US outland applicants' thread :)

[Tullysgirl]

Client ID is the "unique" Client ID. THAT is your UCI.

I see. Thank you. Guess I need to add that on my PR paperwork! Drats, just sent off a complaint on a Dr and I wish I had known this and had it on my letter. ^@%&!^!

 

[blueangel371115]

Glad I found this thread. So many questions. Many have been asked already but there are many pages to scan through.

Can file outland while actually in Canada?
If my ill grandmother passes away can I return home ( on compassionate grounds)? Note: I realize that re-entry is at CBSA discretion but I'd like to be with my family at that time should this occur before the application is processed.
Are there specific documents ( other than a passport )that I'd need to re-enter Canada while my application is processing?

Much thanks in advance.

 

[lomeli619]

so now that im going to do my outland application i send it to new york not buffalo?

 

[computergeek]

Can file outland while actually in Canada?
If my ill grandmother passes away can I return home ( on compassionate grounds)? Note: I realize that re-entry is at CBSA discretion but I'd like to be with my family at that time should this occur before the application is processed.
Are there specific documents ( other than a passport )that I'd need to re-enter Canada while my application is processing?

Best to think "inland" versus "outland" as being where they process the application, not where you are located. So yes, you can process the application via the outland process even when you are inland.

With an outland application you can leave any time you want - you do not need to be present in Canada. In general, Americans have no problems at the border getting a visitor record when they have a sponsored PR application in process. So bring evidence that you have such an application - sponsor approval letter is great, receipts for the application fees if you don't have sponsor approval yet.

Good luck!

 

[Rose2D2]

So...the forecast is cloudy with a 20% chance of employment?

Ugh...that might be a little optimistic...

 

[Rose2D2]

My apartment lease is up in December and I'm not sure where I'm moving yet. I'm worried about my COPR getting lost in the shuffle (because the optimist in me thinks that I'll be getting it around then and it'll be an issue ) and I'd like to change my mailing address with CIC to my sponsor's address.

This website: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/change-address.asp says that I have to contact the VO to change it since I'm outside Canada. But I sent Ottawa a question about my address a while back and they just re-directed me back to that same website saying I had to use the online form

The requirements for the online form say that I can only use it if I'm already in Canada. I'm confused. Has anyone else changed their address in ecas from a US address to a Canadian? How did you do it?

And I guess all of that aside, is that even something I can do? Or will CIC get all pissy about me changing my mailing address to a Canadian one even though I still live in the states?

 

[MSP2YYZ]

My apartment lease is up in December and I'm not sure where I'm moving yet. I'm worried about my COPR getting lost in the shuffle (because the optimist in me thinks that I'll be getting it around then and it'll be an issue ) and I'd like to change my mailing address with CIC to my sponsor's address.

This website: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/change-address.asp says that I have to contact the VO to change it since I'm outside Canada. But I sent Ottawa a question about my address a while back and they just re-directed me back to that same website saying I had to use the online form

The requirements for the online form say that I can only use it if I'm already in Canada. I'm confused. Has anyone else changed their address in ecas from a US address to a Canadian? How did you do it?

And I guess all of that aside, is that even something I can do? Or will CIC get all pissy about me changing my mailing address to a Canadian one even though I still live in the states?

I have changed mine, no issues at all. I used the link in ECAS, took about 2 weeks for the update to show up. After you sign into ECAS, click on the link that says "update this home/mailing address".

 

[Rose2D2]

I have changed mine, no issues at all. I used the link in ECAS, took about 2 weeks for the update to show up. After you sign into ECAS, click on the link that says "update this home/mailing address".

Is your application 'in process'?

When I log in, I don't have the update this address link, I just have "To change this mailing address, contact us" and it links to this page: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/contacts/index.asp

But I'm still at 'application received'. I wonder if that makes a difference.

 

[MSP2YYZ]

Mine is in process, so that might make a difference. If your sponsor is in CA then you could have them call to update the address.

 

[parker24]

so now that im going to do my outland application i send it to new york not buffalo?

You send it to Mississauga Then they will send it to Ottawa which will then either forward it to a US office or keep it in Ottawa.

 

[Kiri]

You send it to Mississauga Then they will send it to Ottawa which will then either forward it to a US office or keep it in Ottawa.

I'm now curious myself since I'm starting all over again (freaking crap...) on what visa office do I list now on forms that Buffalo is closed? When I sent before in May, Buffalo was still going... not sure what to do now.

 

[parker24]

I'm now curious myself since I'm starting all over again (freaking crap...) on what visa office do I list now on forms that Buffalo is closed? When I sent before in May, Buffalo was still going... not sure what to do now.

You put Ottawa

 

[Kiri]

You put Ottawa

Thanks. Wasn't sure for outland anymore.

 

[DCGelfling]

I have an advice kind of question for the veterans. My husband and I are long distance at the moment, but we're considering just saying to hell with it, and I quit my job and go up there. For those of you who are visitors in Canada, how did you do it? What did you say when you crossed the border? Did you say you were staying for 6 months? If we go that route, I won't have a job here, but I will have a lease and all of my stuff still here. Would that be enough for me to cross the border? My visa is 6 months in at the moment. Any thoughts or words of wisdom?

I just did this a couple weeks ago, except I graduated rather than quitting a job. There's no way we could afford two apartments on just my husband's salary, so I gave them my parents' house as my US address. I also bought a plane ticket home for Christmas beforehand, because that's about the only tie to the US I can produce at this point. At the border, I had all of my clothes, our cat and his stuff, and most of my books and assorted hobby stuff-- no furniture, but all of the little stuff that makes life pleasant.

At the border, I had to confirm that I knew that my husband can't drive my car, and the guard wanted to see our copy of the PR app and my flight ticket. He sent us inside for a visitor record, and that agent wanted to see the above again plus a copy of our marriage license. The inside agent also wanted to see my husband's passport again, too. The whole process took ages, but aside from worrying about leaving Minion alone in the car (at least it was well after dark so heat wasn't an issue), it was relatively painless. I'm youngish, an American citizen by birth, and mostly white so I can't say how much privilege came into play, but I was also cooperative and had answers for all of their questions (although I did have to defer to my husband when they asked for an address, because I can never remember much more than the name of the street). After all the waiting (I think it was close to an hour inside, after an appalling line at the border itself, omg), they gave me a VR good for a year.

 

[computergeek]

I'm youngish, an American citizen by birth, and mostly white so I can't say how much privilege came into play, but I was also cooperative and had answers for all of their questions (although I did have to defer to my husband when they asked for an address, because I can never remember much more than the name of the street).

My observation after reading these forums for many months is that US/Canadian relationships are by far the easiest when it comes to being allowed into Canada. Call it privilege or not, but they know you aren't coming to Canada to escape dire economic circumstances, rampant crime, corrupt government, etc. It's definitely much easier than from other countries (I've seen cases where spouses must be separated for YEARS because one is a PR and the other outside Canada. TRVs are denied, etc.)

Congratulations on getting your VR. Good luck with your PR application.