US outland applicants' thread :)

[kawai103]

GOT MY CORP!!! thank you everyone in this forum. It has been really really helpful! Couldnt believe I would get it least than 6 months!
and now i am getting ready to land in two weeks. Hopefully everything will be smooth.

BTW, does anyone know how to declare a lease car? my car is lease in NY and i still have a year to lease. So do I need to change it to a canadian plate after I land it?

 

[rockgurl1965]

I got DM!! I checked my message out of the whim at a party and I broke out into tears. I pray that Ottawa continues to bust out DM.

Awesome news!!!!!

 

[keesio]

Congrats to all!

Ottawa is really rolling now. Reminds me of last summer when the times where 3-6 months. Maybe they are really staffed up for the summer time and something happens in the fall/winter/spring where things slow down.

 

[Mariac819]

GOT MY CORP!!! thank you everyone in this forum. It has been really really helpful! Couldnt believe I would get it least than 6 months!
and now i am getting ready to land in two weeks. Hopefully everything will be smooth.

BTW, does anyone know how to declare a lease car? my car is lease in NY and i still have a year to lease. So do I need to change it to a canadian plate after I land it?

I would check with the leasing company. They have to give you permission to move the car to Canada. Some companies might not do that.

 

[kawai103]

I would check with the leasing company. They have to give you permission to move the car to Canada. Some companies might not do that.

Thank you for your reply. I just called my leasing company and they said they don't do that.
Anything I can do about? Or should I just leave the NY plate on for another year?

 

[Majromax]

Anything I can do about? Or should I just leave the NY plate on for another year?

There's very little that you can do. If you're leasing, the company technically owns the car and by residing with it in Canada you're breaking the terms of the lease.

In addition, it would not be legal to "leave the NY plate on" for a year. Provinces generally require that residents register their cars within a short but reasonable timeframe of a few months, so regardless of the lease status it would not be legal to drive the car.

You would probably also have trouble obtaining valid car insurance, for similar reasons -- your US insurer would care that you're living in Canada, and a Canadian insurer would require a properly-registered car.

Unfortunately, you may have to break the lease and pay the contractual penalty.

 

[mtn_air]

Wow, let's hope Ottawa really does finish everyone up from 2014. We are waiting patiently. Ordered notes so I hope that helps.

 

[EmSNYC]

Quick Question: who else is not American but living in the US (besides me)?
Just trying to find comparables to my case.

 

[Majromax]

Wow, let's hope Ottawa really does finish everyone up from 2014. We are waiting patiently. Ordered notes so I hope that helps.

I also ordered notes at the beginning of June, so I expect them within a week or so. I'll share the results once I receive and parse them.

 

[Sunset0505]

EMsNYC...I am a Canadian living in the States...Hubby is the American....

 

[EmSNYC]

Thanks, I'm from Europe, in a US with an L-1 VISA; more checks for me I guess...

 

[deweysmith]

Thank you for your reply. I just called my leasing company and they said they don't do that.
Anything I can do about? Or should I just leave the NY plate on for another year?

Quebec allows you to drive it plated in New York for 6 months at a time, to account for the visitor visa you typically get at the border when visiting from the states. I know a PRs/Canadian citizen couple who make sure to flagpole the car at least every six months and maintain insurance on it through a residential address they have in Florida. It's pretty common for snowbirds to do this as well, since registration and insurance and fees are so much cheaper down south. The people I know sometimes get harassed by CBSA for their Florida plates but it's never been a huge problem for them.

My insurance company (GEICO) sent me a Canada-specific insurance ID card and I've had no issues with them at all. My truck and my insurance policy are registered in New York State, and it's all been fine for me. Even called roadside assistance once and they happily sent a tow truck from a company in Montreal.

 

[keesio]

Quebec allows you to drive it plated in New York for 6 months at a time, to account for the visitor visa you typically get at the border when visiting from the states. I know a PRs/Canadian citizen couple who make sure to flagpole the car at least every six months and maintain insurance on it through a residential address they have in Florida. It's pretty common for snowbirds to do this as well, since registration and insurance and fees are so much cheaper down south. The people I know sometimes get harassed by CBSA for their Florida plates but it's never been a huge problem for them.

My insurance company (GEICO) sent me a Canada-specific insurance ID card and I've had no issues with them at all. My truck and my insurance policy are registered in New York State, and it's all been fine for me. Even called roadside assistance once and they happily sent a tow truck from a company in Montreal.

technically you are supposed to change your registration/plates and license to the province you reside in after 60 days of becoming PR. After that, I believe it is technically illegal to be driving you car if you have not changed everything over by then. How much they crack down on this I don't know.

 

[sobia]

hello

i see lots of ppl got visa issued this month,june.
wanted to know when did to file ur application.i had submitted in march 2015

and i also wanted to know how soon after getting COPR does one need to enter canada

 

[Majromax]

i see lots of ppl got visa issued this month,june.
wanted to know when did to file ur application.i had submitted in march 2015

Recent visa recipients have submitted their applications at a variety of times, ranging from August of last year to March of this year. Ottawa, which processes the majority of US-Citizen applications, seems to not be handling applications in strict order.

and i also wanted to know how soon after getting COPR does one need to enter canada

The usual rule of thumb is that the COPR will last until the expiry of the medical exam, which is ordinarily one year after the exam date. If that does not give sufficient time for landing (CIC-determined), CIC will sometimes extend the validity of the medicals for another year; this is more common with US applications than for other countries. However, none of this is a hard and fast rule for the COPR validity period, and exceptions both to the long side and short side have been reported.

(Edit: fixed broken quotations)