what Docs to show on reaching destination airport?...

[fendsits]

Thanks Haley

 

[rhasan]

Am sitting at my departure gate for my flight to calgary right now. The immigration was smooth and they only asked for the passport, loa and the letter from embassy (another friend of mine who is joining concordia had to show CAQ).

@Habil: I guess I don't need to do any more research since I have already received the first hand experience.

 

[fendsits]

thanks man .... and all the best by the way are you going for UNB?

 

[fendsits]

hey rhasan CAQ is required for those who had applied for colleges in Quebec right?

 

[RIDZ]

hey rhasan CAQ is required for those who had applied for colleges in Quebec right?

Yes.

Concordia is in Quebec so his friend needed the CAQ as well.

 

[rhasan]

hey rhasan CAQ is required for those who had applied for colleges in Quebec right?

Yah only for students going to any college/university in Quebec. And I am going to uCalgary.

 

[afridi2482]

Rhsan.. Share Your experience at calgary airport man as i will be leaving on 1st of september inshallah....

 

[rhasan]

Rhsan.. Share Your experience at calgary airport man as i will be leaving on 1st of september inshallah....

Well you will have to get your permit at the first point of entry i.e. montreal/toronto. I did not have to face much questions other than like:
1. How much money are you carrying?
2. Have you ever been to canada before?
3. Which university are you going to?

Questions are as simple as that. After passing the immigration officer and before getting my permit at Montreal, I had to take my luggage and book them again in a air canada's luggage booking section (students staying at Qubec get their permit right after immigration while students going outside quebec get their permit at the end just before leaving the airport customs; this is for montreal). After getting my permit, I had to wait for the boarding (there was a 1.5hrs delay; very typical for air canada).

There was nothing to do (any sort of formality) at the calgary airport. Just followed the signs to exit and right before the exit, there were the conveyor belts where I had to collect my luggage and got out from the airport - leaving behind the memory of a very long journey

 

[afridi2482]

Thanks Rhsan.. since i will be flying directly to calgary so i guess all what happened in toronto/montreal with u will happen in calgary.. what about the luggage.. did they check ur luggage .. i will be carrying cigarettes for my friend.. what about that.. any issues..???

 

[rhasan]

Thanks Rhsan.. since i will be flying directly to calgary so i guess all what happened in toronto/montreal with u will happen in calgary.. what about the luggage.. did they check ur luggage .. i will be carrying cigarettes for my friend.. what about that.. any issues..???

What do you mean by direct flight? What's your route? How is it possible that calgary is going to be your first poe in canada :|

yes luggage will obviously get checked

well I think you are allowed to carry 200 sticks of cigs without any declaration. I suggest that you get it from inflight duty free shop...should be around $15 for 10 packs (Benson/Marlborough) and $17 for premium brands like Davidoff.

 

[fendsits]

hey rhasan how much weight were u allowed for free baggage....

 

[afridi2482]

What do you mean by direct flight? What's your route? How is it possible that calgary is going to be your first poe in canada :|

yes luggage will obviously get checked

well I think you are allowed to carry 200 sticks of cigs without any declaration. I suggest that you get it from inflight duty free shop...should be around $15 for 10 packs (Benson/Marlborough) and $17 for premium brands like Davidoff.

Well as i told u in the other thread i will be leaving frm heathrow to calgary.. Hmm my friend told me that he had a wonderful experience in Air Canada and said that it was far better than Qatar Air ways bla bla.. Hmmm anyhow lets see.. where can i buy these cigarettes.. is there any duty free at the airport or what??? i will be carrying 200 offcourse but will try and carry more in pieces.. but if its 17$ worth i wud buy it in airport if available.. let me know about it dude... when u have your cell phone let me know then so that i may contact u there in calgary..

 

[Elaine83]

Well you will have to get your permit at the first point of entry i.e. montreal/toronto. I did not have to face much questions other than like:
1. How much money are you carrying?
2. Have you ever been to canada before?
3. Which university are you going to?

Questions are as simple as that. After passing the immigration officer and before getting my permit at Montreal, I had to take my luggage and book them again in a air canada's luggage booking section (students staying at Qubec get their permit right after immigration while students going outside quebec get their permit at the end just before leaving the airport customs; this is for montreal). After getting my permit, I had to wait for the boarding (there was a 1.5hrs delay; very typical for air canada).

There was nothing to do (any sort of formality) at the calgary airport. Just followed the signs to exit and right before the exit, there were the conveyor belts where I had to collect my luggage and got out from the airport - leaving behind the memory of a very long journey

Hi Rhassan you mentioned that they will ask you on the money that you are carrying...did they also ask you for a bank statement so as to check if you still have funds for the schooling? just want to know cause my money on the bank will not be enough anymore for the 10k CAD + tuition fees because of other expenses such as like school tuition fee and my airfare. Actually I transferred the remaining to my aunts bank account in Toronto..thanks

 

[rhasan]

hey rhasan how much weight were u allowed for free baggage....

23kg+23kg+7kg(handbag)

 

[rhasan]

Well as i told u in the other thread i will be leaving frm heathrow to calgary.. Hmm my friend told me that he had a wonderful experience in Air Canada and said that it was far better than Qatar Air ways bla bla.. Hmmm anyhow lets see.. where can i buy these cigarettes.. is there any duty free at the airport or what??? i will be carrying 200 offcourse but will try and carry more in pieces.. but if its 17$ worth i wud buy it in airport if available.. let me know about it dude... when u have your cell phone let me know then so that i may contact u there in calgary..

You can buy it from duty free shops located in the airport and also in the airplane from the inflight duty free shop. But if you carry more than 200, you will have to declare and pay extra for those I guess.