I understand that once the inland PR applicant "lands", they are required to go to their local Canada Customs office and declare everything on the spot, including the goods to follow.
Consider the following scenario:
1. At the time of entering Canada, applicant had no plans of immigrating Canada, entered as a genuine visitor, and therefore made no inventory of their possessions.
2. After applying for PR inland, applicant was advised not to leave Canada until the process is complete, because re-entry is not guaranteed.
3. Because of immigration backlogs, the PR processing took an extremely long time, during which the memory of the possessions faded away - leaving only a vague idea of what is left there in storage back in the home country.
4. Applicant has avoided having any items shipped into Canada during the immigration process, because of the high brokerage fees charged by shipping companies.
There is no way the applicant can, at this point in time, make the list of goods to follow on the spot. A vague list would leave out too many items, and there were many.
The applicant is myself. What can I do?
Please help help help
Please don't suggest I have someone back in the home country rummage through my items and make a list. It is always an option, and a very unpleasant one for me!
Alfaris
Consider the following scenario:
1. At the time of entering Canada, applicant had no plans of immigrating Canada, entered as a genuine visitor, and therefore made no inventory of their possessions.
2. After applying for PR inland, applicant was advised not to leave Canada until the process is complete, because re-entry is not guaranteed.
3. Because of immigration backlogs, the PR processing took an extremely long time, during which the memory of the possessions faded away - leaving only a vague idea of what is left there in storage back in the home country.
4. Applicant has avoided having any items shipped into Canada during the immigration process, because of the high brokerage fees charged by shipping companies.
There is no way the applicant can, at this point in time, make the list of goods to follow on the spot. A vague list would leave out too many items, and there were many.
The applicant is myself. What can I do?
Please help help help
Please don't suggest I have someone back in the home country rummage through my items and make a list. It is always an option, and a very unpleasant one for me!
Alfaris