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I added my last post on 05 Nov 2008
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melchr06's Immigration Cases
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| Family Class case:
Approved in 178 days (110 days less than average)
(9 comments)
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| User: |
melchr06 |
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United States |
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| Application Filed: | 10 May 2008 | Canadian Visa Office: | Buffalo, USA | | | Family Program: | Spouses & Partners | Medicals Requested: | | | | Medicals Done: | 04 Apr 2008 | Medicals Sent: | | | | Sponsorship Approved: | 04 Jun 2008 | AOR Received Date: | 24 Jun 2008 | | | File Transferred to Local Consulate: | | Initial Assessment Received: | 10 Sep 2008 | | | Documents Requested: | | Documents Sent: | | | | Interview Date: | | Passport Requested: | 29 Sep 2008 | | | Application Status: | approved | Approval/Denial Date: | 04 Nov 2008 | | | Passport Received Date: | 04 Nov 2008 | Landed in Canada: | | | | Landed in City: | | Total Processing Time: | 178 days | | | Days Elapsed: | | |
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09 Nov 2008 |
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Approved! And passport requested! Received notification from lawyer that Visa Issuance package is being sent out. Once we receive that, we will forward passport on to Buffalo. YEAH!! |
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Topic: Help With Landing in Canada and bringing your own vehicle with you
Yeah I just called Subaru and they said that they can print one right up for me, so that is good. How specific does the list have to be? Do you have to name every little item that you bring, or can you generalize some of them? LIke bathroom products, etc? I understand about the electronics, furniture, etc. and listing them with their serial numbers, but if I listed every little thing I am brining with me, I would have a novel!! lol...do I include the car on the list as well? | |  |  |
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Topic: Help With Landing in Canada and bringing your own vehicle with you
So it turns out I have to send the original title 72 hrs. in advance to the point of entry where I will be crossing. Then they have it there for us when we get there. The person I was talking with told me that they would verify the information, then they would inspect the vehicle. If everything turns out ok, then I can proceed to Canadian side. From there, they will import the vehicle. I found online that you have to obtain a recall clearance letter as well, to show that your vehicle is up to date on recalls. What a pain!
Also, can you just type out an inventory of your goods, rather than fill in the b4? I printed it out and there isnt much space to list everything, so I thought I would type one up on my own. | | | |
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Topic: Spouse sponsorship
On our case, the online staus would say "In Process" for most of the processing. Once something happens, this will change. I sent my medicals and payments together with everything, so they informed me that nothing else was required from me. It took exactly 3 months to see a change online from "in process" to "decision made". It doesnt tell you the decision, just that one was made. From there, they will send you information regarding what to do next. If you are accepted, they will send you a packet requesting your passport so they can insert the PR visa into it. You wait two weeks to get that back, along with your COPR, and then you can land in Canada. Once your passport is requested, all you need to get ready for is the move. Hope that helps! good luck. | | | |
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Topic: Help With Landing in Canada and bringing your own vehicle with you
Thanks for the feedback!
I've been in touch with GMAC and they wont give a letter or anything, just keep sayng that the lease cannot be removed from the country. I think the dealership should have to pay the payoff on the truck because they were the ones that got us into this mess in the first place. So it looks like I will have to give up the truck and try to find a cheapo used to get me over to canada and to get around for awhile until i can establish some credit to buy another. what a pain!!
So the only payment I will have to make at landing will be the RIV fee? Then the rest (emission, saftey) I will have to get done once I get over there within a time period correct? How do you export it through the U.s. if you are coming up to the border through the U.S., you hit the canadian side, not U.s.? Also, I read somewhere that you have to bring or send your title for your vehicle 72 hrs. prior to crossing, is this correct or what you did? I dont feel comfortable sending my original title, when I could just bring it with me and give it to them that day...
Is there anything else I should know? So I take it you have already crossed and landed in Canada? Also, do they search all the stuff that you are brining with you, or do they just go over the B4 form that you have listed everything coming, and then another with stuff to come?
Thanks for your help! | | | |
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Topic: Help With Landing in Canada and bringing your own vehicle with you
So you have to give them an address for PR card, okay yeah we have an address there. So can I go ahead and get my SIn number even though I dont have my PR card, because all I need is my COPR correct?
I contacted insurance companies and MTO in Ontario and they said I can insure and register a leased vehicle from the U.S. and that they do it all the time. The MTO requires a written permission letter stating the lease can be registered there though, that is the issue at hand. I mean, you can't have a title if you don't own the vehicle, I wonder if something else would suffice?
Do you have to pay any fees when you export/import or taxes/duties anything like that? I hope not...a few is reasonable, but not taxes...
We tried to get the lease transferred to GM Canada, but they say they cant or wont transfer the lease as it was leased in the U.S. Have you heard of someone doing this in the past?
Thank you very much for your help.. | | | |
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Topic: Help With Landing in Canada and bringing your own vehicle with you
I will be receiving my passport back with the visa in it within the next week and had some landing questions. What do I need to bring with me? Like documents and such. I also have a leased vehicle, I shouldnt have to pay taxes on it right? I am confused at how they do this. I leased the vehicle before I even knew I was immigrating to Canada, but now I am hearing things that I will have to have paperwork for it, etc. I just want to make sure all bases are covered first. Also, my leasing company GMAC has informed me that I can't bring a leased vehicle into another country. Has anyone ever had this problem before? And did you get it resolved or did you have to give up your vehicle? I am told I can register it in Canada, but I first have to have a letter from GMAC stating permission to allow it to be registered there. What a hassel!
If anyone can help, it would be muchly appreciated!! thank you | | | |
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Topic: Medicals before application
When you make an apt. with the DMP, they have the forms there supplied for you. Once you arrive the day of your medical, you fill out part of it, and the rest the doctor signs and fills in. But make sure to keep the good copy, it's what you have to send in with the rest of your application, without that, you will have to do it over again... | | | |
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Topic: Proof of Common Law relationship
My partner and I experienced the same problem. I was living with her and her parents in the U.s. on a student visa, so I had no credibility in the U.S. All that we had to provide for proof was mail that came with both of our names on it, our vet bills for our animals, doctor bills, etc. Anything that can show you lived together is substantial enough, because in some cases not everyone have mortgages, etc. together. Your bank statements will be fine, as well as any bills that share both of your names. Any documentation really that shows that will work. | | | |
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Topic: can I do the medical later?
Yes you can do that medical later, once they finish your initial assessment, they will inform you that you must submit your medicals. | | | |
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