says she has to own it.

It is returning Canadian citizens or residents who have been absent for a year or more, that are required to have owned the vehicle for 6 months in order to bring it into Canada duty free. I have never seen that requirement for a new PR.

 

[tinytortoise]

DECISION MADE!

 

[Florida Bear]

DECISION MADE!

Congratulations!! That's super exciting!!

 

[OhCanadiana]

so whats the deal here on bringing in a car.

Does my american wife have to own her car for 6 months prior to import?

It doesn't say that anywhere, it just says she has to own it.

As a settler, she doesn't have any minimum length of time for ownership. She does need to have owned it, used it, and possessed it, which includes having a US DL and plates and having driven the car on open roads (off dealer lot and not with temp dealer plates).

I had quoted the specific CBSA Memo (d2-2-1) in the other thread - http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/new-car-advice-required-t162558.0.html;msg2521933#msg2521933 - which specifies the requirements for settlers to import new vehicles.

The confusion may be stemming from the fact that rules are different for returning Canadians, including a dependency on the length of time living abroad (min 1 year, and have to have used the goods at least 6 months unless you've lived abroad over 5 years) and are capped at 10k per item. For others for whom this may be relevant, details are at http://www.cbsa.gc.ca/publications/pub/bsf5087-eng.html